Comments on: Should your colleagues know the Real You? http://midlifecareerstrategy.com/blog/archives/206 Career Planning for Midcareer Professionals Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cathy http://midlifecareerstrategy.com/blog/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-420 Cathy Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:17:01 +0000 http://midlifecareerstrategy.com/blog/archives/206#comment-420 wow...souds traumatic. Congratulations on surviving the takeover. wow…souds traumatic. Congratulations on surviving the takeover.

]]> By: Wanda Krolczyk http://midlifecareerstrategy.com/blog/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-404 Wanda Krolczyk Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:29:28 +0000 http://midlifecareerstrategy.com/blog/archives/206#comment-404 Work colleagues are not your friends. Boundaries are. Going beyond polite commentary on the weather and sports is not a good idea. Yes, you spend most of your waking hours at work, however, your counterpart(s) want a slice of the same limited pie. I just lived through a merger (takeover) and all the craziness that brings. Work colleagues are in the same boat, want the same things, but can't be counted on to throw YOU the life preserver. Work colleagues are not your friends. Boundaries are.

Going beyond polite commentary on the weather and sports is not a good idea. Yes, you spend most of your waking hours at work, however, your counterpart(s) want a slice of the same limited pie.

I just lived through a merger (takeover) and all the craziness that brings. Work colleagues are in the same boat, want the same things, but can’t be counted on to throw YOU the life preserver.

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