For some medical conditions, telling the people around you is actually a safety concern. I’ve got severe food allergies. I can’t join coworkers for Thai food. If an event is catered, I need it to include something I can eat, and I need to be able to trust that my coworkers aren’t mixing up the food I can’t eat with the food I can. If I go into anaphylactic shock, it would be helpful if someone knew what to do while waiting for the paramedics to arrive. I certainly don’t make it the subject of every conversation, but when food is involved, it comes up…and frankly, it *has* to.
Warning! The Things You Must Not Tell Anyone At Work
There are some things we shouldn’t tell anyone at work. Sharing the ‘wrong’ things with co-workers can quickly backfire and leave us exposed, vulnerable or side-lined.
Steve Ballmer, the C.E.O. of Microsoft, announced this morning that he will retire within the next twelve months. In response, the company’s stock surged. That is not what you want to happen when you leave a large publicly traded company.