10 Things that You Must not Share With Your Coworker
6. Flaunting your experience in wild parties & weekends
Have fun, no one is stopping you. But when you start talking about your weekends spent partying and drinking, it can end up making you look very unprofessional and flighty. What is good from your point of view may not be what the boss is looking for.
7. Discriminating people on the basis of gender & race
Being foul mouthed or crass in your attempt to be humorous, especially in a racial or bigoted manner, will not win you any prizes in the office sweepstakes. Every person does not enjoy talks or jokes which make fun of gender or race and people will not tolerate temperate and vulgar remarks about this for very long. You might end up being sidelined from important jobs due to this bias.
8. Bragging about your purchasing power
It’s alright to talk about a couple of purchases you make, say once a year or so. But when you keep crowing about how much you have spent on luxury items, you tend to make your colleagues speculating about whether you’re living above your salary bracket, and if so, how? It can also lead to envy, which again would be detrimental to your status in the workplace.
9. Always groaning about your workload
Everyone in the office is there to work. Constantly moaning about how much of workload you have, or complaining endlessly about how the work is stressing you out, will not win you any brownie points with either your boss or your colleagues. If you feel you are being victimized, go through the proper channels and file your complaint. If you still feel no good has come of this, then move on.
10. Criticizing or badmouthing the company you work for
With socializing on the net fast becoming a way to get your opinions expressed, we sometimes go overboard. Criticizing your company or boss in public, whether on the net or in the company, is a fast way to lose your job. Sometimes a blog or a comment on Facebook may cause more damage than an actual conversation because you do not come to know the reaction in time. And once it is on air, you cannot take it back nor can you control how many people have access to it. Sometimes you might be feeling hurt or angry at your boss or some colleague, and vent out your feelings in an angry outburst. So think before you react. Is it going to be worth it?
Every time you enter into a casual conversation with a coworker, you must keep in mind that what you say may be used against you or misrepresented to the higher ups. It might be used to circulate gossip about you. If you are a bright and talented newcomer, a loose lip may end up curtailing your hopes of climbing the office ladder fast. Remember, keep your conversation casual and the atmosphere in your workplace congenial, because like it or hate it, that is your home away from home, and your coworkers are the people you have to spend most of your work day with. Don’t do anything which can harm your status amongst your colleagues or mar your professional reputation.
