wondering about borders of confidentiality
wondering about borders of confidentiality
(OP)
My first professional mentor now works for a company that is not currently hiring.
One of his competitors wants to hire me, though, and I would like to talk this over with a trusted party. If I discuss this with said mentor, am I revealing information I shouldn't to his competition?
Logically, I'd say no. Other companies advertise jobs and anyone who cares to look can tell who's hiring for what. Mr. Mentor had suggested another of his competitors I might apply to, and I talked to him about those prospects. So why do I feel like I can't talk about this one?
Part of it might be that unlike Mr. Mentor's company, and the other competitor, this current prospect is a firm I've dealt with in my current capacity, and I've been thoroughly trained not to reveal anything about the workings of the companies we deal with to anyone else. Is it just that? Or is my gut telling me something else that my brain is missing?
OJD
One of his competitors wants to hire me, though, and I would like to talk this over with a trusted party. If I discuss this with said mentor, am I revealing information I shouldn't to his competition?
Logically, I'd say no. Other companies advertise jobs and anyone who cares to look can tell who's hiring for what. Mr. Mentor had suggested another of his competitors I might apply to, and I talked to him about those prospects. So why do I feel like I can't talk about this one?
Part of it might be that unlike Mr. Mentor's company, and the other competitor, this current prospect is a firm I've dealt with in my current capacity, and I've been thoroughly trained not to reveal anything about the workings of the companies we deal with to anyone else. Is it just that? Or is my gut telling me something else that my brain is missing?
OJD





RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
As your Mentor is a trusted party you can ask and expect any discussion to remain in confidence.
RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
Just a clarification...
Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
It shouldn't be a highly confidential bit of information. I can't put my finger on why it feels like I shouldn't tell Mr. Mentor. It is perhaps the conditioning I mentioned before, that I'm just not supposed to talk about what the companies we deal with are doing, period. If it's just that, I don't need to worry about it. But it's just such a strong gut feeling that I didn't want to just brush it off without a sanity check.
OJD
RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
In fact I have had the same situation. An engineer who worked with me while studing, graduated and had two offers from firms competing with my current employer. As a matter of fact, one of the offers was through my contacts in that firm. He talked to me several times about it before choosing one of them. I never saw a problem.
RE: wondering about borders of confidentiality
OJD