Hi,
I am working in an FMCG company. Please advise me on how to tackle office gossip. I am becoming the victim of office gossip. My peers who are maligning me do not provide facts when questioned. One of my colleagues always backbites about everyone but praises the person in front.
I have also brought to the notice of senior management any non-adherence and lack of cooperation for work through emails. If I speak up, I am getting a bad reputation for being aggressive and furious.
Please suggest how to deal with the above situations.
Regards,
Jyothsna
From Singapore
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I am working in an FMCG company. Please advise me on how to tackle office gossip. I am becoming the victim of office gossip. My peers who are maligning me do not provide facts when questioned. One of my colleagues always backbites about everyone but praises the person in front.
I have also brought to the notice of senior management any non-adherence and lack of cooperation for work through emails. If I speak up, I am getting a bad reputation for being aggressive and furious.
Please suggest how to deal with the above situations.
Regards,
Jyothsna
From Singapore
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Dear Ms. Jyothsna,
I agree office gossips ain't a good one. It can make employees work on layoffs that were never true and can make work non-productive.
Please consider the following which I personally follow when such act of gossiping takes place - Consider if a gossip is untrue or callous affecting your morale, then you should intervene. If you think that it is flippant, just dump it.
If you are the direct victim of hearing the gossip which you think is inappropriate to you, inform the Human Resources team or an immediate supervisor or HOD for the same. As a famous saying goes, "Keep personal life out of professional," personal hearsay can ruin a career. You can be directly involved in case you reach the gossip. Unless it is a corporate issue, escalate it to your supervisor immediately. It is necessary to clarify what the real story is to put away the false rumors.
Give them loads of work to do in case they start chit-chatting (a room for gossiping). Let them know that you don't care about their amateur back-biting, so pay no attention to such tweaks.
Hope this will definitely help you as I have followed them in a way.
From India, Visakhapatnam
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995I agree office gossips ain't a good one. It can make employees work on layoffs that were never true and can make work non-productive.
Please consider the following which I personally follow when such act of gossiping takes place - Consider if a gossip is untrue or callous affecting your morale, then you should intervene. If you think that it is flippant, just dump it.
If you are the direct victim of hearing the gossip which you think is inappropriate to you, inform the Human Resources team or an immediate supervisor or HOD for the same. As a famous saying goes, "Keep personal life out of professional," personal hearsay can ruin a career. You can be directly involved in case you reach the gossip. Unless it is a corporate issue, escalate it to your supervisor immediately. It is necessary to clarify what the real story is to put away the false rumors.
Give them loads of work to do in case they start chit-chatting (a room for gossiping). Let them know that you don't care about their amateur back-biting, so pay no attention to such tweaks.
Hope this will definitely help you as I have followed them in a way.
From India, Visakhapatnam
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How will you judge one who is gossiping or who is not?
How did you get that one is doing the same, how?
How these things are bothering you, and what made you feel like that actually?
Could you please share something about you? I meant to say, what post you are holding there and do you have authority or power to make changes in your office policies.
Suppose, a person came to you and say that he/she is the part of a conversation/gossiping but came to you for telling these all things, is also a culprit and you must not trust this person or would say ignore him/her. And, if anyone who claim that he/she has heard something by someone somewhere about you or about anyone which was not good or likewise, and came to you with that, you must not take it seriously but to tackle wisely. You have to ignore these things first but actually has to take action without expressing or reacting on this. This is the very first thing that you have to do here and would be a wise action.
See, you can’t directly pointing out anyone that he/she was doing or saying anything wrong or was involved in any office Political conversation/gossiping until you find the truth, and to find the truth you have to take action as I stated above.
Second, it would be better to make your office culture and environment better and friendly by taking some appropriate actions. In this work, the articles by going through the links below mentioned can help you.
Office tips: How to work with a gossip - Office Politics - Helium <link updated to site home> ( Search On Cite | Search On Google )
Dealing with Office Politics - Career Development from MindTools.com
Manage office politics using issues management techniques | TechRepublic
Third, until you share what actually you are experiencing and are going through, we can’t give you the actual solution that you required here but as you said that you found one who always backbites can handle him/her by being nice or expressing your objection by a friendly tone that will alert him/her. The best thing to tackle the people like your this colleague is to ignore or handle. Now its on to you what you’d like to do
From India, Gurgaon
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How did you get that one is doing the same, how?
How these things are bothering you, and what made you feel like that actually?
Could you please share something about you? I meant to say, what post you are holding there and do you have authority or power to make changes in your office policies.
Suppose, a person came to you and say that he/she is the part of a conversation/gossiping but came to you for telling these all things, is also a culprit and you must not trust this person or would say ignore him/her. And, if anyone who claim that he/she has heard something by someone somewhere about you or about anyone which was not good or likewise, and came to you with that, you must not take it seriously but to tackle wisely. You have to ignore these things first but actually has to take action without expressing or reacting on this. This is the very first thing that you have to do here and would be a wise action.
See, you can’t directly pointing out anyone that he/she was doing or saying anything wrong or was involved in any office Political conversation/gossiping until you find the truth, and to find the truth you have to take action as I stated above.
Second, it would be better to make your office culture and environment better and friendly by taking some appropriate actions. In this work, the articles by going through the links below mentioned can help you.
Office tips: How to work with a gossip - Office Politics - Helium <link updated to site home> ( Search On Cite | Search On Google )
Dealing with Office Politics - Career Development from MindTools.com
Manage office politics using issues management techniques | TechRepublic
Third, until you share what actually you are experiencing and are going through, we can’t give you the actual solution that you required here but as you said that you found one who always backbites can handle him/her by being nice or expressing your objection by a friendly tone that will alert him/her. The best thing to tackle the people like your this colleague is to ignore or handle. Now its on to you what you’d like to do
From India, Gurgaon
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Dear Jyothsna ji,
I do agree with both Sharmila ji and Anil ji.
Best of luck!
Keshav Korgaonkar
[Shantadurgaent.com](http://www.shantadurgaent.com) - Insurance Advisors, Corporate Advisors, Legal Advice, Wage and Salary, Labour Compliance Audit, SSI Registration, NOC.
From India, Mumbai
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I do agree with both Sharmila ji and Anil ji.
Best of luck!
Keshav Korgaonkar
[Shantadurgaent.com](http://www.shantadurgaent.com) - Insurance Advisors, Corporate Advisors, Legal Advice, Wage and Salary, Labour Compliance Audit, SSI Registration, NOC.
From India, Mumbai
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Dear Ms. Sharmila,
Thank you for your inputs. I actually ignore many office gossips and I did bring to the notice of my immediate manager the issues that are spoiling my reputation, but that has not made much difference. In fact, every time I raise my voice, which I found is not correct, I am labeled as a person making an issue. I think the need of the hour is to keep quiet, behave carefully, wait, and watch.
Many thanks once again.
Regards,
Jyothsna
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Dear Ms. Jyothsna,
I agree office gossips aren't a good influence. They can lead employees to worry about layoffs that were never true and can make work non-productive. Please consider the following steps which I personally follow when dealing with gossip:
Consider if a gossip is untrue or callous and affecting your morale, then you should intervene. If you think it is flippant, just disregard it. If you are the direct victim of hearing gossip that you find inappropriate, inform the Human Resources team, an immediate supervisor, or the HOD. Remember, personal hearsay can ruin a career. If you are directly involved in the gossip, unless it is a corporate issue, escalate it to your supervisor immediately. It is essential to clarify the real story and put away false rumors.
Give them extra work to do if they start chit-chatting (a room for gossiping). Let them know that you don't care about their amateur backbiting, so pay no attention to such behavior.
I hope this will definitely help you as I have followed these steps myself.
From Singapore
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Thank you for your inputs. I actually ignore many office gossips and I did bring to the notice of my immediate manager the issues that are spoiling my reputation, but that has not made much difference. In fact, every time I raise my voice, which I found is not correct, I am labeled as a person making an issue. I think the need of the hour is to keep quiet, behave carefully, wait, and watch.
Many thanks once again.
Regards,
Jyothsna
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Dear Ms. Jyothsna,
I agree office gossips aren't a good influence. They can lead employees to worry about layoffs that were never true and can make work non-productive. Please consider the following steps which I personally follow when dealing with gossip:
Consider if a gossip is untrue or callous and affecting your morale, then you should intervene. If you think it is flippant, just disregard it. If you are the direct victim of hearing gossip that you find inappropriate, inform the Human Resources team, an immediate supervisor, or the HOD. Remember, personal hearsay can ruin a career. If you are directly involved in the gossip, unless it is a corporate issue, escalate it to your supervisor immediately. It is essential to clarify the real story and put away false rumors.
Give them extra work to do if they start chit-chatting (a room for gossiping). Let them know that you don't care about their amateur backbiting, so pay no attention to such behavior.
I hope this will definitely help you as I have followed these steps myself.
From Singapore
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Good Luck Ms. Jyothsna... Things change when our own thought changes. You’re now sporting accurately.
From India, Visakhapatnam
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From India, Visakhapatnam
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Greetings of the day,
I'm glad that you realize this and recognize the truth. Without going further, I would like to wish you a bright future. I also want to say that people must not believe in ears but in mind, and self-recognition is also important.
Moreover, there is another side to everything that sometimes we never feel or recognize at the time of a problem or situation we are undergoing. However, if we take corrective and wise action, work with patience, we can prevent the problems.
Hope you got my point. Best of luck.
From India, Gurgaon
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I'm glad that you realize this and recognize the truth. Without going further, I would like to wish you a bright future. I also want to say that people must not believe in ears but in mind, and self-recognition is also important.
Moreover, there is another side to everything that sometimes we never feel or recognize at the time of a problem or situation we are undergoing. However, if we take corrective and wise action, work with patience, we can prevent the problems.
Hope you got my point. Best of luck.
From India, Gurgaon
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