Peer Relationships at Workplace - Essay Example

I choose this particular relation for my speech because, we know it or not, we all are in this relationship and it is affecting our work life as well as our personal life. All of us, more often than not, have been subject to peer pressure in the workplace. So, through this topic, I wanted to explain some of the stages that many people like me have to go through to develop a good relationship with a coworker who is intent on degrading you. I would be telling about the starting of our relationship, the enmity and back-stabbing challenges, and the effect it had on both our lives and then the friendship.

A new job just like a new relationship brings excitement with it. But that balloon of excitement is punctured when you make an enemy on the very first day, either by choice or coincidence. There would always be someone in the workplace who would not exactly appreciate you. Similarly, there was this person who was a few months senior but pretending to be my boss. I always thought he appreciated my work which is why I used to get 'a lot’ of work but soon I realized he was bullying me into doing his work. I confronted him and it got loud. A point to remember is that insulting someone always puts huge negative pressure on a relationship. So then it started him making fun of me in front of everyone or anyone. And me messing with his work, but one day I went too far and almost got him fired. That brought me back to my senses and as an ‘I am sorry’ present I did a particularly hard project for him as he was having some personal issues. I did it out of remorse but it touched a vital cord in his heart. And from then onwards all enmity and jealousy ceased to exist.