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Yeah, I really feel sad when I see those articles and comments telling you not to share anything that you don't want your boss to know with your colleagues, or
by alufers 6y ago
Yeah, I really feel sad when I see those articles and comments telling you not to share anything that you don't want your boss to know with your colleagues, or even better ignore them completely and automatically treat as deadly competition. If you cannot trust anybody and have difficulties with assessing if someone won't turn his back on you, it may be a problem with your social skills, not with other people.
This kind of thinking encourages situations where the employer may have total control over his employees, like with Amazon.
- SolaceQuantum 6y agoThere are definitely personal details that are dangerous for you to talk about with your co workers. It is still legal to fire someone for being gay or trans in a significant minority of states. There are two Supreme Court cases right now purely because of workplace bigotry. I also don’t know how safe it would be to disclose having a disability or chronic condition in the workplace.
- pmiller2 6y agoIt may make you sad, but do you think "don't share anything with your colleagues you wouldn't want your boss to know" is bad advice? Treating people like "deadly competition," is probably not optimal, but being wary of what you say certainly is. I can tell you the Slack Police at my work think so, too.