Message #40238

[spitfire78]

My opinion on this is that she is hoping you will tell the boss about it.  I think she is trying to play the "oneupmanship" game.  In other words, she is hoping you will tell the boss that she has had another offer and because there is no one else who can pick up her job at the moment, he will feel she is indispensable and make her a counter offer.  Guess I can't blame her for trying.

As far as whether or not you should tell him about this... I agree with a previoius poster who is concerned about the position you are in.  I think there should be a set policy on how grievances/complaints are handled.  Your HR department should formulate a policy on this.  I think this situation puts you in an extremely awkward position.  Oh, for the most part it probably works out all right.  But right now you are in a sticky situation over this case, and this will certainly not be the last.  There should be a chain of command that should be followed for complaints.  The reason for this is to eliminate the he said/she said types of situation that can arise when things are handled so informally.