From monstrous bosses to hygiene-challenged colleagues, the toe-curling office horror stories that will sound all too familiar - and how YOU can finally handle them, revealed by an expert
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Whether it’s the use of inappropriate language, telling awful jokes or over-sharing personal information, the workplace can be a minefield to navigate. Increasingly in multi-generational offices, one person’s so-called ‘bit of fun’ or ‘banter’ can be another person’s line-crossing behaviour worthy of an HR complaint.
But even those who wouldn’t recognise humour if it dressed up as Basil Brush can drive you to distraction by lingering awkwardly at your desk or trying to get you to join their office book club. Here, with advice from psychotherapist and business coach Kamalyn Kaur, we highlight the most annoying office behaviours with this pest-spotters guide.
See how many of your colleagues you recognise (or if you might be one yourself...). Psychotherapist and business coach Kamalyn Kaur identifies the most annoying office behaviours. ‘Good morning girls, how are you today?’ says the boss to his team of female employees. ‘Can you leave that report on my desk, sweetheart?’ says another. ‘Which one of you lovely ladies can help me with this project?’.
Very often people who can’t remember (or can’t be bothered to learn) a colleague’s name will resort to using words such as ‘darling’, ‘honey’ and ‘my love’. That might have been something Don Draper got away with in Mad Men, but times have changed. Although you may not intend offence, you will undoubtedly be causing it. The same applies to female bosses who refers to her male employees as ‘boys’ or ‘lads’.
