Office etiquette is very important. One major topic is
gossip in the workplace. Usually women are the worst, but men join in too. I
hate when you see people huddled together whispering. You wonder, are they
talking about me? For some reason we feel the need to share the latest and
greatest news with someone else. The more people you tell the more the secret
grows. The person you told tells someone and they tell someone and so on. Then
the story is exaggerated and most of the time full of inconsistencies.
Gossip can
be hurtful if the person who is being talked about finds out. This can lead to
hard feelings. If a supervisor sees this happening they should put a stop to it
immediately. It also looks bad if you are in the hallway always talking, your
supervisor could begin to wonder if you have enough work to keep you busy. On
the same token sometimes gossip is a good thing. It can be an easy way to get
the word out about something around the office from a manager. It can also let
a manager know whats being said around the water cooler. Sometimes it can give
them insight to how people are feeling about the workplace or other people.
I try not
to engage in gossip. It usually doesn’t lead to anything good. I don’t want to
have the reputation as the girl you can’t say anything to because she will run
and tell everyone. I work with a lot of women who are all very opionated. When
they ask me have you heard about so and so, I just say no and move on. No one
hardly talks to me and that is ok with me, I would rather have a clean
conscious and look good in the eyes of management.
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