Breach of confidentiality question?

BoGoF

Surely it is common sense that something as sensitive as a department being made redundant is a confidential matter.

mell242

If you were being made redundant would you really not discuss it with anyone? If I hadn't mentioned the department was going to our partners..who I was told knew them they would have questioned this too.

The only part of the plan I mentioned was my department going. Nothing else. I have no bitterness as I agreed the department was obsolete.

Thanks anyway. I just wanted to ascertain when something is confidential or not if it is not said.

mell242

BoGoF wrote: »

Surely it is common sense that something as sensitive as a department being made redundant is a confidential matter.

Seriously? No. I have been in the education industry for 25 years. No it's not common sense to me. Strategic plans are published on university websites as a matter of course.

BoGoF

Well I hope you have been in your current job for more than 2 years.

mell242

Why?
15 actually

k3lvc

mell242 wrote: »

Seriously? No. I have been in the education industry for 25 years. No it's not common sense to me. Strategic plans are published on university websites as a matter of course.

So send us a link to one that shows that a department/function is to be made redundant.


It seems to be common sense to everyone else that a situation such as this is confidential

mell242

I'll be able to forward mine in a week!

mell242

I have just found out that there are infact 2 plans. The first one was forwarded to our partners and that does not mention my department closing. The one that I have does state this!

ssparks2003

Subject to how the management see you actions but this could quite easily end as a gross misconduct hearing with hr

BoGoF

So as everyone has said....a department closing is a confidential matter.