Boss Is Telling Me Info about Other Employees? -

I have a boss who after drinking likes to share his grand plans of reforming the business with the employees he s out with. On more then one occasion, he has told me about people he plans on firing and how he s going to go about trying to make them quit by limiting their working time or giving them jobs that are not going to make them enough money.Most of the time, while I m uncomfortable when he tells me this, its usually related to problem employees, but recently its been happening to good employees who are team players and work hard. Some of these people I consider to be my friends.I know there are privacy laws relating to employment info and a manager can tell people why someone was fired as long as they don t lie. Is this an issue that I can bring up to an upper level manager as its making the workplace extremely uncomfortable for everyone involved?

At this point, there s no need to involve upper management. It s not really making everyone uncomfortable, just you, and you should always try to resolve a situation like this directly before you go over anyone s head. Why not just tell your boss the next time he starts divulging information that the information makes you uncomfortable, and you would prefer he not share it with you. Or just don t go out drinking with him.He is not breaking any privacy laws currently in existence. What happens in the workplace is not necessarily private. As you are both employees in the same company, and the same department, there is no breech of any law. But go to upper management, as you seem to have your mind made up. Good luck.

i disagree with the other yahoo answerer; go tell management what occurs during theseoutings.I think they will not be happy. Also volunteer that you would like to climb in management.