2007-02-26 11:08:30 · 7 answers · asked by honesty works 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Gather proof that she is doing it and then take your boss aside and tell her.
2007-02-26 11:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. What business is this of YOURS?
2. How do YOU know that she's "stealing" clients from your boss?
a. If your boss can't keep track of his or her clientele, he or she probably deserves to have then "stolen".
b. Ever consider that your boss may have given the clients to her?
c. And if your boss is aware that someone else is grabbing their clientele, it's up to your boss to handle the issue.
3. If you go sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, you may find yourself on the outs with your boss and your co-worker at the very least. You could find yourself on the unemployment line as well.
To another poster: SOX has SQUAT to do with someone pilfering clients within the office environment. It's ONLY goal is assuring the accuracy of financial statements and that any changes to the financials are not made undetected. And it ONLY applies to publicly traded companies.
2007-02-26 19:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it really depends on your company culture. But I can tell you that where I work it would prolly not be a good idea. Trust me, I have learned the hard way that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
I would not tell your boss, b/c that could come back to hurt you. Let your boss find out on their own. You will be better off in the long run.
The next time you think something may be going on I would just keep my head down and my mouth shut.
2007-02-26 19:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by frenchie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Working for an accounting firm, you should be very well aware of the bar that was set by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In order to support a sustainable honest corporate culture every individual must act in an ethical way. If your co-worker is in fact stealing clients from your boss, it is evident that he or she lacks the ethics necessary in today's business environment. Such actions should not be tolerated by stakeholders, a group to which you belong yourself. How to approach your boss and inform (her) is a sensitive issue. I would enourage using facts and tact, not undocumented accusations.
2007-02-26 19:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by 1983 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with The Rabbi ... stay out of it ... instead you could:
Anonymously e-mail your boss! Create a new e-mail account with her name on yahoo or something and send it to her work e-mail address all day with random messages. You could include links about how employees steal and drop some major hints; this may clue her in a bit! ... and keep you out of it.
Use the computers at your local library.
2007-03-01 22:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by Reserved 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! In my company if I heard that was happening I would instantly fire the party that did it and if I found out people knew about it and did not tell me I would consider them accomplices and fire them too. Depending on the state you are in your boss should have had you all sign a non-compete clause.
2007-02-26 19:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by alda 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No good deed goes unpunished. Stay out of office politics and the drama that goes with it. Go to work, do your job then go home.
2007-02-26 19:13:00 · answer #7 · answered by The Rabbi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋