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Originally Posted by Butter
My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.
A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question:
Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise.
Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.
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Id definitely tell him.
Just as a general rule, unless Im sure it the wrong call - tell the truth.
Easier to deal with knowing than making wrong assumptions