2006-11-14 14:17:41 · 8 answers · asked by Roxanne W 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
After two years of it I just had to quit! Some people are just determined to try to pull you into it. I have never worked in a place with so much Machiavellian Drama, and I've been in the work force for 35 years. I mean there is some of it everywhere, but sometimes you just have to walk away.
2006-11-14 14:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Move along, move along just to make it thru, move along...
Almost all jobs are like this. When it starts, walk away. Gossips are like quicksand- they live to suck others in.
It will be noted and respected (hopefully). I would say that HR would help but they never have helped me. If the job's worth keeping, stick it out.
Oh! Another tactic is to change the subject on people. That gets the message across. That's what I did when I was a manager. It was effective and it didn't piss people off.
2006-11-14 14:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't feed into it. Listen but don't contribute it. Try to steer away from groups where all they do is gossip. The end result is that they may think you're stuck up but better that than a gossip.
2006-11-14 14:22:00 · answer #3 · answered by junebug 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i work at the post office , all about gossip i might add .so there fore the best way is to not talk about anything you do not want known.you will be a lot better off
2006-11-14 14:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by j f 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Number one psychologists say wear a baseball or some
small beret, hats. Actually pull them over your ears. The
best advisors say stay physically away, for the time you are
wasting is not yours, nor theirs. Getting the club atmosphere
moving is thru adding attentive projects to your own space.
Politely invent some teams that stick out as Christian, or
Peace planning, get something better done. NOW.
2006-11-14 14:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by mtvtoni 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How frustrating. Try to ignore the gossips and don't get involved in their conversations. When they ask why you don't talk, simply tell them the truth-you don't gossip.
2006-11-14 14:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ceci 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Transfer to the sales department, then get out of the office and make sales. You'll make more money and leave the pathetic people with no lives behind.
2006-11-14 14:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by The Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy going to taco bell, having a few bean burritos, and then go back to the office and "crop dust" around everybody.
2006-11-16 13:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by shootermcavern 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋