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Questionable professional conduct from my current employer

Lisa

I have recently handed my resignation in to my current employer, as I have accepted a position within another company that is a direct competitor of my current organisation.

I am working my full contracted notice period and I have not disclosed the details of my new employment to my colleagues.

A direct colleague of mine attended a training session last night with my current employer and they have told me that this morning, that my name was bought up in conversation by the trainer, who compared me to mud. (I assume because I am joining the competitor company)

This comment has shocked and upset me, as I have been employed with my current organisation for approx., six years. I have grown within the organisation and always given 100% commitment.

I am now questioning what do next, do I simply ignore this comment and move on, or should this be addressed at a higher level?

I would appreciate any feedback or advice?

Kindest regards

Lisa

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  • At the moment you don't have questionable activity by your employer (yet!). You have a lone trainer shouting his mouth off about something he knows very little about, he may have a long term view of you (not everyone likes everyone) or he may well be reacting to your resignation and feel you are letting down the team (people do take the funniest attitudes).

    You also only have this information second hand and it of course has been filtered intentionally or unintentionally by your colleague who has passed it on.

    For those and the other reasons mentioned by colleagues (and frankly life is too short) I would let it go. Turn the other cheek and get on with working your notice. Your legacy will be secured (or not) by the service and relationships you have built over the time you have been there not by any actions now.
  • in reply to Keith
    Thank you Keith,
    It is definitely the latter and this person obviously feels that I am "letting the team down" which is a great shame, however his comments are short term and my carer progression will be what defines my future and my personal happiness.
    You are right in that I have already secured my legacy and I should not let this final blip, tarnish the last six years of my career.
    Thank you again for the clarity!
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  • in reply to Keith
    Thank you Keith,
    It is definitely the latter and this person obviously feels that I am "letting the team down" which is a great shame, however his comments are short term and my carer progression will be what defines my future and my personal happiness.
    You are right in that I have already secured my legacy and I should not let this final blip, tarnish the last six years of my career.
    Thank you again for the clarity!
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  • in reply to Lisa
    Welcome to the communities Lisa.

    I too would simply let this go - I certainly wouldn't want to go away with a grievance.

    However, I probably would go and have a word with the trainer. As Keith says, you really don't know the circumstances, nor do you know exactly what the trainer said or the circumstances in which he said it.
  • in reply to David Perry
    I was coming onto this thread to say the same thing - you've had a good working relationship with this colleague in the past, so either his view has changed suddenly or what he's said has been misrepresented with the retelling. Either way, a quiet conversation asking whether he's been upset by your resignation, as someone else got that impression recently, would flag to him that you are both aware and that you care about what he is saying about you.