Employees refusal to follow instructions

[m0therofdragons]

Employee works one day a week in my sister's dept. Sister is the senior manager.

Sister: "I'm moving team meetings to Thursdays as that's when pt employee works and I want us all to be together once a week for a briefing and opportunity to discuss any key issues/pieces of work."

Pt employee: "thank you for changing the team meeting to my work day however, I won't be attending."

Er wtf? Surely if you senior manager tells you they're holding a meeting and invite you the reply is "of course, what time?" How would you deal with this?

It is not a problem to discuss an issue on a no-names basis. There is no breach of confidentiality if it cannot be used to identify an individual or company.

If it was, mumsnet would not exist.

Your sister should simply say to the employee:

'I did not make myself clear, these meetings are mandatory so you will attend at Xpm with everyone else each week. If you have a specific reason for non attendance, then you must discuss this with me in advance of any meeting.'

She needs to take a firm stance as they are pushing her because she is new in role and they wants to see what they can get away with.

I haven't shared any identifiable info. I'm fully aware of data breaches and this isn't one. You, my dear, are simply bonkers, but you made me laugh so thank you.

(FYI I changed a bit of info - I do not have a sister. However key elements are accurate and the relation and sex if the person is rather unimportant)