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My coworkers at my new job have been talking about my personal life obsessively

I started a new job. It’s a large corporation and a few of my roommate’s friends work there. After my roommate told them I might be working there, they have been constantly trying to get information about me from their manager such as my university, my major, where I live, and more details about my personal life that I don’t feel like divulging to strangers who are a distant friend of a roommate. They have gone to the extent of telling their manager that I am close friends with them to get more information about my past even though I have never met them. This has made me extensively uncomfortable since they are also giving me work orders through my roommate instead of speaking directly to me. Since I have just joined, I don’t know if I’m in any place to immediately complain, but this is making me upset and…


I started a new job. It’s a large corporation and a few of my roommate’s friends work there. After my roommate told them I might be working there, they have been constantly trying to get information about me from their manager such as my university, my major, where I live, and more details about my personal life that I don’t feel like divulging to strangers who are a distant friend of a roommate. They have gone to the extent of telling their manager that I am close friends with them to get more information about my past even though I have never met them.

This has made me extensively uncomfortable since they are also giving me work orders through my roommate instead of speaking directly to me. Since I have just joined, I don’t know if I’m in any place to immediately complain, but this is making me upset and uncomfortable.

Just wanted to rant. I’ve been wanting to work here for ages and I can’t believe it has become this way instead.

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