Who is more likely to break workplace taboos?
Men were reported as engaging in these workplace behaviours more than women. Nearly half had fallen asleep on the job compared to women. However, when it comes to kissing co-workers, 44 percent of women admitted to puckering up! What really is and isn’t acceptable? Melbourne-based psychologist and career-change specialist Meredith Fuller says work is a two-way engagement and employees should drop the fantasy that they can do whatever they like. “Employees should know what is acceptable and what is not but if they don’t, they need to look at role models and mentors to gauge what is acceptable,” says Fuller. She also suggests doing some professional development training such as seminars, coaching or reading. “It’s not acceptable to whinge that no one spelled it out for me that you aren’t allowed to have sex in the cupboards, sabotage your rival for that promotion or moan all day with your head on the desk because you were out partying hard the night before. Emotional intelligence is expe
