Business relationships very often develop into friendships, and hanging out after work or during breaks strengthens the team's strength, the sense of community and belonging, so it often happens that colleagues also socialize outside of working hours. We have prepared tips on what not to say at work.
It's not always about HR techniques of companies that care about culture and atmosphere, but about a simple psychological need to get to know better the people with whom we spend most of our time during the day. Strict boundaries between business and private they have long since disappeared in modern companies that cultivate a corporate image where the most important thing is how employees feel. The atmosphere at the workplace is extremely important for the feeling of satisfaction and belonging to the collective.
All this has contributed to a lot of open communication in the workplace, so that today we exchange details from our private lives, points of view, opinions and situations that were not previously the topic of conversation at work. However, there are things that professional and successful people never share with their colleagues at work.
People from the business world, consultants and managers, often share their experiences and advice on how to behave or how much to reveal about themselves on social networks. All teams emphasize that emotionally intelligent people know how to listen well when communicating with others and, based on this, assess how much they need to reveal about themselves in order to create a sense of connection.
1. Don't reveal your political beliefs
These are extremely personal views that are part of each person's identity, and it is very difficult to discuss politics without clashing with someone whose political beliefs are different or opposite to yours. Experience shows that such discussions often lead to raised tones, heated atmosphere, and all this can affect the creation of a completely different image of the person with whom you had a pleasant collegial relationship until then.
Political beliefs are deeply rooted in the DNA of every human being, so any discussion and attempt to prove them will lead to judgment and arguments instead of changing their opinion.Photo: Thisisengineering/Unsplash
2. Don't publicly judge someone as incompetent
In any work environment, even the most developed and modern companies, there will always be people who whose competences are not up to par, which you are used to, and which are not the best choice for the work they are doing. But if you're not in a position to help them do what they're doing, or if you don't have the power to fire them, there's nothing to be gained by speaking publicly about their incompetence. On the contrary, it can often backfire by making other colleagues create a negative image of you.
3. It is not polite to reveal the amount of salary, yours or others
Maybe your parents are curious and want to know how much you earn per month and if you are happy with it and in a way they are actually measuring your success. But to talk about salaries it's not nice at work. It is almost impossible to achieve complete fairness in the distribution of wages, and when you share this information with others, everything you do later will be evaluated and viewed through the prism of your salary.
4. Never say you hate your job
There are good days and bad days in every job, no one, absolutely no one, can be happy and satisfied all the time in anything in life, not even in business. Such categorical statements should be avoided, because in this way you belittle your work, your colleagues, the whole team, all the efforts that others put into work, and when the bad day is over and you return to work smiling, no one will forget , what you said the other day. In this way you become that person who spreads negativity and is bad for morale and atmosphere.
5. Details about your sex and love life are not sexy
Leave such honest confessions for your more intimate circle. You never know when some of this information will reach your superiors or other colleagues with whom you may not share it. Even in a relaxed meeting for drinks after work, you should not forget that these are people, with whom you work and that they are not all the same, too much intimacy makes some people feel uncomfortable.
You might want to share salary information with very good friends, but once you do, you'll never see each other again. The reason is simple, it is human nature to compare ourselves to other people.Photo: Annie Spratt/Unsplash
6. You are looking for a new job, but until you find one, keep quiet
Changing jobs is a completely normal thing, whether you need a change, want to do something different, want to advance, want to change environment. All of these are valid reasons for looking for a new job, but do not reveal this to colleagues at work, no matter how nice you are. At work, we are bound by a sense of belonging, as we share common business goals and possibly values.
The moment someone shows they want to leave this team, this is a normal reaction from others who will feel as if you are abandoning them at that moment and will try to shut down because they no longer see you as loyal. All this can create an unpleasant situation for you at work, so only when you are sure that you have a new job, first calmly and logically communicate this information to your superior, explain to him your reasons that led to this decision and then share it with your colleagues .
Very often, even after resigning, people hide the fact that they're leaving because they don't want to face their co-workers, but it's a mature and thoughtful decision that you definitely didn't make overnight, so there's no reason not to talk about it on the same way with your colleagues.
