It doesn’t take too long for work to become a major part of your life. After all, you spend so many hours at work for five days every week.
However, you must realize that making work your second home doesn’t mean you should take certain habits to work. They could give you a bad rep and make everyone dislike you. (You might say you don’t care how people feel about you but the truth is- it matters, especially in the workplace.)
Frankly, you shouldn’t take such habits anywhere. We’ve lined them up for you:
Being a Chatterbox
Here’s the deal: no one likes someone who talks too much. It’s great to air your voice and start conversations but it gets super annoying when you can’t seem to keep quiet. If you absolutely love talking, you should turn it down a notch when you’re at work.
Avoiding Teamwork
Collaboration and teamwork are very important in the workplace. Even if you love working solo, you’ll have to learn how to work with others. If you’re always doing your own thing, more concerned with yourself, rather than your team, you could come off as proud or snobbish. Also, people might decline to help you in your time of need.
Being Dramatic
Some people always find a way to start drama or get in the middle of one. If you’re overly dramatic, treating the workplace as the set of a reality show, you’re going to be termed annoying and you’ll most likely put a lot of people off. Period. Learn to put certain emotions under control.
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Invading Privacy
Working in an open office is not an invitation to invade your colleagues’ space. Avoid lurking around others’ desks, entering offices uninvited, eavesdropping on conversations, interrupting conversations, being nosy, giving unsolicited advice or simply disturbing others. It’s important to respect the privacy of others.
Complaining All The Time
Listen, a lot of things could go wrong and you’ve got no control over a lot of things. However, constantly complaining about one thing or the other is a bad trait. This gives off a negative vibe and it could lead others to avoid you.
Taking Credit For Others’ Work
Are you fond of stealing other people’s shine? Do you love getting all the credit and receiving all the attention? This is something you should be careful of. Some people hate sharing the credit with the team, so they go all out to ensure all the praise goes to them. They steal their colleagues’ ideas and pass them off as theirs. Don’t be that type of person.
Being Lazy
If you constantly slow the team down by slacking on your work and being negligent, you could be putting your job at risk. Being lazy gives off the impression that you don’t value your work and you’d rather be unemployed. Not a good look at all.
Gossiping
You might think that having everyone’s gist makes you the main attraction at work but the truth is, you’re going to be perceived as an untrustworthy person. If you’re always talking about other people and discussing them in a negative light, no one’s going to tell you important information because they can’t trust you.
Being Unhygienic
If you’re constantly littering, spilling things or simply being dirty, you’re going to quickly gain a bad reputation. Some people never flush, wash their hands or cover their mouths when coughing/ sneezing. It’s important to learn basic hygiene so you don’t turn everyone off. You’ve got a lot of people working with you, so it’s best to avoid spreading germs.
What are your biggest turn-offs in the workplace? Share them in the comments section!
love the write up on habits. it has been very enlightening