Q re silly office politics

[evedawn]

I love my job. However, it is the office politics I hate.

I work in an open plan office with a group of women. I get on okay with most of them but I sit all I am near the group that is the worst in terms of sh**stirring. (it is unbeleivable and they are so "clever" about it)

However, Im just getting so peeved with it all, (even though I try not to join in the gossip I can hear it nonetheless... and it is draining me....I feel bogged down by their constant backstabbing of others.

tomorrow I plan to ask my manager if I can move to a quieter part of the big open plan office

I do not want to name names or dish dirt ...theres no point in that I beleive. ...but I need to know how to convince him to let me move desks.

I plan to be honest and say that I find it difficult to work in that environment but decline if he asks me for names etc...

any other ideas on how to get my desk moved appreciated...

[jno]

well, every unit could do with someone like you, China... sorry, evedawn, getting a little off topic here

[evedawn]

thanks all. FYI I spoke to my manager. He knew, (WITHOUT me needing to name) that the group where i sit are troublemakers and I will soon be moving desks.