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Workplace gossip (piefed.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago by sparkles@piefed.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Is workplace gossip just a painful fact of life? Is there a way to go beneath the radar with regards to coworkers and staff who base their life enjoyment discussing other people’s personal business? Is there a good model for reducing the amount of workplace gossip/reinforcing more pro social habits? Or is that just how people socialize? I realize that’s multiple forms of the question, but it is always something I think about working in a gossip culture.

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have never known there to be any but im sure there is I just don't engage in a way where I might hear it. Im a don't shit where you eat type of person so I rarely do anything outside of work with anyone but im polite and cordial in the workplace. Even personable. I have to say though I have been out of work for well over a year now and you see folks saying to network but I have never gotten a job by knowing anyone except for some part time work in the summers during college where my brother told me about it. So maybe its good to gossip.

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