18 Unforgettable Quotes About Two-Faced Coworkers
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What’s worse:
A co-worker who directly shows their disdain for you, or
A co-worker who is an advocate for you when you’re around, but becomes your biggest critic as soon as you leave?
Both are unfavorable; the latter is more difficult to handle.
Remember these two-faced coworker quotes the next time you find yourself dealing with one.
Wise words about two-faced coworkers
Same rule applies to coworkers
It's better to have an ENEMY who honestly says they hate you than to have a FRIEND who's putting you down secretly.
- Unknown
Pay attention next time a project goes awry
Everybody isn’t your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn’t mean they are your friend. People pretend well. At the end of the day, real situations expose fake people, so pay attention.
- Unknown
They blend in well
Be careful who you trust. Salt and sugar look the same.
- Unknown
Take it from an expert
Here is what I know. When you’re running a successful company or an organization, you can take this human equation to the bank: underconfidence plus insecurity always equals paranoia and backstabbing.
- Anthony Scaramucci
Why two-faced coworkers are the worst
First impressions can be deceiving
In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is in black and white, until later their true colors come out.
- Anthony Liccione
The unfair result
I hate the fact that some people get judged for being real while some are getting loved for being fake.
- Unknown
It’s extra work for you
Mean people don’t bother me a bit. Mean people who disguise themselves as nice people bother me a whole lot.
- Unknown
When you thought you were done dealing with childish behaviors
From all the drama, backstabbing, and tattling, sometimes I can’t figure out if I’m in elementary school or middle school...Oh wait, I’m at work!
- Unknown
At least give me something to work with
If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
- Marilyn Monroe
Who knows what to believe
When people are two-faced the only thing you’ll know for sure is that you can’t trust either of them.
- Anonymous
How to deal with two-faced coworkers
Stay aware
Make sure everybody in your “boat” is rowing and not drilling holes when you’re not looking. Know your circle.
- Unknown
Words are meaningless
Trust on their action, not on words.
- Unknown
Nobody’s got time for that
There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you. It’s with themselves.
- Unknown
Be the better person
Show respect even to people that don’t deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.
- Dave Willis
Set boundaries
What you allow is what will continue.
- Unknown
Control what you can
From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live rully often become destroyers of life.
- Anais Nin
Focus on your own goals
I did not get to where I am backstabbing people. If you want what I have, you must earn it like I did.
- Andres Oliver
Never doubt yourself
The only reason that people talk behind your back is because you are already ahead of them.
- Unknown
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