Do you enjoy chatting with your colleagues at work?

Sometimes we can't avoid talking to each other, but if the topic is about others rather than works is better we avoid it.

That is a normal scenario when a company hires many girls, more gossips. What I did before, I tried to avoid those girls who used to gossips, that makes trouble and the reports become delayed.

I am a quiet person and I just talk with my colleagues if I have questions to ask about our task at work. I always think of what I need to do in my job and if I have free time I just spend it in mylotting or reading something. I consider it very unprofessional to talk about the life of our other colleagues. It is not of my business anymore I think since I am very busy with my own life.

Just few..like 2. Lol

We were only two ladies in the company I worked with and the rest were boys so no gossip.

Definitely if you have full knowledge of your work,then you will never chat.It is a obvious thing.

My work wont let me chat. I sometimes chat with my coworkers during lunch for about 5mins and then im gone haha..

Yes i love to chat with my colleagues. I love to. It makes me to be cool and happy. and also will help to understand the different things.

In order to remain a good relationship with my colleagues, I will try to change myself and it is OK for me to chat with my colleagues at work. Although we have quite different interests, but I can choose some topics that they like. I think in this world sometimes when we make others happy, others may make us happy, too. It will be a good cycle.

I used to be chummy with coworkers and thought they were my friends. I was what you called a too friendly person and trusting to a fault. I thought that because I was honest, genuine and kind that others would treat me the same way. I live by the code do unto others as you would have men do unto you. I was awaken out of my naive state when a coworker whom I did not talk to much stopped me one day and said to me to be careful of the people I think are my friends because they are the same ones who cause me not to get a promotion -I was stifled for almost 16 years because of this. I was placed in higher positions to work for people but when these post are vacant I was never considered. If I applied for an internal position my resume was not even read and I was devastated for all these years. Gossiping is a a killer and it hurts more than people want to admit. Yes it is enjoyable and lovely to chat a person but what does that say about you or me? So like you I work and if it has nothing to do with the work no one comes to my desk. It can be a bit lonely at times but guess what you are focused and you get more work done. We need more professionalism in the work place and you remember that you do not go to work to make friends but to work. If you find some genuine ones give God thanks and if you are like me dont give a heck what others think as long as my work is done efficiently and effectively then all the more power to you. I thought that life would be lonely this way but guess what I get recognized by bigger managers though people tried to hold me down through gossip, backbiting and just saying rotten things. I say rotten things too but if I do it its never behind your back and its always to make you do something better than the manner in which it was being done. Thats me!

I do. But only when it's positive. I don't gossip much. One colleague, whose first language is Spanish, and I talk to each other in French as much as we can. We're both trying to learn French and are at the same level. Sometimes we correct/help each other. Other times we just laugh. I see that as healthy. We also all help each other out professionally, whether it's finding the right word in a progress note, or something else.

You sound quite professional I like your attitude .It is like be the way you should be depending upon the environment you are in.You should be completely into that thing and not distract yourself by gossiping and meaningless chatting.

I can't agree with you anymore. I'm working in pubilic service unit. My colleagues like to chat about their own life,their family which has nothing to do with their job. I hope i could be in a positive working atmosphere...

it is better to interact with colleages because u feel fresh at work and also can share ur feelings because at work we will be spending more time in office

In our faculty office, nobody chats we have tiger look chairman hehehe.And I am also like you. I never joined with my co-teachers ranting and chatting bad image.

I never joined in with gossip about fellow workers either.

In an organization, you can't avoid it. There will be gossips everywhere. It is how you handle it. The gossip will die on my end because I don't like talking about it to anyone. I just listen and it ends there.

Yes , that's funny .

I love chatting with my colleagues whom I'm very close with. It makes the work environment pleasant and welcoming. Talking to them while working also makes the time go by faster. It's also fun to talk about what you did over the weekend and vacations you went on. Those are things we talk about a lot at my job.