I resigned from my administrative position on March 2012. I worked for the company until April (to help train my replacement). About a week after my last day, there were two physicians that left the practice immediately. They have since started their own practice. I received a call last week from the two physicians that had left asking me if I would help them out on a couple of things this week (start-up). I received a call the next day from my former employer telling me they heard I was going to help and asked if it were true. I said yes, that I had agreed to help them out for a few days. They were not happy about it and then proceeded to ask me if I was offered a job opportunity with them that I please give them a courtesy call to let them know. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? I was not on my A game when I received the call and was a little taken back by it.
I resigned a month ago. A week after I left two providers left the practice. I received a call from them asking for my help with the start-up of their practice. The next day I received a call from our former employer telling me they heard I was going to help the other practice. I told them yes and was asked to give them a courtesy call if I accepted a permanent position with the company. I was taken back by the phone call. When I turned in my resignation they begged me to stay, but I declined.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this phone call I received from my former employer?
Merged two threads and left the combined thread in IMHO.
At the risk of stating the obvious: it’s none of their business where you work.
That. Your relationship with the old practice is over. You don’t owe them any information, and are not obligated to inform them about anything if you don’t want to.
There’s a very slight difference between those two quotes. Do they want to know if you get an offer from this new practice, or if you accept one? It sounds like they want to compete for your services, or to enforce a non-compete agreement with you or the other physicians. Either way, it sounds like they want you to voluntarily give them information that will help them, and not you.
I’ve worked for small companies where I knew and trusted everybody, and big ones where it was all by-the-book. I don’t know which case your situation falls into. Tell them if you want to, but don’t let them make you feel like you have to.