Gossip Tops Biggest Workplace Pet Peeves

Employees want colleagues to clean up their act in the workplace, including cutting down on idle chitchat, washing their own dirty dishes and being better at managing their time.

In a pet peeves-themed survey released by Randstad USA, a staffing firm and workforce solutions provider, employees revealed their biggest annoyances in their places of work. The top three pet peeves found in the workplace (among those who have a biggest pet peeve) are gossip (60%), others’ poor time-management skills (54%) and messiness in communal spaces (45%).