Happy Workers?

by Mike

Do you think it would be better to be honest with people all of the time, instead of holding back or talking to others about a particular person when they are not around?

There are 900 employees where I work and with the best will in the world there is absolutely no chance that all will get along. With that said they are a good bunch of people that produces a good working environment; when the nature of dealing with complaints all day would usually cause some to vent their frustration out rashly on others.

If we told the people we were close to, cared about and those we worked with exactly how we felt all of the time, would we still be as close to them? I think because of our emotions and vulnerability we need to believe that those we are close to appreciate us.

The workplace can create an environment to bringing people together and also to stab people in the back. Some will stop at nothing to get to the top and when they do not get what they want, they blame others for their failings. It is sad to see mostly intelligent people reduced to childishness.

The thing is, once we reach the top of our profession, we can find that it is more difficult to be up there alone.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 and is filed under Love Thy Neighbour, Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.