You may recall I mentioned the attention one woman at work was receiving.
I'€™m wondering if that comes under '€˜Corporate'€™ or 'Personal' rumor mongering?
I’m not really into to '€˜Personal'€™ type gossip, but the 'Corporate'€™ stuff is potentially useful.
'€˜Family'€™ goss I could happily not hear about.
Only the British, Italian, and on occasion the Americans, have interesting '€˜Political'€™ trash talk.
Corporate gossip at our place is encouraged by the '€˜Turf wars'€™ that every department seems to be involved in.
€'Hardware'€™ and '€˜Software'€™ have been fractured into subgroups, all of which are constantly maneuvering to make sure their project isn'€™t canned, and that they get invited to the important meetings.
Both these groups have friction going on with €˜Art,€™ and everyone is trying to stick-it to Sales and Marketing.
At one point before I started here, even Human Resources were involved in a turf war, which is a bit crazy cause they are supposed to be an arbiter between people. HR had to be gutted to clean it up.
A Current story doing the rounds, that has piqued my interest, is that a manager is going to get canned soon. I've heard this from two sources. One is a lieutenant who is hoping to move up the ladder a step when the manager's position becomes vacant.
The other confidant is a disgruntled ex-employee who reckons he's got inside knowledge. A bottle of good scotch depends on the result, as I reckon that the manager isn'€™t going anywhere.
It'€™s a bit weird to hear that even in this virtual space, there seems to be gossiping going on.
I'€™m wondering if that comes under '€˜Corporate'€™ or 'Personal' rumor mongering?
I’m not really into to '€˜Personal'€™ type gossip, but the 'Corporate'€™ stuff is potentially useful.
'€˜Family'€™ goss I could happily not hear about.
Only the British, Italian, and on occasion the Americans, have interesting '€˜Political'€™ trash talk.
Corporate gossip at our place is encouraged by the '€˜Turf wars'€™ that every department seems to be involved in.
€'Hardware'€™ and '€˜Software'€™ have been fractured into subgroups, all of which are constantly maneuvering to make sure their project isn'€™t canned, and that they get invited to the important meetings.
Both these groups have friction going on with €˜Art,€™ and everyone is trying to stick-it to Sales and Marketing.
At one point before I started here, even Human Resources were involved in a turf war, which is a bit crazy cause they are supposed to be an arbiter between people. HR had to be gutted to clean it up.
A Current story doing the rounds, that has piqued my interest, is that a manager is going to get canned soon. I've heard this from two sources. One is a lieutenant who is hoping to move up the ladder a step when the manager's position becomes vacant.
The other confidant is a disgruntled ex-employee who reckons he's got inside knowledge. A bottle of good scotch depends on the result, as I reckon that the manager isn'€™t going anywhere.
It'€™s a bit weird to hear that even in this virtual space, there seems to be gossiping going on.
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