Friday, June 25, 2010
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Why am I evil? Well, I'm not, but that's the perception of all of us in HR. Need to fire someone? Come to HR. Need to explain to someone why, even after working their rear end off all year, that their annual increase is 2.7%? Come to HR. Need to come up with new mountains of paperwork? Come to HR. So, come join me on the Evil Side. Oh, and send me your HR questions.
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No. The walls have ears these days. I wouldn't do it.
Here's a provocative question: what if you learn that your boss is scamming the general public? I had to leave a job recently b/c of reading that mine had defrauded people & I was hired in my capacity as an attorney.
A big thing to know about working as an attorney or simply being one: you're subject to ethical rules ALL the time. Not telling people you directly dealt w/in the capacity of work can get you disbarred or suspended from practice. I had to warn potential investors I'd dealt with in a second "scam artist" job b/c if I didn't, I could get disbarred & be ruined in my industry. This was despite the guy having the ability & A-list connections to create a legitimate entertainment business. Not warning someone in that case also makes me look like a participant in that scheme.
So I think when you have a boss who is listed as a defendant in state court records and may be breaking the law, you'd better speak up & get out of that situation ASAP. Especially if you could lose a professional license or be guilty of a crime if you didn't.
So I think there should be a caveat: unless you have direct knowledge that your boss is breaking the law & you could get in trouble for it. It's unethical for an attorney employee to make a con artist look good.
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