“My Former Boss Is Pretending I Still Work There” HR Advices

Source: HR Lady

Leaving a job means everything with your name tag in the company is done away with.  . But look at a situation where your boss keeps your email address and still communicates with the company’s clients.

Is that fair?

Almost a year ago I left a job at a small company I had been with for many years. At the time I gave notice, I was instructed that I was not to inform any customers of my departure. I respected that as I don’t believe it was my choice to make.

Recently it has been brought to my attention by several people that my former boss (the owner of the company) is cc’ing my old email address on communications with customers. I fully appreciate that the email profile bearing my name is owned by the company.

I can also understand that they might want to keep it live to monitor the inbox for business-related emails. Given that I worked there for more than 4 year and managed to get a large number of clients.

However, it would seem to me that the only reason my former boss would cc my address at this juncture would be to misrepresent my current status with the company I am working for.

This strikes me as ethically questionable at best. I should mention that other employees were also instructed to copy my address, so it’s not just a matter of it being habitual.

Do I have any rights in terms of telling my boss to stop it? Am I justified in being uncomfortable that someone is pretending I’m somewhere I’m not?

What advice would you give this employee?

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