I am a client of a company. Yesterday the company owner called me to say this woman, who was my preferred person to deal with, is no longer working for them but they will replace her and still offer their usual, wonderful service blah, blah…
He said she left because she found the job too much with having young children as well. This us where I feel he should have left the conversation.
However, when I said I understood her decision but I was sorry because I liked her, liked dealing with her and appreciated the service I received from her, he went on a bit if a rant. He said what he was offering was not a job, but a career. He said she handed her notice in on a Friday of a holiday weekend and that he considered that unprofessional.
He made a few other quips and went on to say that she told another staff member that she just wanted to work from home in her pyjamas. He made his disgust at that quite clear.
I feel that the unprofessional one here is HIM and it made me quite uncomfortable to listen to him badmouth her.
A few years ago this woman’s predecessor “left”. Again, someone else I liked dealing with. He told me the ins and outs of this person’s departure, that he lied to the company owner, and what about etc. As a client I don’t need to know this (it didn’t affect me negatively in any way) and I don’t like the lack of boundaries this company owner seems to have.
Would IBU to contact this woman and tell her what he’s said about her? On one hand I like to live a quiet, peaceful life and don’t want any comeback or drama, but on the other hand I think he’s way out of order and extremely unprofessional (and unpleasant).