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Grapevine

The process through which information gets spread unofficially

throughout the company. Can be word of mouth, email, or even a

hand-written piece of paper. In most companies, news, rumors,

gossip and information can spread to hundreds or thousands of

employees in a very short time.

Brown-nosing / kissing up / sucking up

Being overly friendly with the boss, or upper management, or

anybody with some power or control, with the intent of getting

favors from them, such as promotions, raises, bonuses, etc. In many

cases, it is possible that there are other employees who merit these

advantages more than the brown-noser.

Back-biting

Malicious talk that underm
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