I recently swapped desks duties with someone who ended up just leaving the company right away and now my old group is interviewing for my old desk.
I have applied to a job internally in the meantime and I notified my old manager that I had done so and to ask if she knows the hiring manager in order to put a good reference. I know the 3 people who interviewed with my old manager and all 3 had told me that my old manager let them know during the interview that I have applied internally for a job.
I'm wondering if this is a privacy or HR issue as what I feel that me telling my manager that I applied should be assumed to be in confidence. Would like to hear peoples thoughts on this...
thanks