posting prudie's response to Emotional Affair Lady Being Blackmailed By Intern earlier than usual as I have to leave computer...
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Diva (aka Diva)
Nov 18 '14, 14:25
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First of all, let me assure you that your intern doesn’t have special powers to see into the human heart, but everyone at work has noticed. So now you and your pal have been put on notice that you have to seriously cool it. He is married. While you two are entitled to be friends, holding hands around the periphery of the office, having intense conversations in the hallway, etc., is unprofessional and, as you’ve seen, bound to catch up with you. But the good news is that there’s really nothing to tell. Your intern was an OK employee, but she’s definitely an unskilled blackmailer. In response to her crude threat you should do a couple of things. One, create a time-stamped file and document everything this little extortionist has done. Next, go to HR and report that you are being threatened by a former intern. Say her proposal is to get a better recommendation out of you in exchange for keeping quiet about your private life. Explain, however, that she has misconstrued a friendship with a colleague and there is nothing for her to reveal. Ask that HR, or your company’s attorney, let the intern know about the consequences of blackmail. Let’s hope this possible little sociopath realizes she’s heading down the wrong path. But be prepared she may really be off her rocker and could escalate things by making false allegations. Your own documentary evidence of her treachery will make a powerful case against her.
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