Co-worker seems to be trying to sow discord on his way out. Inform HR?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I have a co-worker on a peer level with me. He is a term employee and the company has opted to not extend his term. He will be done at the end of the month. The company line is that there is not enough work to justify his role but that is clearly untrue. He feels there is some href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/sort">sort of management conspiracy against him but it seems clear to me that he is just not a href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/good">good href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/fit">fit here.

With his href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/finish">finish date coming up, he steers every conversation with me to how two specific managers are against him, how they only want engineers of their own race, and how unprofessional they are. I don't buy any of it. I keep coming back with the fact that if he feels that is the case then working here is not a href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/good">good href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/fit">fit for him since he would necessarily be working under one of them.

I'm a bit concerned that he is having these conversations with others and sowing discord against management in his last couple of weeks. Is this href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/sort">sort of concern something that should be brought to HR or kept to myself?

manpreet 2 years ago

There is no benefit to anyone if you go to HR.

You will get the label of "office rat", and that won't work out well for you.

He will become even more disruptive, as he has nothing to lose, which might prompt him to foul the waters even more before he leaves, plus he might end up with a bad mark that follows him.

The managers actions WILL be reviewed by HR, as they will have to cover the company's posterior, so life will be made more difficult for them.

And, of course, when it gets back to him, you'll have a brand new enemy who has no compunction against speaking ill of people.

It's probably just sour grapes, and it isn't long that everyone has to deal with him. Let it go unless it goes beyond words. If he starts to actively disrupt things THEN go to HR, but only as a last resort.

IMO, at this point, going the HR would cause more problems than it solves. They may even ask you why you are bothering them about someone who's going to be gone before they can take meaningful action.

Be careful on this one.