| Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| my job 3 - 埋堆 |
The firm I am working in is indeed a small size, approximately 35-40 people, with 3 offices (hong kong, macao and shenzhen).
I am a quiet person in the office. I work and seldom talk. My seat faces the wall. I seldom participate the chats or gossip in the office.
My observation in the first few months here told me that this small working environment and close relationship didn’t necessarily mean good.
There are mainly 2 groups of people.
Group A is like a gang. I can tell they are quite closed themselves. They always have various topics of gossip, hanging out together, talking loud in the office…
(as you all may be aware, this kind of gang is usually the most eye-catching group and pretends to act for the big crowd and organize social activities…I truly believe all of you learnt this phenomenon when you were in high schools, colleges, universities, other any places ……)
Group B….in fact they are barely a “group” by nature. They are just the remaining other individuals. They are quiet, mouth-shut and head-down working type, back to office on time, and disappear from the crowd without notice.
I started to keep a distance from my colleagues, in particular, when I note some big-mouth people love to gossip others’ privacy and making fun of others’ personality and personal life.
I seldom join their social activities (e.g. dinner, karaoke, clubbing, happy hour, lunch, dinner, weekend hang-out, etc.). I try hard to alienate myself to a “comfortable” extent, and self-isolate from those gossipers. Apparently the sacrifice is cutting the connection from the gang and losing the chances of hearing from the latest office gossips and the chances to making fun of other people. But I don’t care.
Out of all those, networking account is my bottom line defense. So I can’t allow myself to share my networking account with my colleagues.
In fact, I have to say I like this job, sincerely. But I don’t want my words and personal life to be noticed by anyone of them or becoming one of the topics in the office. I am not interested in adding them in reverse. So leave me alone. I am simply untouchable.
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posted by tingfung @ 11:09 AM  |
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