I am so angry right now (and it's not the first time). I'm undecided at this point what I'm going to do about it, but here's the story...
It seems in my company that when you apply for an internal position this is not confidential information. We have an admin position that is currently open. The person who is retiring from the position told another employee (who of course told other people) how many people applied and what departments they were from. She did not list names apparently, but it is fairly easy to figure out by department. For instance, one department she listed, there is only one possible person it could be. She also listed my department. The person who told me about it asked me if I had applied. I said no (although later I wished I had hedged or told her it was none of her business - oh the things we think of after the fact!). So now that leaves only 2 other people in my department.
This kind of thing makes me so angry
A couple of years ago I applied for a position in another department. I really didn't want the whole world to know, so I only told 2 very close friends who can keep their mouths shut. In the meantime, the secretary in the department to which I was applying was busy telling the head of the company grapevine exactly who internally had applied (before we were even interviewed!). I didn't do anything about it at the time because I thought it would look like sour grapes since I didn't get the job.
Oh this just makes me so mad. I'm thinking of different things to do about it, although the woman is retiring so they won't do anything to her, I'm sure, and she wouldn't care if they did!
