Is it normal for employees to only talk negatively about others?! Whenever I’m talking to people here, whether it’s my direct manager, teammates, co-workers, all they do is complain about how “[name] is so bad at their job”, “[name] has beef with [name] and doesn’t know anything”, “I regret hiring [name]”, etc. It makes me super uncomfortable and I’m new here and all this gossip all the time is causing me to have false perceptions of my other coworkers as well as is lowering my morale and motivation. It just makes me paranoid about what these people must be saying about me behind my back and my mental health is in the trash. Is this a sign of toxic culture? Should I leave? Or is this stuff completely normal?
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Just FYI there are plenty of tech companies where the culture is good and this is not as commonplace. Do people talk about one another to blow off steam occasionally? Sure. But team members regularly trashing one another is not okay, and it’s not something you have to put up with.
If you are at a good company, people should be so busy or so engrossed with their work that they don’t have time or feel the need to gossip.