Granite State Method For Stopping Office Gossip - Fire The Gossiper (Trees And Things)

zyxwvutsr: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Tue, 29 May 2007 19:18:07 EST

Employment in the US is never completely at will. True at will employment would me there was never an inappropriate reason to fire someone.

thefadd: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Tue, 29 May 2007 14:04:51 EST

It's funny to me how often employers screw that up. Employment typically is at will and yet people manage to go out of their way to find innapropriate reasons to fire people all the time.

nmiguy: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Tue, 29 May 2007 09:53:53 EST

So you think the gossipers deserved a chance to either right what was wronged by them or to change their behavior? That is not unreasonable, except that if it were a sexual harassment by a man, he would be out right quick. Should there be a dou

Thalia: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Tue, 29 May 2007 07:56:07 EST

But in this case the gossip was work related, they were talking about someone who had gotten a raise, and suggesting that it may have been for non-work-related activities with the boss. I think this is a big step towards the fired-if-you-say-somethin

permazorch: Re: Granite State Method For Stopping Office Gossi

Mon, 28 May 2007 16:57:00 EST

I love to gossip, I'm ashamed to admit.
I love our story polls, I'm not ashamed a bit.

thefadd: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:31:30 EST

I think it should fall under the general realm of any other negative office behavior like poor performance or basic sexual harrassment. A person has to be apprised of and given the opportunity to improve upon the things that their boss or coworkers do not

MayorBob: Re: Editing Of Polls.

Thu, 24 May 2007 21:38:45 EST

Thanks for the answer and for adding the choice to the poll. You're, of course, absolutely right about restricting the ability to editors.

3fingerspointback: You know, I heard it was just the tipping point

Thu, 24 May 2007 21:15:05 EST

Reading between the lines (and one of the ABC reader comments), the fired women come across as unpleasant, stupid and incompetent people. Exactly the types who would see someone younger than them get promoted, then conclude that it could only have be

1fastdog: Re: Editing Of Polls.

Thu, 24 May 2007 20:59:21 EST

I'm wondering if there might be any way of allowing for some sort of community edit to a poll? Not to allow the ability to remove a question but rather giving everyone a single chance to add a question?

Polls may be edited at will by

uncarved block: I Hear Ya

Thu, 24 May 2007 18:46:05 EST

I spent most of a day (here and there) dickering over the Squirrel Nut Zippers sub, finding links and pondering the flow. By the time it was all over, all the gaps in my writing were getting larger and not smaller ("papers are never finished,

wetkarma: In the real world

Thu, 24 May 2007 14:30:43 EST

"Gossip, whispering, and an unfriendly environment are causing poor morale and interfering with the efficient performance of town business."

I'm a fan of at-will employment. If you want someone to no longer work for you, then you fire them. No m

nmiguy: Depends on the Gossip

Thu, 24 May 2007 10:45:51 EST

If the gossip in the office is related to work and working conditions, I think it is fair game. If there are rumors that someone will get a raise and be your new boss, or if there are rumors of lay offs or some organizational change, or massive chang

MayorBob: Editing Of Polls.

Thu, 24 May 2007 09:02:56 EST

There was an excellent point made by uncarved block in the subqueue regarding the poll I threw together on this sub. He suggested adding another choice to the poll:

I think gossiping is wrong, but have done it because sometimes it's the only wa

Granite State Method For Stopping Office Gossip - Fire The Gossiper (Trees And Things)

zyxwvutsr: Re: Depends on the Gossip

thefadd: Re: Depends on the Gossip

nmiguy: Re: Depends on the Gossip

Thalia: Re: Depends on the Gossip

permazorch: Re: Granite State Method For Stopping Office Gossi

thefadd: Re: Depends on the Gossip

MayorBob: Re: Editing Of Polls.

3fingerspointback: You know, *I* heard it was just the tipping point

1fastdog: Re: Editing Of Polls.

uncarved block: I Hear Ya

wetkarma: In the real world

nmiguy: Depends on the Gossip

MayorBob: Editing Of Polls.

3fingerspointback: You know, I heard it was just the tipping point