Peer speculators are those who try to move professionally quickly and unscrupulously at the expense of one or more people. This may seem complicated to discover, because normally we will see what he wants us to see, defending the interpretation of his actions that best maintains his disguise. “Did I do this for you?” I didn’t realize, “Better so, since you have more work and maybe more merit. “
It is important not to confuse healthy competition between different employees with a practice that involves the use of lying and/or manipulation, the goal of others exploited is to project a negative image of other workers and highlight their own qualities, considering others as competitors and/or instruments to achieve their goals.
- There are colleagues who tend to draw more attention than they work.
- We have to stay away from them if we don’t want to end badly.
Employees are not usually chosen by us, the same goes for the biological family, it cannot be selected to our liking, we have what inevitably suits us. If our relationships with our colleagues are not good they will haunt us throughout the working day, if there is also a bad working environment then we will have a big problem.
It is better to be prepared so that the relationship with others exploited does not generate more serious problems, so let us think: what kind of problems can cause us?One of them, which includes several others, is work stress.
Occupational stress, or stress at work, is a type of stress typical of industrialized societies, increasing pressure on the work environment can lead to the physical or mental saturation of the worker, in the same way this will generate several consequences that will affect not only their health, but also that of your nearest environment.
Work stress occurs when worker resources are overwhelmed by one or more work factors that they cannot afford or believe they cannot cope with (threats), which can manifest themselves in different ways. Their symptoms range from irritation to depression itself and are usually accompanied by physical and/or mental exhaustion.
According to the European Agency for Occupational Safety and Health, stress at work is the second most common work-related health problem and the causes are diverse. Among the most common are job insecurity, long working hours and the feeling of being bullied or harassed, that’s where the others took advantage of.
Like other employees, speculative colleagues have certain special characteristics, the most important being:
Speculators know that they cannot be promoted on their own merits, only by failing and passing on to other colleagues can they achieve their goals, so never underestimate a fellow exploiter, as it is much more dangerous than typical flatterers. An essential feature of other speculators is that they only care about the “what”. How? It’s the bare minimum for them. They’ll do whatever it takes, leaving the damage on the road.
In order to escape unscathed, we have to be careful and intelligent, unless we are very stupid, the speculator’s behavior will be quite sneaky and, at first glance, we will rarely be able to detect it. of his greatest dangers: the ability of the exploiter to disguise his intention.
In this way, others exploited can go unnoticed for long periods of time and even pretend to be their best companions, in this way they gain our trust, to then use us for their purposes, no matter what we think or feel, as if we were a computer or a stapler.
Lucrative colleagues do not act honestly or ethically, however, they can be very popular professionals among bosses and the company, giving them the freedom to continue their private killing.
So when you’ve already detected that one of these predators is in your professional environment, you can act intelligently to minimize the risk of battle. Here are some guidelines that may be helpful:
As we have seen, the other exploiters are toxic people, people with a strong tendency to protest or behave in a way detrimental to other workers, our professional environment. Therefore, a relationship with them must be avoided at all costs, if you follow the strategies mentioned above, you will gain a lot of ground in this particular battle.