High anxiety about job-cuts in the workplace is fueling inter-office rumors, gossiping and eavesdropping, according to a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. Of 494 human-resource professionals surveyed, nearly 1/4 reported that they had encountered significantly more cases of eavesdropping in the workplace over the past year...
More than 1/5 of survey respondents reported that workers at their companies had recently been confronted or disciplined by an authority figure for spreading rumors or eavesdropping. (more)
