Comments on: Office Gossip and Rumors

By: Ask HR Bartender: Handling the Pressures of Work — hr bartender

Ask HR Bartender: Handling the Pressures of Work — hr bartender — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:47:43 +0000

[...] of the pressure I’ve dealt with as a human resources professional surrounds things I knew but couldn’t tell anyone. For example, the time my boss called and told me we were doing a layoff the week between [...]

By: james

james — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:48:59 +0000

and what wrong with just a frank up to your face asking? if you want information then ask the person, gossip should be banned and should stigmatized as the way of cowards

By: hr bartender

hr bartender — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:27:02 +0000

Thanks for the comment Marsha. I agree that the tone of the comments could signal a larger organizational problem. It’s important to monitor what information is being shared via informal networks.

By: Marsha Keeffer

Marsha Keeffer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:14:55 +0000

Counseling in this type of situation is important. There’s vicious gossip, and then there’s bullying. Neither one is acceptable. I’ve usually found that this kind of stuff is a red flag that there are deeper problems within the organization.