You Should Never Tell

Things You Should Never Tell Your Co-workers

Anubhav Kapoor

 Life at the office just seems incomplete without the usual, daily dose of idle chatter.

As insane it might sound, this can seriously hamper your progress at the workplace and compromise your reputation if you are not aware about things that shouldn’t be shared with your co-workers. This fact is a bit more applicable to men who aren't naturally-gifted gibbers as women and tend to go overboard with details that can do little good to their reputation at work. You might have figured out what kind of office colleagues you can trust and the best time to babble but you also need to know about the topics that just shouldn’t be touched upon, such as:

Details Related To New Job

Talking about your work frustrations is fine since it helps you venting some steam and keeps you more focused on your job. However, don’t start conversations that are related to how serious you are about a change in profession and the kind of

employment offers you have been receiving. Until you have another offer in hand that makes you feel secure enough, curb the keenness to share such details. Word about such things travels fast and once the upper hierarchy gets a sniff of it, there is no turning back in terms of reclaiming the trust they would lose in you.

Being Over-Courteous When Complimenting Your Lady Boss’ Looks

Yes, you have every right to observe women at work and pass judgment about them. This is the kind of mental fodder that men need to keep themselves relaxed during office hours. However, be wary of going into detailed descriptions when sharing your

lady boss’ figure or overall looks with your colleagues. These compliments tend to travel around fast and can be easily misinterpreted. If you have been fantasizing about her in creative ways that you feel should be shared with your lesser-gifted office fellows, try to contain the Don Juan within you to ensure your reputation remains intact.

Being Involved, Romantically, At Office

You might feel the urgent need to announce it to whole world how you have been able to get a date with the new girl in the upper floor that every guy at office had been ogling, but just remember, these kind of updates spread like wild fire. Try to keep the sense of accomplishment restricted to your own mind and refrain from sharing it. The same applies to going steady or being in a relationship with somebody at work. If such things are discovered despite your best efforts to conceal it, you shouldn’t feel guilty about it but letting out the word through boasting about it makes little sense.

Your Weekend Exploits

You might have scored with a chic or gotten wasted at a bachelor party or might have partied hard until your legs couldn’t carry you and have a tendency to blurt out the finer details of such exploits over the weekend? Stop Yourself! This is particularly recommended to guys who inhabit an office that has a significant number of women. While men might pat your back for such deeds, you can feel assured about some of the women taking an offence to your perspective of weekend fun that invariably seems to involve casual, bedroom encounters. (Work Life, MensXP.com)