What would you do? Overheard at work...?

Your seating arrangement outside the manager's door is in a way a position of trust which has been placed upon you. Keep your mouth absolutely SHUT about what you hear going on in that office.

You have no idea if your boss was brown-nosing the manger for some reason, speaking in some sort of jest, or just massaging his ego. If you blab ANYTHING to anyone, it may cost you respect in the company.

Perhaps the boss was even testing YOUR loyalty!

Do not eavesdrop, and hum or something else, keep ear plugs, whatever it takes. And.....don't gossip.

I would say something as long as you won't be in jeapardy of your job by doing so. Address this person in a private meeting by telling them what you heard. Express how that makes you feel and suggest that if they want to share personal opinions about co-workers they should do so with the door shut. Or even do so when they are not at work. If neccessary maybe bring up a rule from the company handbook about courtesy and respect. Good luck!

File it in your head for future reference; with maybe a criptic note, only you understand, and the date. Keep tabs on the parties involved and carry on doing your best.

Sometimes that stuff is dropped to track who talks to much and to whom? With 21 people you are in a big business. I would consider it a nice bit of intelligence about other things that may be going down.

Remember the old Mafia proverb. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. Despite what they told you in school or what is said about employee support in business; remember your contractual obligations are closed every two weeks when you get a pay check. Everything else is...b...s...

i can understand your offense but did you hear the entire conversation and the context of it? maybe he wants to move up in the company and has to impress the other people and not you guys? true he can learn from everyone but it's ok if he would rather just lean more on who he thinks can get him somewhere... i wouldn't worry about it - if you are getting great reviews, that is all that matters. i am sure he didn't mean anything of malicious intent against anyone and if he did well he won't make it to the top. p.s. i would talk to him before talking to anyone else if it bothered you that much.

My wife comes home from work regularly with much the same type story where she overheard so and so. I always tell her that unless the conversation is with her, it is none of her concern. Especially if you're only hearing one end of the conversation and con not know the entire context.

Truthfully (this has nothing to do with "fair" or "right"), I wouldn't say anything. If you do, it will affect your relationship with him in a negative way, regardless of how he appears to take it or how he responds.

Consider it knowledge about him that you didn't have before, and use it to motivate you to manage your own career, looking out for your own best interests - not relying on him doing it for you as your manager.

No, you should go back to your little box and shut your face. If you were good at your job you'd get it. Obviously your mediocre and thats why you are where you are after 5 years and she is where she is after 1.

Bottom line you should go leap off a building

Live for yourself and your family. Who cares about that idiot who is so rude that he says ignorant things like that. Just brush it off if you like your job. Pretend you never heard it and do not take it personally, he is the jerk not you. You work for the money, so take it and get yourself a pedicure.

thats just the way it is in the world. if you say something is that going to change his statement or opinion? no, it will always be the same thats the sad part about the whole ordeal

Good Luck!You can talk to him and just be honest; tell him what you overheard and how you feel about it.