It’s a common form of hazing.
jesus chirst, I just read the wikipedia article on hazing and now I’m scared.
You can’t control them, but you can refuse to engage at their jr high level.
they’ll badmouth me all the way to management.
better to stay where I am. Holy crap.
Why do people have to be like this?
Boozilla@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sorry I wasn’t more encouraging. I guess I have become a bit jaded regarding overly extroverted coworkers over the years. I do think going to management would probably do more harm than good. Only you can judge how obnoxious the gossiping folks are, and your own tolerance threshold for it. I’m just some rando on the internet. But I do completely empathize with your situation.
vestmoria@linux.community 1 day ago
it’s ok, I’m also jaded.