You''re verging on something I've observed there.Lootman wrote:That aim becomes a lot easier when you stop working. It is places of work that seem to cause a lot of negativity, either from customers, fellow workers or bosses.AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I've started to remove myself from the company of "negativity". I don't want to persuade it to reconsider anymore. It's not my job. If someone wants to be negative that's their call.
I have a similar distinction and that is between people who energise me and people who drain my energy. There are some people who seem to steal my life force when in my presence. The solution of course is to remove my presence, because you can't change other people.
There are people who bring out the best in me. And there are others whose company fails to stimulate. Which of course becomes mutual: my own company may be pleasant to the former but dull to the latter.
Add that to work tensions - like power relationships and rivalries of ambition - and perhaps you have what you describe.