bassaussie
05-02-2007, 03:17 PM
Just wanted people's opinions on this situation, and how you guys might handle it.
Background wise, I'm a contractor working on a long term project in Dublin. The project has just passed 12 months, and has around 10-12 months to go before completion. My current contract finishes end of July, and I've been asked to stay until the end of the project by the project manager.
Moving to more recent events, the IT manager of the company (an Irish bank/insurance company) approached me 2 weeks ago to see if I wanted to join the company permanently. I gave the offer some thought, but since I don't consider myself to be permanently located in Dublin, I declined the offer.
At the end of last week, I ran into the IT manager at a social event organised by work. I had a quick conversation with her, thanking her for the offer, but making it clear that my refusal was strictly down to where I considered my home was. I also said that there was a wealth of skilled programmers on our team, and that maybe some of the Irish based ones would be more suitable for her offer. I named three as an example.
On Monday, I got an email from her asking for the initials of the 3 people. Thinking nothing of it (stupidly) I supplied these.
Today, my project manager comes up to me asking me what I'd said to the IT manager. Questions such as why I supplied the names of those three people, why I'd suggested they wanted to leave the project, what was my motive in doing all this, why I hadn't told her about the conversation at the social event or the subsequent emails etc.
So ..... right now, I'm super pissed off at the IT manager for using my name and the names I provided as some sort of leverage against my project manager, I'm super pissed off at myself for saying something that I thought was innocent but has been twisted into something else, and I'm on the verge of giving notice as I find this whole situation so offensive.
Thoughts, opinions and suggestions welcome. Oh, and please, don't tell me I'm stupid/naive/careless/gullible etc. I already know. :(
Background wise, I'm a contractor working on a long term project in Dublin. The project has just passed 12 months, and has around 10-12 months to go before completion. My current contract finishes end of July, and I've been asked to stay until the end of the project by the project manager.
Moving to more recent events, the IT manager of the company (an Irish bank/insurance company) approached me 2 weeks ago to see if I wanted to join the company permanently. I gave the offer some thought, but since I don't consider myself to be permanently located in Dublin, I declined the offer.
At the end of last week, I ran into the IT manager at a social event organised by work. I had a quick conversation with her, thanking her for the offer, but making it clear that my refusal was strictly down to where I considered my home was. I also said that there was a wealth of skilled programmers on our team, and that maybe some of the Irish based ones would be more suitable for her offer. I named three as an example.
On Monday, I got an email from her asking for the initials of the 3 people. Thinking nothing of it (stupidly) I supplied these.
Today, my project manager comes up to me asking me what I'd said to the IT manager. Questions such as why I supplied the names of those three people, why I'd suggested they wanted to leave the project, what was my motive in doing all this, why I hadn't told her about the conversation at the social event or the subsequent emails etc.
So ..... right now, I'm super pissed off at the IT manager for using my name and the names I provided as some sort of leverage against my project manager, I'm super pissed off at myself for saying something that I thought was innocent but has been twisted into something else, and I'm on the verge of giving notice as I find this whole situation so offensive.
Thoughts, opinions and suggestions welcome. Oh, and please, don't tell me I'm stupid/naive/careless/gullible etc. I already know. :(