Maybe the employer is this charming outfit, mentioned twice in
Joe Grimm's column.
Quote:
When I went into my bosses' office to discuss the raise/one-year contract situation, they confronted me with printouts of cover letters and resumes I had sent out to prospective employers -- from my own personal computer, on my own personal e-mail account, on my own personal time.
The day before, I had to use my personal e-mail to complete a work function. (Someone was trying to send me an ad, so I could lay it out in the paper.) Our work's e-mail server wasn't working, and I was on deadline. So, I had someone send the ad to my personal e-mail account. I made sure to close up the window, but the only thing I can gather is that perhaps I hadn't logged out of my e-mail. I'm usually very careful about this, but what can I say? I was on deadline and rushed -- perhaps I forgot to formally log out.
Well, I'm sure you know where this is going. My boss went looking through the Internet history and was able to access my inbox. She saw correspondence between other employers and myself, mostly just introductory cover letters. She opened the messages. She even opened a message from a friend that was obviously not even employment related. So, they felt "personally betrayed" and didn't offer me a raise or the option of staying.