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so mad right now

work feels like high school lately. and i guess i'm guilty of it too. but now the gossiping circle has come back around and its making things really awkward. trying to figure out if its best to just lay low and keep quiet, or address it.

Re: so mad right now

  • OMG I hate that.  Come on people we are all grown ups here!

    My manager had to address that issue a couple of years ago - it made things better and then it didnt esp when the manager was the mother of one of the girls doing the gossiping AND when the Mother Manager didnt take up for her daughter?!?  It really made things awkward b.c the co-irker then turned a cold shoulder to me and her Momma at the same time.  Thankfully that co-irker is no longer here to cause all the gossip!

    image Me Squeshia.
  • i'm at fault too. cubicle neighbor overheard a conversation i was having (guess you could call that in itself gossiping), and snitched on me. i was discussing a potential internal applicant for a position and who knows what the 'snitch' passed on. she was eavesdropping, so she probably heard bits and pieces.
  • Well I would have to address that.  You cant sit in a cube beside someone and hear everything that goes on - really.  So yeah totally get the people that were involved and set things straight.  Esp if the 'snitch' didnt get the facts straight.
    image Me Squeshia.
  • Yeah, I don't know if it's something with this time of year or what, but things seem especially bad at my office lately too.

    I'm tired enough to just prefer addressing the issues head on.  Otherwise, the gossip will continue, and if folks continue to gossip, well, then at least they have accurate information to gossip about.

  • Ugh!  That is so frustrating.  My office is also pretty big on gossip, but in some ways you have to participate or you will be completely clueless since managment rarely does a good job with communicating down.  I've seen where it has hurt me because I wasn't in the gossip circle and where I have benefitted from being in it.  I try to not gossip too much, but it is hard when it seems to be a way of functioning around here.  But at times things have gotten messy and it just sucks!
  • i work in an office of 10 women and it is NON STOP....so aggravating. i have learned to keep my mouth shut and if they try to engage me....i just start showing them pictures of my animals on my screen saver, lol

    they usually leave me alone now b/c i think they are all tired of looking at my pcitures every time they try to talk to me....whatever works! i had to come up with something b/c when i sat there and listened to them then the next thing i know my name was getting thrown around in the middle of it all. 

    our manager doesn't like conflict so instead of addressing it she ignores, so it never goes away.

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