Workplace harassment is any type of unwelcome action toward an employee that leads to difficulty in performing assigned tasks or causes the employee to feel he or she is working in a hostile environment. The harassment may be based on numerous factors which include; sex, race, gender, culture, etc;
Conduct must be unwelcome and offensive to the employee in order for it be recognized. The employee must have expressed his or her disapproval to the behavior, allowing the offending person to correct their workplace behavior. At the end the conduct must be of a nature that makes an impact on the ability of the employee to carry out duties in an efficient and responsible manner.
Some workplace harassment is more common than others such as sexual advances by other co-workers or supervisors. Both male and female employees may be approached by someone in the workplace who either hint or directly state that compliance will benefit the employee in some manner, or at least help to ensure that employment will continue. Harassment comes in all forms such has prejudice remarks and tasteless jokes, name calling, sexual orientation.
Harassment should never be tolerated in any work environment. When it does occur talk to a manager first. If it is the manager that is doing the harassing talk to someone in the Human Resources immediately.
There are some conversations that don’t belong in the workplace. Topics to avoid include those that could become fodder for the
office grapevine and
personal information that might negatively influence the perceptions others have about your ability to do your job effectively. You should also avoid lengthy discussions about controversial subjects. Staying away from discussing the following topics will make your work life a lot easier.
1. Religion
You shouldn’t discuss your religious beliefs or your thoughts about other religious beliefs at work. Religion is a very personal issue and people are very sensitive about it. They don’t want to hear that you disagree with their religious beliefs or that you believe your religion is the one in which everyone should believe.
2. Politics
This is another sensitive issue, particularly around election time. While you may feel very strongly about your political party or candidate, or have negative views about the opposition, you should not try to win your co-workers over to your point of view.
3. Your Sex Life
Why shouldn’t you talk about your sex life? Simply because it’s no one’s business other than yours and your partner’s. Other than that, it makes people uncomfortable. Taken to the extreme, it may even border on sexual harassment.
4. Problems With Your Spouse, Your Children, or Your Parents
When you discuss problems you are having with others, your co-workers and your boss may wonder if those problems are distracting you from doing your job. Talking about your problems with your family will reveal your weaknesses. You don’t want to do this, especially if you are in a position of authority.
5. Your Career Aspirations
Talking about how you want to move on to something bigger and better will certainly, for good reason, make your boss and co-workers question your loyalty to your current job. If you are interested in moving up within your current organization, your actions will speak louder than words. Do your job exceptionally well, and of course, let your boss know you want to move up, but don’t make it the topic of workplace conversations with anyone who will listen.
6. Your Health Problems
Don’t dwell on your health problems at work. If you do, you will give your co-workers and boss reason to wonder if an illness will keep you from doing your job. Of course, serious health issues that will cause you to take time off, must be discussed with your employer. No one, however, needs specific details about your health.
I am getting tired of fake people. Well, I should really say a fake person and too bad I have to deal with him everyday at work. I just hate people who are liars and scam artist and thinks they are everything and a bag of chips. I already don’t like you and try to only talk to you when necessary and then after last night was the last straw for me. I don’t know what kind of person says they are saved by God and then lies to your pregnant wife about going to strip clubs and sleeps with them! Plus, I don’t even know why you would be open enough to tell me that, it is really none of my business. Secondly, I understand we work in an office and this is suppose to be a “team” but if we don’t like each other that will just not work out from the beginning. You do your job and I will do mine and we will meet in the middle on somewhat common ground.
So last night I am at home enjoying being home. And I get some RUDE text messages that I wish I could publish. Apparently an employee screwed him over and told the WHOLE room about it. So I just so happened to text the employee and exchange some words which I do not think were bad at all. So I get a a text message from a so called manager calling me retarded, that he wants me fired, that I keep putting my nose in his department, that someone left because of me and all of this crap. I was disgusted. I just felt like beating the crap out of him and I had all these emotions going on at once. I think that was really rude to do over a text message and unprofessional. I do not know what type of manager would do that to someone.
My original plan was to stay home from work but I didn’t want him to think he got to me so I still came in. He thinks just because he apologized in a text message that everything is fine between us, but its not,it is only the beginning. The thing that hurt the most is my so called boss at work who I normally call a friend didn’t want anything to do with it or talk about and acted like nothing happen.
So after that it made me realize that I need to get on my game and just push myself to do something else. I have other opportunities I can take and I have been putting them on the back burner. I know what I am capable of doing an I just need to do it. I put up with it long enough and I do not need to any longer. The things that go on inside this “work” environment is just not worth it and not correct. I am still disgusted but I am just going to change the way I do certain things and I know at the end I will be on top!!
I hate when I come to work in a good mood and it gets ruined instantly. I was already tired after getting home late last night from work, but I sucked it up and I still came to work in a good mood. Today is Tuesday and that is when I have to do payroll. The payroll was clearly given to the person who is suppose to check it around 330-4 clock yesterday. He left around 7pm last night. So here I come in and ready to process the payroll and it is still not ready. It does not take that long to check and I don’t know why he waited until I said something to check it. The thing that makes me upset about the whole thing is that I only have a limited time to do it and I don’t think that it is fair that just because he didn’t check it and I have to “rush” to do it.
This job just gets to me so much and I hate that fact that I am counted on to do so many things but I don’t get credit where credit is due. I am already driving 45mins to come to work as it is and I just want to stay in a good mood but there is always something that happens. And it just so happens that it is always the same two people who make something small into an explosion.
Anyways I just needed somewhere to go so I can vent properly. And even though I sound like I am complaining I just wanted to write about how I feel. I know I can do better and I want to do better in my life but I just have to take it day by day, week by week!
