Would you be pissed? career edition

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Probably out of laziness my new manager sent out an email welcoming our two new coworkers and included their resumes. WTF!  I've never worked somewhere that has sent out resumes of coworkers.  Usually they write a blurb saying "so and so has joined us and is in room 305.  She graduated from State University and previously worked at Employer."

If I were them I would be pissed! Am I normal though?

One of them I haven't met yet but she seems pretty cool just on paper. She interned someplace that I previously thought was only a television show. :-#

The other one I want to take a red pen to his crap resume and I pretty much never want to work with him based on it.  Examples:

Responsible for drafting Draft

Participated in the review process Reviewed

"And wrote on issues previously unfamiliar" - what?  Like you researched them, Buddy?

[patbutcher]

I would think it a bit off but I wouldn't be pissed. I don't think it is any of my new co worker's business though.

[raangoli]

I agree with @choco that your boss is just lazy and didn't want to write an intro for your new colleagues.

[shamrockshake]

Sept 28, 2015 9:04:48 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

One of them I haven't met yet but she seems pretty cool just on paper. She interned someplace that I previously thought was only a television show. :-#

I really want to know what/ where now

[mlt]

My firm circulates your resume to your group on your first day. They do it as a "take a look at this to find alumni connections!"

[smock]

It's a little different in my line of work (academia) because everyone in the department reads the CV when we decide who to hire. So it doesn't seem weird to me.

[mrssandro]

Wouldn't bother me. I would want people to know my history.

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Sept 28, 2015 9:11:28 GMT -5 shamrockshake said:

Sept 28, 2015 9:04:48 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

One of them I haven't met yet but she seems pretty cool just on paper. She interned someplace that I previously thought was only a television show. :-#

I really want to know what/ where now

PDQ

[shamrockshake]

oooo I like her just from that! that's cool

[amaranth]

My last two jobs did this for every new employee (small non profits). I appreciated it and found it helpful to read their specific skill set as it compared to their expected job duties.

[dcrunnergirl52]

I wouldn't be pissed at all. This is pretty common at my job. It helps everyone get to know the new employee's skill set and what they've worked on in the past, how much experience, etc. so we know what to expect and the types of tasks that person should be able to handle.

ETA: Why would you be pissed? I'm trying to figure out what's so bad about having your resume circulated.

[rbp]

No, but in academics CVs are pretty much public.

[fortnightlily]

Wherever I've worked, chances are half the department already saw my resume when they participated in interviewing me. And the rest got the Cliff's Notes when they connected to me on LinkedIn.

[redheadbaker]

I've never heard of that being done before, but I don't think I'd be pissed. It's not like it contains personal information.

[sunshine608]

Here (in Higher ed but not quite academia) CV's/Resume's are sent out for every candidate who does an on-campus interview. Either to interested stakeholder or to the entire university community for higher level positions. So in my eyes- normal. One way people can mentioned shared connections without admitting to having FB stalked you.

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Sept 28, 2015 9:46:04 GMT -5 @246baje said:

I've never seen it done but I don't get why you'd be pissed.

I guess I'd want to present myself to my new coworkers on my own terms.  And if I worked someplace else I would want them to ask me about it not just sit at their desk and evaluate whether I was qualified or not based on how I wrote about it on my resume. I don't know. It's hard to articulate but I've just always thought of resumes as private. I don't really do LinkedIn so I guess I'm old fashioned.

[anna7602]

This was common at my last job, although the resume was sent before the person started.

[anna7602]

Sept 28, 2015 9:51:17 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

Sept 28, 2015 9:46:04 GMT -5 @246baje said:

I've never seen it done but I don't get why you'd be pissed.

I guess I'd want to present myself to my new coworkers on my own terms.  And if I worked someplace else I would want them to ask me about it not just sit at their desk and evaluate whether I was qualified or not based on how I wrote about it on my resume. I don't know. It's hard to articulate but I've just always thought of resumes as private. I don't really do LinkedIn so I guess I'm old fashioned.

I don't do Linked In, either, but I don't view resumes as particularly private. Once you send them to a particular place I assume everyone at the organization could look at it if he/she wants to.

[anna7602]

I also don't buy into the whole "getting to know someone on their own terms" thing in this day and age. When I meet new people through work or DD's school or neighborhood moms' groups, I look at their personal web sites (if it's in their email signature) or Facebook profiles, if I am curious.

However, I'd be pissed if someone compiled all of my comments/threads posted to proboards and gave them to anyone.

[SJ]

I wouldn't care at all.

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Sept 28, 2015 11:18:38 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

You're being weird lol.

Well that's not new. lol

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Sept 28, 2015 9:14:38 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

Sept 28, 2015 9:11:28 GMT -5 shamrockshake said:

I really want to know what/ where now

PDQ

I was going to guess "WKRP in Cincinnati" but this is much cooler.

[laurack]

it would be unusual to see that at my company but I wouldn't freak out or anything. It's not a private thing really

[laurack]

haven't updated my resume in like.. 8 years lol. I should probably look at that

I would definitely be embarrassed if someone got their hands on my resume from 8 years ago and passed it around! I'VE EVOLVED!!

[lishie]

It wouldn't be unusual in my office, as it's not unusual for us to see the resumes during the hiring process, as we give input on who we should interview.

[niq]

I would be mildly annoyed, the norm here is that you write your own intro, send it to your boss, and then she sends it to the team. but ...

Sept 28, 2015 9:04:48 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

The other one I want to take a red pen to his crap resume and I pretty much never want to work with him based on it.  Examples:

...

Participated in the review process Reviewed

Well if you're not the only one, you don't want to get caught fluffing, right?

[irishbride2]

We always do this.

When they narrow it down to 2-3 candidates, all the teachers get a chance to interact with the candidates. Resumes are put out in the teacher office. They aren't resent when we hire one, but we all see it right before we pick one.