Everyone at work loved Michelle. She was smart, intelligent, funny in a charming way, and radiated with a sense of austerity that demanded respect and at the same time was immensely attractive. All the guys in the workplace were attracted to Michelle, and so was Richard. He wanted to get to know her better. He wanted to ask her out. But rumor had it she had never been with a guy before, that she had never dated anyone. If Richard was to believe gossip, Michelle was tactless and quite an unattractive person. And so Richard never asked her out. Eleven months down the line, Michelle became Mrs. CEO, and Richard was left with a pang in his heart. If only he had taken a chance and tried to verify the rumors, he would have known what a warm, Michelle actually was, and how terribly wrong the gossip was...
More often than not, workplace gossip is used in a way that is mean, sarcastic and aimed at altering an employee's image in the organization or company. Personally, I believe "gossip is good"; but then 'good' and 'bad' are pretty relative terms, aren't they? But before we dive into the effects of gossip in the workplace, let us first take a few moments to understand what gossip is, and what the psyche behind gossip is
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