What is it with work collegues?

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Basically I just don't get why work collegues back stab and spread rumours and cause arguments with eachother?

Example - today I got told I would be working in a different department by my boss - I have been moved about several times in 7 months and I am getting a bit miffed at this.

I vented a little to my fellow work mate who had also been screwed about recently by our boss - I figured we would share a similar view on things.

At the end of the day I hear her slagging me off in the locker room really having a good dig at me telling another worker how I did nothing but moan and how they should (insert bad word here) me and then pull some more personal stuff out and make the whole thing into one big drama.

I just there and laughed while thinking what the? :confused:

We normally get on allright I am a good worker aswell always give 110% I just dont get what drives people to be like this?
 
Probably quite simply the drive to *better* themselves. By making you appear worse they hope to increase their standing on the corporate butt-kissing ladder.

Its pathetic, but happens.
 
I like where I work, there isn't much snipping going on, plus I don't really care what people say or think about me... I can always switch their internet off ;)
 
because thats all they are.... work colleagues.

You can't choose your friends but you can choose your enemy's, and considering you are forced to work with people you don't know... you tend to make more enemy's than friends.

gossip is also a very good way to become "popular" at work
 
People aren't nice. Thats their nature.

All you can ever do in life is be yourself and hope that you can fulfill something in others and that they appreciate it. Don't be arsey about it, just do it.

If you can do that, others will appreciate you. And if not, just keep trying. Don't take it personally.
 
I guess it doesnt help our boss is a complete (bad word) and no one respects him at all. Everyone kinda follows his lead and generally just gossips and slags off everyone else.

I work with my best mate and me and him seem to be the only ones who dont take part in this. We are both just like :confused:at them all its like they thrive on putting other people down.
 
Andri said:
You can't make someone like you. This generally gets harder at work as everyone is always after something.
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Everyone is considerably older than me (that tend to **** me or eachother off) and I'm also fairly new so I think they feel threatened maybe I dunno. Its like if I do something slightly wrong its the end of the world and if I do everything perfect its like :rolleyes: .

The people I do get on with though more than make up for the silly? people I just dont get how someone can let someone else affect them so much that they start to base their life around what other people are doing. I prefer people to tell me to my face or shut the heck up. I may confront said collegue about her tone and attitude about me see the look on her face but is it even worth the effort?

I think not.....
 
probably your best move

they won't be expecting you to confront them like that. This sort of thing happens all the time where i work, we have a user base of around 80 employees in 4 different sites and word still gets around about something or other.
 
I was very lucky with my last work. I left in Feb this year and still see lots the boys weekly. The place is known for making best mates, infact several of my closest mates stopped working there even before I started! :p LOL
 
It's called politics.

"NO!" I hear you cry "That's to do with government arses and whatnot"

Unfortunately not.

There are very few places left where being the nicer, better person will see you succeed, it's all about being one step ahead of the other person now, even if that means slagging them off...

It's a shame, but it's what happens.

I say fight back, and fight back with a better smear campaign!
 
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