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Theworkplaceis not just a place to work, asoffice partiesare becoming quite popular.
This officelearned the hard way that parties arent always a good idea.
Things already got awkward as they excluded a new employee from attending.
According toIndeed, deciding who is invited to the party is an important part of planning.
However, not inviting other team members or employees is not recommended.
As The Conversationwrote, excluding someone is not just about hurt feelings.
Irelandhad one unfortunate case where an excluded employee caused a company some headaches and money.
The worker wasnt invited to a Christmas after-party and felt discriminated against.
Still, the company was held liable for the exclusion of the employee and poor treatment by the othercolleagues.
Unfortunately, thats not that uncommon, as one in four Americanssaythey have experienced rudeness from a coworker.
26% also say they have been ignored by a coworker.
Why does this kind of behavior persist even well into adulthood?
Therapist Samantha Levineexplainedto Nylon that this kind of behavior aligns with our natural desire to belong to in-groups.
We as humans naturally gravitate toward a group that we would like to define our identities, she said.
Whether we do it consciously or not, this creates the us vs. them mentality.
So, how do you deal with mean girls at work?
Most experts advise disengaging and especially not participating inoffice gossip.
Then, if everything else fails, theres the boss and HR.
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