Back to work

Back to work today after 5 days off. Never the best of experiences but you always know that once you drag yourself there and get going you sorta don't mind it anymore, even enjoy the company and routine.

One of the aspects of 'returning to the fold' I particularly dislike is the almost obsessive need of colleagues to impart any 'negative workplace information', almost before I have walked though the door! Today was no different, hardly across the threshold and I was the recipient of two such gems. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not unsympathetic, quite the reverse, I just dislike with a passion, being reminded so early in the day, just how heartless management can be!

Amusingly, the official response to this problem seems to be to endeavor to dissuade individuals from this behavior by explaining that negativity breeds more negativity. I don't dispute this theory, I just wonder why decisions are so often made that instill the negativity in the first place. I try, I really try to understand a given situation from both sides but sometimes I just can't...........Perhaps it's in the training!