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by Secretive woman on March 27th, 2008

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You & friend work together, you get news she will be layed off, and you do not tell her, she gets the 2 wk notice, and she asks if u knew she was being layed off, u tell her yes, now she feels betrayed by u for not tellin her beforehand, would u feel bad?

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  • by MOON_LIGHT_88 on March 27th, 2008

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    Now, would it be bad if you had told her. Meaning would it have cost you your job? I believe it was the correct decision not to tell her. You might have been in trouble yourself for doing so:)

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  • by JAMMco... its complicated... on March 27th, 2008

    JAMMco... its complicated...

    I would feel bad, and I would express those feelings. The only reason I wouldn't tell is if my own job security would be threatened by revealing confidential information.

    Perhaps if you found out and weren't supposed to know, then no harm would come in passing it along as know one knew you knew the information and it would be a heads up.

    If you are in a position of authority and it was disclosed to you in a manner requiring confidentiality, you would have to keep it to yourself.

    Dropping hints would have been worse because it would have prompted her to ask questions and she would be even madder because you couldn't confirm any of the countless suspicions that would arise.

    Make sure she knows that you really did want to tell her, but couldn't for very good reasons, and that you aren't the one to be mad at, but you are still there to help her and to support her.

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  • by CyberDude4819 on March 27th, 2008

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    I would feel bad yes, but at the same time how do you tell her? On the other side of the spectrum, how do you not tell her? It is just one of those internal battles that is individual to the situation. Would you have lost your job? Would it have helped her in any way to know she was getting fired or would it have made things worse? Would she have told you - Honestly?

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  • by quack is whack on March 27th, 2008

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    How long beforehand did you know? Did you have any time or opportunity to tell her beforehand?
    If you didn't know long enough in advance, or had no opportunity to tell her, she should understand that. If that is not the case, then you could have given her a warning.

    And yes, I would feel bad if a friend knew that I was to be laid off but didn't warn me.

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