How can I tell my boss that I have applied for the job that she is desperate to get?

[Tanzie]

We don't get on, but I have to maintain a reasonable working relationship with her for the next few months until my contract runs out. Her boss gave me a fantastic reference and helped me with my application, but said I should also tell her that I have applied. I am being a bit of a wuss about this, but how do I drop it into the conversation?

yikes...

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Tanzie, she's a cow, don't tell her, go for it, get it and get some nice juicy revenge, eaten cold.

No, Aimsmum, but if I get the job, what then? It will look odd and a bit sneaky.

Sod what her boss said, he can't make you and she's horrible, I can't see how her attitude could get worse, frankly.

why do you have to tell her? if you get it then she'll know! can you send her a memo or email it, or possibly tell her during light msn banter?

Who cares? She's HORRIBLE and she'd do the same to you in a heartbeat.

Why would you tell her that you have applied for the job? I'd be inclined to wait and see - if you get the job then, obviously, you will need to tell her. If you tell her beforehand and don't get the job - a bad situation will have been made worse.

Sis said it in a much nicer way and with much better intentions!

i wouldnt tell her

TBH I don't think she would view me as any sort of competition, although I have all the right background and the language skills. I doubt either of us will get it, but I just don't want to make a sticky situation stickier.

Her boss called me into his office last week to ask me what I thought of her management skills, as two other team members had complained about her. Once I opened my mouth I couldn't stop! He was horrified and kept saying "I had no idea..." And what I said corroborated with what the complainers had said as well.

OK - how about if she asks me, I'll tell her?

Nooooooooooo! Tanzie, look, how firm can I be? She doesn't accord you the slightest consideration and never has done. You don't have to sink to her level by being horrible back but you don't have to do her any favours or give her the upper hand (or a chance to sabotage your application). I'm glad her boss knows, she ought to be stopped.

If she asks if you have applied for the job? would she do that?! I'd be inclined to give a non commital reply along the lines of 'I've been so busy recently...'

Your Highness, this is getting spooky!

ha ha sis, it is! Tanzie, listen, we're saying the same thing. And enid is.

She may well ask me! I made some comment about it being an interesting job when I printed off the advert and application form for her, and she said "Have I got competition?" I just said "Well, you never know! I have all the right background for this job." Which she didn't like.

She'll cry if I get it.

If she asks, smile nicely and say, ' Oh yes, I remember - it was interesting job - good luck with your application'. and WALK AWAY.

Gosh, you have to tell her, no matter how horrid she is
What if they ring her for a reference? You will look terrible!

If she cries, take a photograoh and post it on member profiles!

Don't tell her, she is your boss, she can easily block your application and give horrible references about yourself if she wants to (and considering the way you talk about her, she has certainly the personality to do it).

If her boss insists tell her/him that you know that there are chances you don't get that position anyway but that you believe that in order to keep the working relationship safe it would be better not to disclose it, at least not yet.

They will ask you before they approach her for a reference and then you can tell her.

She can't block my application and she won't have to give me a reference - her boss has already done that. There's no way the organisation would contact her re my application.

P>S> and nobody can contact your boss for references unless you have authorised them to do so.