How much do you trust

I only trust them to an extent. There is a lot of back talking about people so I know I have to be careful because just about everyone hears about everything. However, if there is something I really want to talk about, I can. I know who I can trust and can't usually. There are too many high school kids around work that makes it hard to know who to talk to then.

I have worked in several different jobs and have found majority of the coworkers trustworthy. I must say though there have been a few whom I did not fully trust because of what they would say about me behind my back. Talking about others and downgrading them was often done in my last job (not by me) and it wasn't a nice place to work in either. Even when I applied and got the position within a bank, I was treated like an outcast because it was the first time that they hired a senior person from outside instead of promoting someone within. To cut a long story short, 10 other senior staff members put in a protest or shall i say wrote a letter (which they all signed) to the General Manager disputing my appointment i.e. qualifications, rate of pay etc and because Management backed the interview panel and their decision, I was still hired and their submission was rejected. What it really came down to is they did not like the idea of change i.e. hiring externally - they did not look at the fact that the interview panel hired the "best person for the job" and not someone who they thought deserved it because he/she worked for the bank for 10-15 years. They did not know who I was, where I came from and what I had to offer. It took several months to prove myself and slowly they saw that they actually hired the right person. Friendships were made but I was always weary about not getting too close to staff members. I would respect them, do what I had to do in my job and thats it. So in some respect I trusted them but not fully if you know what I mean.

My problem is that I trust people very easily.. In this modern world, it is not acceptable..

not just my partners nor my colegues but most especially my friends... i usually give my full trust to them but eventually they broke the trust that i gave them.. like recently, i found out that most of them are using me. i know what they want... MONEY... as the saying goes.. money makes the world go round... i find it hard why they tend to ignore me whan in fact i alway give them what they want... but in a way i learned something from them... i learned not to give my full trust to them... they are good on you when your with them but when your not with them they say stuff against with you... and thats what really hurt me... i didnt do nothing to them but they give back to... they are a pice of crap... but thanks to them i learn not to give my full trust... know your friends first before giving them your trust....

Peronally, i do not fully trust anyone, in a group for example i would ACT as if i would trust my friends or group members but i always follow everything they do, and i always do something extra on the side behind their backs incase someone doesn't fulfil their task. I think this is the result of my personal experience of team mates not doing their job to the end.

I am retired now but yes I did trust my fellow coworkers all except the branch manager who was bi polar and up and down and you never knew when she could turn on you in one of her down days so I just did not trust her at all.

As you work with someone, and as time passes, you learn which ones will repeat what you say indiscriminately and which ones you can trust to keep your council. That is important to know. But people at work are just acquaintances...I only share personal stuff with some of them.

While working in the office before, I had set a boundary between myself and my colleagues. The office was a male dominated work and only two females were present including me. I can only trust them to some extent like dealing with the nature of our work. My boss trusted me to handle all his financial matter and this was one thing I can't divulged to my colleagues.

Hello,whyaskq,i have just replied to your discussion about locking your drawer in workplace. I can tell you i trust my colleagues 100 %,i do not lock my drawer as i believe they will not steal anything from my drawers. My colleagues are trustworthy,i can believe in what they say most of the time as they do not create unnecessary rumors.

I don't rust anone within a few days, it usually takes time before that happens, but when i do trust someone i hope i dont have to regret it

i fully trust my colleagues, and we are a tight bunch. i agree that in some places the office is like a lion's den. or a minefield - must be very careful where you step. step on someone's toes and it's like detonating a grenade!! but my office is like an 'inner circle'. the 13 of us might belong to different levels of hierachy but we lurvvvveee each other haha! the best team I've worked in so far. totally trustworthy to cover your back in dicey work situations, much less to mention with regards to personal belongings. even the cleaning aunty has become a real friend to us. she comes by every day to empty our bins and nothing is locked, unless it's confi files etc.

I am the type of a person who trusts easily. I mean I also have some tendencies to doubt people especially at first encounter. But I don't want to stress myself from the thought of mistrusting or trusting a person especially if he/she's my co-worker. I could be everbody's friend and I trust all my friends except if he/she does something that will ruin that trust. Two years ago, a new project team leader was hired in the department where I was assigned as researcher. The incoming personnel has a not-so-good reputation. Everybody in the office gossiped about that and to be honest, I was affected too thinking that she's really what the people labeled her. I didn't trust her at first but I found it myself that she's a good person - infact better than those who talked behind her back.

Hi, Trust worthy should be in life for every human being.We can trust our colleagues & working partners, bosses etc. But the trustworthy should be capable to our limit.By trusting you cannot lend some huge money to your colleague or working partner, you need to get a signed stamped paper for getting back that money. So, if you trust somebody you should know much more about the capable of the others.

I prefer to be open-minded and not judge people untrustworthy without cause. But I also agree with other people that it is good not to trust blindly. So I do have limits on what I trust people with. With something that is very important or personal to me, I am more cautious because it is my responsibility to be careful which is why people have to earn/show me they are trustworthy in those cases.

I trust easily people especially after knowing him or her better for a long time! but I ALWAYS set a limit to that trust!Its hard to trust FULLY!

I pretend to trust lol. I don't even trust myself so what do you think? Certain people do exude a personality that encourages trust. So maybe I will have more faith that they can deliver. Maybe I will look at their track records too.:)

hi there:) I trust my colleagues and working partner. I don't understand a reason of not trusting them. I trust every body unless he/she proves that I was wrong in trusting. otherwise, I trust people no matter what is being said about them or whatever their activities are if they are not against my trust:)

I too trust my colleagues.But it is better not to trust anyone blindly.You can trust a person only when you know him well or there are some instances where you can trust a person at first sight itself.If you don't trust a person after you know him for a long time,then you are on the wrong lane and their wont be a cordial relation between you and your colleagues

With out trusting colleagues or working partners, it is very hard to complete the work, bcoz, if we are going to trust others only they will start trusting us. It is very important to have a good relation with our working partners to make our work easier. Since one person is always in deed of other persons(at work).

DONT TRUST NO 1 (((( well said ;)