What should i say to my boss after i asked him for extension of one of the coworkers

helenoftroy17

Hello everyone,
I work for the overseas agency, and my coworker contract for this mission was to be done in two weeks. He expressed his wishes to stay for another 6 weeks and make more money. I thought about it and instead of bringing someone new and have more traveling expenses on company account, why not. So i wrote my boss and asked him, explaining why we should keep him instead of bringing someone else, so my boss said yes. I told my coworker and he said he actually changed his mind he doesn't want to stay. I am shocked. I don't know how to approach my boss about this and not look unprofessional and lacking ability to assess my coworkers. Please any idea what should i tell my boss, i can't have anything hurting my position in company i just got married and have two mortgages. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you.

Squatman

have another word with the guy, explain to him how you did him a favour and urge him to stay as to move on would damage yours and his career. and in future, dont get involved. PS, you are reading way too much into the situation

Rubberchikken

Be upfront with your boss. This co worker is a bit of a pain. He initiated the idea and then changes his mind. Maybe your boss should be chatting with him.
Find someone who has a bit more decency.

helenoftroy17

Dear Squatman,
Thank you for your response. I have a clean record in company for past ten years. I should of never recommended this coworker, i just don't know what to tell my boss. I already spoke to my coworker, he doesn't care about me sticking out my neck for him, he is leaving.

helenoftroy17

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Be upfront with your boss. This co worker is a bit of a pain. He initiated the idea and then changes his mind. Maybe your boss should be chatting with him.
Find someone who has a bit more decency.

Yes i agree,
But my boss is not his boss, it's corporate boss. I went over my head and contacted directly corporate for him to stay.

Gerry T

Just say how it is. That your coworker expressed an interest to stay, you liked his work so put his name forward. But coworker has since said their leaving.
I wouldn't approach this person again, he's a messed and even if you did persuade them to stay he'd only let you down some time in the future
But if at all possible always present the problem with the solution. So have a short list of say 3 or 4 candidates for interview.

helenoftroy17

I don't think that's an option because we work overseas and corporate was going to send someone but i approached my boss about coworker staying so i don't think by Friday it's possible to recruit new person and send it overseas. I am just hoping for some miracle email from corporate that they have changed their mind and sending someone new. At this point i am desperate.

cloudatlas

helenoftroy17 wrote: »

I don't think that's an option because we work overseas and corporate was going to send someone but i approached my boss about coworker staying so i don't think by Friday it's possible to recruit new person and send it overseas. I am just hoping for some miracle email from corporate that they have changed their mind and sending someone new. At this point i am desperate.

Jeez, is your company really that ridiculous about such things. You found a solution to the recruitment problem, corporate agreed (they didn't have to agree) and through no fault of your own this guy turned out to be a Charlatan. It's not your fault and don't make it sound like it is when you are communicating with your parent company, it's entirely the fault of this employee who made assurances that he didn't keep.

helenoftroy17

Thank you. I have learned my lesson definitely about sticking out my neck for people at work. My kindness is being mistaken for weeknes...

Ursus Horribilis

Be very straight with your manager. Tell him exactly what you told us. That you were asked by this particular colleague to stay on and now he has changed his mind. It is not your fault that he let you down like this and you really shouldn't be taking it as personally as you are. Trust and personal relationships grease the wheels of most workplaces. Unfortunately, people can and will let you down from time to time.

The sooner you let your manager know, the better. If possible, have some sort of plan in place for this guy's replacement before you talk to your manager. Is there anything you can do to help replace him and make up for the lost time? Part of management is dealing with these sorts of curveballs and it's not the end of the world.

Oh, and if you are in a job where you're hiring people and dealing with management, please stop using "would of", "could of" and "should of" immediately. They're all corruptions of English grammar which have crept in over the past few years and they are all wrong. It's have, never of.

helenoftroy17

Thank you so much for your time to write an answer, i appreciate. I am in logistics. I think i will take your advice and be straight with my boss and tell the truth what happened. If there are consequences i will have to deal it because i never took into count that doing someone favor like this could backfire on me.

Ursus Horribilis

The co-worker in question is the one who is completely in the wrong here. How were you to know he was being less than honest? Not only did he pull this fast one but he doesn't appear to have had the manners to tell you his plans had changed in the meantime. So absolutely, hang this guy out to dry and don't pull any blame onto yourself. You are in danger of becoming your own worst enemy here.

cloudatlas

helenoftroy17 wrote: »

Thank you so much for your time to write an answer, i appreciate. I am in logistics. I think i will take your advice and be straight with my boss and tell the truth what happened. If there are consequences i will have to deal it because i never took into count that doing someone favor like this could backfire on me.

Don't frame it like that... don't say that you were doing a favor or being kind, leave emotions out of it, it was a business decision you found a solution to a recruitment problem but unfortunately through no fault of your own this individual failed you, not the other way round, you've done nothing wrong here.

Gerry T

You could spin it and say the candidate found a job else where paying far more and the company may need to adjust the package to attract the right people. Might help you in future negotiations