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To call out colleagues over dodgy behaviour?

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fedupbequiet · 03/12/2018 00:13

Over the last few months some of my colleagues have been saying/doing things that have made me wonder whether I should call them out on it or continue to ignore the dodgy behaviour.

So one person likes teasing colleagues and making work difficult for them and talks loudly about their failings within their earshot but while they are not part of the conversation. This person and a couple of others also make unnecessary immature jokes and quite often mock any diversity activities that are going on. The jokes can be funny some of the time, but can also turn plain nasty.

I am new to the team and so far they have been mainly friendly and helpful and nothing has been obviously directed at me, well, not to my face anyway. I found out that a couple of people who joined the team before me left after a few months and someone else left a few weeks after I started so I'm not sure whether attitudes might change after I've been there longer.

I want to stand up to the annoying behaviour but if I do I am at risk of being seen as a boring prude, a troublemaker, or a bit 'precious' and this will probably cause more negative behaviour towards me. As team feedback is a big part of thr performance reviews I don't want to mess up my chances of getting a decent review, so it feels like a no win situation.

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ushuaiamonamour · 03/12/2018 09:13

It wholly depends on whether you'd rather do the right thing and accept potentially unpleasant consequences or whether your self-interest takes precedence over mistreatment of others.

Sorry to be blunt, but that's what it amounts to.

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