Work Drama and Politics

Work drama can be the most stressful and worrisome problem to deal with. The Politics and difficult Personalities combo seem to permeate the workplace like a toxic gas. This hindrance can create obstacles to keeping focused and just doing your job, hopefully a good one. One's very livelihood feels threatened and it has nothing to do with work and performance. I have learned it is a great place to HOLD YOUR SPACE however challenging it may be to practice.
My best efforts are to keep my office space calm and relaxed and not allow the chaos and sinister underpinnings to draw me in. At times it seems like junior high with grown professional women behaving like mean girls. I will not allow myself to be drawn in to the taffy pull and machinations of the drama queens. Alignments are formed and cliques are alive and thriving in the workplace. Some participate in back stabbing only to keep their job secure. She's the "yes" girl. It's a dark energy vortex where sadly, they are stuck. I remember my mothers words "If you can't say something nice..." I hold my space. I do my best to stay neutral like Switzerland and out of the war zone.
It's a travesty of justice that some womens' petty lies and half truths can result in significant damage to anothers' position and very livelihood. The insecure female with some workplace power can be the worst offender. Their jealousy is so unattractive. Usually those who try to stack the deck against someone else get theirs in the end. I've seen it eventually lead to their own job loss. What goes around truly does come around. I hold my space in the place of calm, this too shall pass.