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10 Tips for Talking Politics at Work

How to Survive Election Season Without Killing Your Coworkers or Getting Fired

2. Get Educated on the Issues

Forget for a second whether talking about politics at work is advisable. Think about the importance of knowing what you're talking about in the first place.

The level of political discourse varies from person to person, but all too often it devolves into both sides falling back on the same, tired rhetoric because people are shooting from the hip without having researched the issues first. We live in the Internet Age. A glorious time when a cornucopia of information is at our fingertips and just a Google search away. So if you want to argue about whose tax plan is better for the country, look it up. Use a variety of sources to avoid media bias and figure out, as best you can, what the facts are. Then, if you're going to talk politics at the office, at least you're armed with solid information instead of being uninformed.

 

  • Aaron Gouveia

    Aaron Gouveia has worked as the Content Manager of Salary.com since 2011. Prior to that, he was an award-winning journalist at several prominent New England newspapers. Read more...