Someone elses emails

RedSoleShoes

Nicki wrote: »

You would like to think you could trust your co workers to behave ethically though. Obviously with some people that's not the case!

That's what I thought about them.

Seems you have a bigger problem with me than what they did so perhaps you are of similar personality to them.

scheming_gypsy

Reverbe wrote: »

This is a subject that really interests me. On a slightly related topic (which would have invloved a IT dept reading emails) a friend of mine lost their job at a council because an american friend had sent them an email with the word !as s in it.Tho my friend didnt elict the word which is in common usage in US and not deemed foul language generally, type the word themself etc the fact that it was recieved on the Councils servers etc - made them claim it was grounds to sack them?? Have never understood this myself as surely you cannot be held responsible for words other ppl type especially as surely Councils child services etc must contain emails and reports with far more offensive or distasteful words by nature - eg in abuse cases etc..

i'd have reminded them that we're in England where an ass is an animal; so the email was no more offensive than mentioning a platypus.

charleyroo

while I agree with some of the posts that it is not altogether 'right' to be going through someone's sent items, sometimes it is a necessity. A colleague and myself perform the exact same role and sometimes our comms cross over - I have no problem with him needing to log on as me and read my emails (other than the occasional 'where shall we meet for lunch' message, I tend not to send anything personal on email though). For the person leaving their PC logged in - again, sometimes this is a necessity - in my team, (senior) managers and team members cover each other and grant access to mailboxes where this is needed. You would sometimes stumble across sensitive material - but it's within a person's role or covering role to allow professionalism to be the overriding feeling here.

I do also feel sympathy for the OP though - I myself (fairly thin-skinned!) would be mortified to find people talking about me and would immediately leap to the offended side of the post.

Maybe OP should let it lie for now - nothing good would really come out of reporting them and perhaps reading these emails (whether morally correct or otherwise) you know another side to them now and perhaps err on the side of caution with regards to colleagues in future.

caramel_syrup

Here's an idea. If you really want to push this, you can go to the Information Governance/Compliance people, and under the Data Protection Act 1998, you can request any email that contains your name from X, Y and Z colleagues. This works all the time, and it really depends on your motivation and what you would do with the information once you've got it. Hope this helps x

inmypocketnottheirs

Emmzi wrote: »

I also don't friend any work people on FB at all. Saves so much pain in the long run. Linked in for work, FB for home.

Absolutely my policy too. No socialising with work colleagues. Seen too many problems arise on this forum.

RedSoleShoes

caramel_syrup wrote: »

Here's an idea. If you really want to push this, you can go to the Information Governance/Compliance people, and under the Data Protection Act 1998, you can request any email that contains your name from X, Y and Z colleagues. This works all the time, and it really depends on your motivation and what you would do with the information once you've got it. Hope this helps x

Thanks for this but, apart from the fact that I'm sure all the emails would have been deleted by now, I'm not going to take it further.

They are definitely worried about what I know so I'm enjoying watching them squirm a bit. They are probably also very concerned that they both admitted to cheating on their boyfriends in the emails! :eek:

scheming_gypsy

RedSoleShoes wrote: »

They are probably also very concerned that they both admitted to cheating on their boyfriends in the emails! :eek:

well there you go! if you use Outlook / Exchange at work you should have set those particular emails to forward to her boyfriend, at a time when she would be at her desk.

Mischa8

LadyMissA wrote: »

you shouldn't have really been looking in the sent box regardless of how or why you were on the pc. Never find anything nice if you go looking for it. However she must be aware that some IT teams can look in everyones email sent/inboxes so she should be careful too

Why shouldn't she look in the sent box if she is checking a phone message has been passed on etc?! If someone had asked when she was coverig about a message, surely sent folder is place to look. IF the nasty emails were in a personal separate email folder which was then acesseed then yes, this is nasty/against HR/IT rules etc. by this I mean WORK RELATED. not office gossip and nastiness emails.

I am sort of thinking b*tchy/nasty emails between collagues should not really be in the general sent emails box and/or if person sending them should be aware they may well be seen by the temp cover for receptionist (in this case OP). so I think temp receptionist as someone else said here is a bit dim for leaving nasty emails to another colleague in her sent emails folder. she should cover her tracks if she wants to be so nasty.

Oh - also - receptionist should be well aware that when she asks another colleague to cover for her (who she's been nasty about with another colleage) that emails both internal/external CAN BE accessed (unless she leaves PC locked with passwords), so it really leaves receptionist wide open to being found out re emails whether it's seen as snooping or not.

RedSoleShoes

Mischa8 wrote: »

Why shouldn't she look in the sent box if she is checking a phone message has been passed on etc?! If someone had asked when she was coverig about a message, surely sent folder is place to look. IF the nasty emails were in a personal separate email folder which was then acesseed then yes, this is nasty/against HR/IT rules etc. by this I mean WORK RELATED. not office gossip and nastiness emails.

I am sort of thinking b*tchy/nasty emails between collagues should not really be in the general sent emails box and/or if person sending them should be aware they may well be seen by the temp cover for receptionist (in this case OP). so I think temp receptionist as someone else said here is a bit dim for leaving nasty emails to another colleague in her sent emails folder. she should cover her tracks if she wants to be so nasty.

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Mischa8

RedSoleShoes wrote: »

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