The kind of toxic people you should stay away from at work

It is very essential to establish strong relationship with your colleagues to make your work life a lot better. It’s nicer to have colleagues who can help you out to reach a deadline when you have a controlling boss. There are a lot of other reasons why strong relationships at workplace is very important. However, there are a few people, who add no value to your work and only contribute to the toxicity that is already disturbing your peace of mind. These are the type of people you should absolutely stay away from. Here’s a list of toxic people you are better off without at your workplace.

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Office is surely a place where you work and learn about new things professionally. But it will start to get really dull and boring if you don’t engage in casual conversations with your work friends. You can either talk about the movie you watched recently or the Netflix show you are obsessed with or the weekend outings you made. But, if a co-worker is trying to get into small talks just to monopolize everyone’s time, you would want to start keeping your distance from this co-worker. These are the kind of people who are more interested in socializing than getting the work done and if you get too close to them, they will distract you sooner.

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These people thrive when they make others feel less capable and inferior. They are quick to talk over people who are at a lower position than them in a meeting. If you happen to get close to these know-it-alls, you are simply signing up for a life of a servitude. They won’t ever recognize you as their equals. They live in a world where they are the only smart humans and nobody else around them is. And if something goes wrong, it’s going to be your fault, not theirs.

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You know, one of those people who try to be too nice on your face and when there’s a decision to be made about something at your workplace, they are the real back-stabbers and disclose you deep dark secrets. These people come off as very charming human beings at first, they know how to earn your trust and then they will burn you with it all.

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You all pretty well know the procrastinators at your workplace. These are the people who will delay any and every work whatsoever. They will neither finish their daily tasks on time nor will they meet project deadlines if you rely on them. They will ask questions without a reason, stop and chit-chat in the hallway, email you with really silly things. They’ll do everything but work.

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These are the kind of people who spend half their day complaining about how everyone around them is so lazy. If you’re friends with them, be cautious. If you step on their toes or do something wrong in their books, they will think you did that on purpose and make you feel guilty of the same. They will only feel better when you are punished.

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