he said the last complaint. Period. His manager says it's a "known problem," but apparently forgot to mention any complaints until now, or document them?
I don't know if Adiplomat was in the wrong in this situation or not, nor do you no matter how familiar it may seem to you, and you are being unfair in condemning him. It's just as easy to read the e-mail and see a manager "covering his assets," whether because of overreaction to a complaint, or failure to document a real recurring problem.
At any rate, bad management happens, as your story frankly shows: any manager who would share with you personal or private information about your coworkers was violating the trust placed in him at the very least, and probably company policy and a number of laws in the bargain, and HR should have had a little chat with him. |
