Do You Gossip?
Be honest. For everyone's sake and for your own! Are you a gossiper? Are you an instigator?
At every job I've worked at people like to say that they don't (of course) and 5 minutes later they are talking crap about someone to me.
But it still exists everywhere! So, are you part of this problem? Or are you on the other end of it.
As much as I WISH it didn't exist it does. I don't really care tbh but younger people, especially analysts who are competing with each other tend to do this. As I get older I'm like really........... don't we have more important things to focus on. Apparently not for some people!
I never waster my time with that stuff but I think a lot of the younger entitled people 100% do
Right!
Yeah it's always the analysts who are the #1 perpetrators of this given they're in a new city usually and all they have socially is their analyst class sometimes. Also these are fresh out of college kids who are coming off of greek life/student orgs which consist almost solely of gossip. Definitely dwindles as you get older.
Not a gossiper, but definitely guilty of being a bitcher.
What's the main difference between those in your opinion hahaha just complaining?
Gossiping to me is saying "Hey, did you hear that this person did this?"
Bitching is "This company is fucking stupid and is run by morons"
The key to avoiding gossip is to just talk shit in front of the person's face.
keeping it 100 as always
Ah the good old Bridgewater way
Based
trash talk everybody...give as good as you get
it seems like a lot of people actually do this hahaha
2nd year analysts in IBD definitely have a reputation for gossip... usually about associates, VPs and first year analysts
analysts anywhere tbh
I feel like I should say no for ego but truthfully I have and if I get pissed enough it probably will slip out again
Better to admit it than be in denial
Your post said be honest so might as well admit it though I think 95% of ppl do this as well
I'll complain, not gossip, about people both to their face and to others, for example "I can't fucking stand Eric and if he tells me about the girl he hooked up with a month ago in nantucket one more time I might paralyze him" but never like creating rumors or shit talking people for stuff they don't deserve. I think my line is drawn at complaining, if that makes sense. My office is pretty small though and we tend to get along pretty well, even though it definitely has some characters. I would never really shit talk someone behind their back.
To the face is always the best way to go
I guess I'm not a person who really gets mad at people tho. I just prefer to work through any issues. Like the "Eric" example is just like standard office shit talk that I fuckin roast him (not actually named Eric btw) for all the time too. Like I just won't ever wanna diss someone behind their back, and I like pretty much everyone I meet so it's pretty hard to actually drive me to that point.
Crazy grown men and women even get up in the morning and think about talking about this. This leads me back to the previously mentioned "analyst theory". When kids are at the age that they want a ton of responsibility and haven't been in the work force too long. it usually results in shit talking, and as they have more things to do it declines
I think it depends on the person and if they are satisfied with their job
Definitely has a lot more to do with maturity than anything else but a lot of people at that age are not mature so it comes with the territory
Blows my mind that people have the time to worry about crap like this. Clearly not enough work to go around these days.
Always hear it among younger ppl in the firm and surprisingly sometimes from hire ups if they disagree and don't want to be upfront about it. Not my cup of tea for obvious reasons. The people who say things are also the first to be talked about and then later associated with drama
100%
Sometimes though people will also talk about you if you dont participate. Its always best to just do you and not care otherwise you will always be bothered by something someone says
Hell, yes, I gossip. I'm a gossipy little bitch. I was recruited by an intelligence agency and declined because I told them that I couldn't keep a secret.
honesty is the best policy hahaa
It is my view (and also confirmed by many successful older professionals I know thanks to my parents' connections) that chronic gossipers don't advance to important positions.
You can't gain anyone's respect being a gossiper. But being able to lead others, taking initiatives, to forge real connections go a long way in any industry including finance.
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