A little problem - thats a lie - THIS IS HUGE!!!!!

[girlygirl2]

I am a PA to the Director of the company I work for.
I only started in March so I havent been here long.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I was just covering the receptionists lunch break and a girl came out of the interview and we got chatting and then she told me she had just been interviewed for the PA's job.......

Sh1t!!!!

What should I do? Should I approach my boss or not?

[4getmenot]

had to think about that one but just got it :-)

[Reverandfunk]

I wasn't being rude lol. However; on reflection i think its more likely that it would have come out of yr wizards sleeve...

[Octavius]

Forgive me for being a bit slow on the uptake but when I interview anyone for a job, my PA knows who, where and what for, with CV�s, names, addresses, times � it is her role to keep me exactly informed of my appointments and to keep me up to date on the who what where and when. If you don�t know why your boss was interviewing this person, then you have to ask yourself why that might be.

In any event, you have two forms of employment rights, ones determined by legislation and the other afforded to you by your contract of employment with your employer. If you are seriously concerned about your position I would read up on both.

[4getmenot]

good point oct that is a PAs job usually

[redcrx]

girly did say it wasnt her boss that was interviewing the applicant though.

[girlygirl2]

Oi 4get stop being horrible!!!! :O)

Red thanks again for a great reply.....

[Octavius]

Ok, so why would another Director interview a PA for another Director? Summink don�t stack up. If I was employing a new PA, I think I would be in on the interview, wouldn�t you? Either the interviewee was incorrect or both the Q�er and her Director are getting the jolly old heave-ho. Real horror-show.

[Whickerman]

We're all waiting to see how you got on! Tell us!!!

[cascarelli]

redcrx is right - in the first 12 months of employment you don't have to give a reason for dismissal at all. So long as its not discriminatory, pregnancy related etc etc then its allowed. You have to give the week or months notice but its easy to sack people in the first year.

[redcrx]

thank you cascarelli, I did wonder for a moment there as Ive seen it happen and thought maybe the laws had changed recently.

[annie0000]

Maybe your boss has been promoted or changed role - you are still his PA it is just that his job title is different. Or maybe the interviewee got it wrong.

[girlygirl]

Firstly, thanks for all your advice.

I asked him out right, I didnt ask if I was being replaced I just asked him what role she was applying for. I figured honesty was the best policy.
She is being taken on as the other Directors PA and they used my job spec as an example of what she could expect to do.
He said I have done so well, its been proven thats is worth while to employ more PAs!
Yay!

X

[society]

Well good for you girlygirl! I'm so glad that things are good, and you still have your job. Now we all can rest comfortably.

Take care
xx