10 Types of Corporate Colleagues

You keep hearing everywhere how easy it is to work in a corporation. Good pay, decent amount of work, warm and fuzzy place to be in.

Obviously the topic is arguable. But whoever had the chance to work his ass off in a multinational company for at least 2-3 years will surely know the truth. The rest is just a bunch of hateful remarks.

Comfy or not, you have to deal with a bunch of characters in a corporation. I have made a short list including the major types. However, most people are themselves a mix of the qualities and mostly shortcomings mentioned below.

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Overtime Enthusiast

It’s that colleague you always find at the office first time in the morning and greet in the evening, as you walk out, even when you have done overtime hours yourself. He always has lots of reports due and presentations to prepare. He’s the only one who has them all. Because otherwise this whole multinational giant will simply collapse.

The Hopeless Fashion Victim

This is not just about women. We know guys in the office that always have shiny shoes, impeccable shirts and at least a blazer, if not a tie as well. The female victims will never come off those heels even during blizzards. Always dressed up, even though they never have meetings and hardly ever come out from behind that desk.

The Party Beast

This the colleague that you noticed at the last team building event. And at the Christmas party. He is the one that keeps inviting everyone to go partying at some club. You can sometimes see him in the morning with a wrinkled sleepy face and hangover-ish look in his eyes. It’s clear that he was out partying last night, even though today is Tuesday.

The Bosses’ Number One Fan

A notable character. Or at least, that’s what he or she hopes for - to be noticed by bosses. It won’t matter if it’s his boss, his boss’ boss or any other manager, director or superviser. His life mission is to impress the management. Not so much with outstanding results, but by using witty lines, even if the conversation takes place in the elevator and is about weather.

The Misunderstood Genius

This type of fellow is doing some sort of highly difficult and intellectual work. He or she is usually placed in the very technical departments. His or her work is so important that he or she cannot approach or be approached by lower professional levels from the rest of the company.

The Careless Hipster

Do you know the guy with the check pattern scarf? And the girl who always comes to work on her bike? They always have their headphones on, listening to a very cool music which you have never heard because it’s not played on the radio, ok?

The Joke-o-mat

This is that colleague that works mostly as a joke machine. In any circumstance and without reason. Any topic you might be discussing will most likely remind him of a joke. Sometimes the joke stock is up so you get to hear them all over again. Thank God for Facebook. He always posts there on sends funny stuff.

The Stressed Out Weeper

This colleague is the modern wailer that is constantly mourning his or her sad fate in this world. The Weeper won’t be spared by his/her cruel karma, not even for a day. There will always be a tight deadline, a new report on his task list, an email sent by mistake or a mobile phone forgotten at home. Always something to complain about.

The Office Hermit.

It’s a tough mission to locate such a character. Why? Because you don’t really know who he or she is. Sometime you can see him/her alone at lunch or having a smoke. He/she comes in and out silently and will hardly utter any words unless is forced to.

Gossipedia

This one is a remarkable character you better know, but it’s best he or she doesn’t know you. This type of colleague knows his co-workers’ lives in detail, even if they work in the same department or floor. He or she can often be spotted on other floors, or even in other companies in the same building, discussing stuff about who did what with whom, why and how many times.