4 Things Not To Discuss With Co-Workers

SavvySugar:

Friendships with your co-workers are inevitable - and a great way to connect to your workplace - but it's important to set a few conversation boundaries. Avoid these four topics to maintain a sense of professionalism and keep your office relationships work-appropriate.

1. Dollars and cents: It's no secret that salary talk should be avoided, but it's not just paychecks that ought to remain private. Debt, mortgage, and loans - yours or anyone else's - are a personal concern, and if money matters come up, the best thing to do is sidestep the subject and steer the conversation elsewhere.

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[GaryNOVA]

11:15 AM on 01/17/2012

quick question for women. I had to take a 2 hour car ride with a female co-worker and she started a conversation about problems with her menstrual cycle. She's married but she has a well documented history of cheating on her husband ( for which someone got fired for). She hugs me for doing trivial tasks that I would do for any other co-worker.

Now I'm happily married so it makes me a little uncomfortable. It seems like flirting to me only the menstrual thing throws my radar off because it's slightly gross. do i need to stay away from this chick or am I being irrational? My tiny man brain cannot tell.

[diogenes tub]

04:44 PM on 01/17/2012

Does she hug other people for trivial things? She may just be weird and huggy. If it's just you, tell her to back off.

[Box500]

05:36 PM on 01/13/2012

Funny how these are likely the 4 most talked about things in an office

[Paluxy Moon]

05:09 PM on 01/13/2012

No politics, either. I've listened to enough angry political diatribes at work to fill a lifetime.

[Lana Simard]

02:40 PM on 01/13/2012

I like all four matter of fact. # 4 is one I like the most. I don't care to share my sex life with other people at work or hear about other peoples sex life.