Why do coworkers snitch to management over petty things?
Colleagues will report tiny infractions to administration, like using the wrong colored pass, or eavesdrop on private phone calls to reveal personal medical information to the boss. This catty behavior destroys trust, leaving employees hating their coworkers and refusing to befriend anyone they work with.
What people tried
3 itemsEvery workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Avoiding and refusing to befriend any coworkersDid this help you?
- 2Getting union representatives involved to shut it downDid this help you?
- 3Reporting the boundary crossing directly to HRDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“A couple weeks ago, my principal called me into the office, closed the door, and said verbatim “ let’s just cut to the chase. I know you’re pregnant. I wish you would’ve told me.” She said she found out because another teacher overheard me on the phone making a dr appointment.”source ↗
“Why do teachers snitch on each other? Over stupid stuff too. I happened to have a pass that is a different color than the rest of the building. A teacher emailed two admin and their assistants after confiscating it.”source ↗
“I worked at a group home as a 2nd job. So much snitching. Catty af.”source ↗
“I hate all my coworkers and befriend none of them now. Yall can rot together.”source ↗
Where this came up
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