What do your work colleagues not know about your life?

[cluelesscher]

Mine know I like my fitness/gym time but don't know just how much of a huge part of my life it is.

They don't know I was bullied out of my previous position.

They don't know that I have been home studying to further my career.

That I'm pregnant. I'm wfh and will tell them at the latest possible time. I'm not eligible for maternity leave so don't feel I owe them an earlier warning.

The severity of my MH issues.

Mine know my partners name and that I have pets. That’s about it, and the way I intend to keep it. I keep my work like and social life separate. I haven’t in previous companies, but my role is different in this one.

@IfIHadAHeart

That I’ve had sex in the meeting room* with another colleague on a number of occasions 😂

*all surfaces wiped down afterwards!!

That's vile certainly nothing to be proud of

That I have a phobia controlling certain areas of my life.

How bad my mental health really is. But it’s getting harder to keep it in, as the problems get worse as l get older☹️

Most things

Because I'm not a paranoid nut

The last thread on this was truly an eye opener

I don't know about 'vile' but it might be sackable.

That I live a very boring life. The only thing is a health condition that due to stigma and prejudice could see me ostracised in the community.

That i am late for everything, and very unorganised. i am always very early for work and make sure I am well organised. As i am so aware of this.
That I am a dedicated stoner, (see above) they always seem surprised I don't really drink but socialise with friends a lot. They all talk about drinking and being hungover on a weekend.
They do know I go to Amsterdam often to visit friends...
That I am bi and have been with more women than men. They have only known me with a man and now alone.

I'm a lot better off than they think.
My house is very messy.
I dress a lot more conventionally at work.

I like to keep my work life and personal life as separate as possible. My colleagues are all lovely people and we chat about TV, films, books , hobbies and stuff but I don't like them knowing too much about my relationships, finances, health or home.

That I cane very close to dying a few years ago. That I can’t conceive. That my ‘outgoing’ personality isn’t really me 😂 but it gets the job done for work.

My colleagues know everything but nothing , just general chit chat at work they know I'm married with children but that’s about it

That I'm a lifelong worrier! They all comment on how laid back I am...

That I was a rather heavy weed smoker in my late teen/early adult years. Thankfully, haven't touched the stuff (or cigarettes) in over 12 years now.

I am retired now and although I may have hinted at mistakes I made when I was young they never knew just how misspent my youth was which is just as well - the shame! I appear to be very strait-laced.

@Jojoanna

My colleagues know everything but nothing , just general chit chat at work they know I'm married with children but that’s about it

Likewise for me. They know very little about me.

Lots. I talk about the dc quite a lot but I mention very little else.

@SemperIdem

The severity of my MH issues.

Snap.

They know nothing. They're all so busy talking about themselves that they have never shown any interest in me.

If I dropped dead tomorrow they's all say "Who?"

It's a shitty job with abusive phone calls all day every day and if I get another person screaming, shouting or swearing at me today I am going to get in my car and never ever come back.

The religion I was born into.
That I've taken class A drugs

A couple of other dirty secrets.

I'm considered a very open person by people who know me

It's work - my colleagues know next to nothing because it has nothing to do with work and they wouldn't care anyway.

Bragging about my private life would benefit no one. They know as much as the next school mum might know, no big secret, but it's still private.

I'm pretty close to my colleagues and class them as friends. One or two of them are close friends.

I'm not sure they know that I'm bisexual because it's never come up as I'm happily married to a man. And they maybe don't know that I'm religious as I don't really talk about it much or feel the need to.

That I've endured years of on/off emotional abuse from my husband and it has over time chipped away at my self confidence and self belief to the point it is now severely affecting my MH and my ability to do my job 😢

They don’t know that I have severe generalised anxiety, I hide it very well, I’ve told some of them I have anxiety, but they don’t really seem to believe it’s that bad and they think “I’m being too hard on myself”. They know pretty much everything else because I’m an open book (within reason).