: About Me

Jobs & Careers > Professionalism How to avoid office gossip traps

23 of 66

Work is the curse of the gossiping classes, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde. Gossip is often associated with productivity lost in idle chatter. Managers speculate on the impact of the water cooler and the smokers' ghetto on the bottom line. Gossip in the workplace is part of the human condition. It is a universal constant in all cultures and societies. Outside the work place gossip is a currency enshrined in social mores. Bars, clubs and pubs are part of the social network of word of mouth gossip. Newspapers have pages devoted to it, whole magazines cater for it, and radio and television have pr...

More..

Writing:

• Marketplace Approved Writer
• Helium Charter Member