I really don’t want to go to work tomorrow. Boss had been having an affair with a member of staff and left his wife for her. This woman then started seeing someone behind his back and confided in me. Boss found out and they have split. The problem is both have come to me and have been talking about the situation, obviously putting their own spin on things, the boss has intimated that while they were together the woman has been talking about me to him in not a very nice way.
The woman is on annual leave and has called me to ask what he’s been saying. I’m trying to be as non commital as possible and have said I don’t want to be brought into it. Boss said to me that he wants to talk some more about things on Monday .
I’m covering for the woman in her absence and have found that there’s quite a lot of stuff she hasn’t told me about ( I don’t normally have anything to do with her tasks so have been thrown in at the deep end) . I told the boss I was struggling a bit due to not really knowing what I’m doing and he said it’s because the woman doesn’t want anyone to know her job and likes to keep things to herself.
I will tell him that I would rather not be drawn into this as it’s making things awkward.
Is there anything else you would do?
There’s no HR department before anyone suggests going to them.