Why you never want to Insult a co Worker
Insulting people is always counter-productive. It makes you feel superior, at the time, but it always comes back to haunt you. Nowhere is this truer than at work, insulting co-workers will haunt you for as long as you stay in that job. Workers do not choose their colleagues, and sometimes have to work with people with whom they would not otherwise choose to spend time, but the ability to maintain cordial professional relationships, with different personalities, is a skill that employers value greatly, and one that will take you far in your career.
Insulting others is a negative trait. Workers produce more in a pleasant collegiate atmosphere. People rarely do a job in isolation, it generally takes co-operation between co-workers to complete a task. When you have too much work, it is nice to be able to ask a co-worker for help. You might want to ask a colleague to swap duties with you, or, even, ask them for advice on how to do something, or for information, but if you have, in the past, been rude to him or her, your co-worker is unlikely to want to help you.
When you insult your co-workers, you build up a store of bad feeling and resentment, against you, amongst your colleagues. Never say anything to co-workers that you would not like to hear them say to you.
Name calling, teasing, hurting other people’s feelings to make you feel better, being nasty, and snapping at people, all belong in the school playground, not in the workplace. These behaviours denote an immature personality. Your superiors will notice such behaviour, think that you are immature and that you are unable to relate well to other people. Managers, and other senior staff, need maturity and excellent personal skills, and the ability to relate to different personalities. Managers, who create conflict within the workplace, cannot manage themselves, let alone other people. No prudent employer would promote a rude, insulting, person into a position where he, or she, would have power over other workers.
Some insults can amount to racial, sexual, or other types of discrimination. Constantly, insulting the same person could amount to bullying. Your employer will discipline you for these behaviours, and you could even lose your job. Bullying or harassing behaviours are against the law, in most countries, and could leave the company open to legal proceedings, for allowing such behaviour. If at any time in the future, the company needs to make workers redundant, your employer may decide that, since you are such a disruptive employee, your name should be at the top of the redundancy list.
When workers are pleasant to one another, and treat one another with good manners, consideration and dignity, they can co-operate in a collegiate atmosphere and get the job done. Colleagues support and help one another and complete tasks, diligently, promptly and efficiently.
It is far easier to make an enemy than a friend, but making a friend is more valuable to you, in the long term, especially at work. Kindness, politeness, consideration of other people’s feelings, and good manners, will get you much further in you career than insulting people will. Insulting people and being nasty will keep you in a junior position, in the company and, if you go too far, could lose you your job.
