Need advice- I reached out to a director I used to work with many years ago for a role in his team. He referred me to the recruiting team and they quickly scheduled a phone call. Now I just found out his sister works in the same company as me and I'm sure he will reach out to her. What do I do if my manager gets wind of this through the sister and asks me if I'm looking? Could they fire me?

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You’ll be fine.

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He should know how sensitive this is. He likely won’t tell her (I know I wouldn’t). If he does, it would be in confidence and she should not share it within the company. But yes, depending on the firm (and especially in finance) folks can be fired or promotion cycles slowed down when firms find out you are shopping around.

This would take at least two low probability things to happen before it gets to your managed: (1) your old director being indiscreet (2) the sister then being indiscreet after this. Even if both those things happen it’s still not a fireable offence to network and look out for opportunities.

I’d say relax on this and worry about your call with the recruiting team.

Thanks all!!

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