When Is Authenticity at Work Just Oversharing?
with Sarah Ropek & Claire Cathcart
"Bring your whole self to work" sounds positive until you're sitting next to someone describing their UTI in graphic detail. Authenticity at work genuinely matters — research shows workers would consider leaving a company where they couldn't be themselves — but a poll of 1,000 UK workers found half find it annoying when colleagues overshare.
In this episode, Claire and Sarah work through where authenticity ends and oversharing begins, why early-career employees struggle most with the line, how managers face a harder version of the same challenge, and what to do when someone's oversharing is affecting the team.