Jealousy happens everywhere. At home, with friends, at work, everywhere. When jealousy takes place at work, it can lead to an unpleasant work environment. Jealousy can start nasty gossip and lead to serious conflicts in the workplace. It can negatively affect everyone who works there.
You may want to take some action to stop jealousy from resulting in conflict around the workplace. If you're the one who's feeling jealous, you may want to vent your feelings in another environment. Go and talk to friends and family about what is going on before you mention anything to anyone at work.
Although you may feel like venting your feelings to the work colleague who happens to be there, this isn't wise. Your words may be misconstrued, someone else may overhear what you are saying and this can start gossip before you even finish what you are saying.
If you go and speak to family and friends, this provides a safe environment for you to express yourself. You may realise that your jealousy is unfounded. You may find that you have reason to feel angry and frustrated. Either way, you will be more clear headed and be able to assess the situation objectively. You can also brain storm with family and friends on how to deal with the situation at work.
Professional jealousy in some ways can be more difficult to deal with than other cases of jealousy. You may not be able to confront the person you are jealous of, or who is jealous of you. You may not be to discuss the matter with your boss.
However, the point of venting your feelings with family and friends isn't necessarily to solve the problem. It's more about you being able to live with the situation, even if you can't solve it. There are likely to be problems and conflict at work about who gets promoted or who gets a raise, and things like that. The important thing is to learn how to accept these situations and live happily regardless of them.
If you don't get that promotion or raise you were looking for, that's all right. Don't forgot of the reasons you were hired in the first place. These reasons made you valuable when you were hired and valuable now. You can either let disappointment ruin your career, or get it to motivate you to get what you want.
How you deal with jealousy at work may also determine whether you get a different promotion or go for a different job. Try and stay calm at work. Being professional and courteous can go a long way to getting you what you want at this job, or another.
There are a number things you can do to help stop being jealous and move on with your life.
You may want to take some action to stop jealousy from resulting in conflict around the workplace. If you're the one who's feeling jealous, you may want to vent your feelings in another environment. Go and talk to friends and family about what is going on before you mention anything to anyone at work.
Although you may feel like venting your feelings to the work colleague who happens to be there, this isn't wise. Your words may be misconstrued, someone else may overhear what you are saying and this can start gossip before you even finish what you are saying.
If you go and speak to family and friends, this provides a safe environment for you to express yourself. You may realise that your jealousy is unfounded. You may find that you have reason to feel angry and frustrated. Either way, you will be more clear headed and be able to assess the situation objectively. You can also brain storm with family and friends on how to deal with the situation at work.
Professional jealousy in some ways can be more difficult to deal with than other cases of jealousy. You may not be able to confront the person you are jealous of, or who is jealous of you. You may not be to discuss the matter with your boss.
However, the point of venting your feelings with family and friends isn't necessarily to solve the problem. It's more about you being able to live with the situation, even if you can't solve it. There are likely to be problems and conflict at work about who gets promoted or who gets a raise, and things like that. The important thing is to learn how to accept these situations and live happily regardless of them.
If you don't get that promotion or raise you were looking for, that's all right. Don't forgot of the reasons you were hired in the first place. These reasons made you valuable when you were hired and valuable now. You can either let disappointment ruin your career, or get it to motivate you to get what you want.
How you deal with jealousy at work may also determine whether you get a different promotion or go for a different job. Try and stay calm at work. Being professional and courteous can go a long way to getting you what you want at this job, or another.
There are a number things you can do to help stop being jealous and move on with your life.
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