Should I tell my boss?

Do not tell your boss that your friend is planning on quitting next week. In the event that you tell the boss and then your friend has a change of heart, you will be stuck in the middle and it won't be pretty.

However, you can approach the boss and tell your that you suspect that one of your team members may be planning on quitting in the next week with out notice. Let the boss know that this is something you are not certain of, but that you wanted her to be aware so that she may have a heads up in filling the soon-to-be vacant position in the event that the unnamed employee does follow through with her plans.

That way, you've covered yourself with your friend, and you also alerted your boss to a possible upheaval.

I would try to convince your friend to give adequate notice, however. She will undoubtedly want to use you as a reference for future employment and if she chooses to not give any notice, you will let a potential employer know that. It might be enough for her to think twice about how she plans on terminating this employment, since it won't be wise of her to use her boss as a reference.

First of all i would talk to her and try to convince her to announce her leaving to the boss. If that doesn`t work, you might as well tell the boss yourself, given the situation that you are a team lead.. but also make sure that she doesn`t find out from who did the boss found out about her plans. Now if you are the only one who knows about her plans, then its a little more complicated.. because i presume she trusts you if she told you what she is going to do..

so, there are 2 options: if you care more about the job and the productivity, go ahead and tell your boss but you will loose a friend.

on the other hand, you can play dumb and still remain friends with her, and don`t tell your boss, when the time comes just say that you didn`t knew a thing, it was her own choice to leave and she hasn`t even told you about it... yes, it is a little lie, but ur boss can`t prove that you hid that from him, so he will leave you alone, thinking you had nothing to do with it.

your choice.

I think your friend is being really stupid, despite the issues she's had with the boss she's making it harder for everyone including herself, try and point this out to her and also point out that she's put you in a difficult position.

I think if you told the boss she will find out so it's up to you if you want to risk that, if you don't then say nothing and let them deal with it. You shouldn't have to be placed in the cross-fire

Keep it secretive (In talking to the boss, so they won't know.), but it's worth telling. It sounds like it'd be detrimental to a few people if you don't. Just make sure that the boss doesn't confront them if you're the only one who knew, he'll probably understand.

Your friend should at least give some notice that she is quitting, but that is between her and your boss. I would stay out of it.

Don't tell your boss.

You are privy to the information as a friend, not a colleague.

Isn't your colleague legally bound to give notice anyway?