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Zen_Coyote t1_j9dtums wrote

Reply to comment by PDM420 in LPT: Never tell a coworker anything you don’t want the entire office to know by Basic-Ideal

I was the only male in an all-female department. The amount of whispering going on all day long sounded like steam escaping.

And, yes, they were all a bunch of backstabbing phoneys.

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brokeneyes_ t1_j9ga2pt wrote

I (male) work in a department that is predominantly female (less so now than it was when I was first hired). When I first started, one of the women there told me they were so glad that the manager was hiring more men, because most men don’t participate in the drama the way many women do, and it tones the whole thing down to make it less of a problem.

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obsidiankaleidoscope t1_j9gdodz wrote

I just left a factory job, because my coworkers were too gossipy and backstabbing. I was the only female in my department. I often got blamed for “ratting” on my coworkers, even though I never complained about a single thing. One guy made up lies about me and triangulated a few of my other coworkers against me simply just because i wouldn’t flirt with him (he’s married and i wasn’t attracted to him). It’s definitely not just a female thing.

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