7 Things You Should Never Say at Work

7. Don’t share everything with your HR department

While you might think you can share anything and everything with the human resources departments, that’s not necessarily true.

“HR professionals often have mandates to report or investigate certain information, like sexual harassment and discrimination,” says Jason Sackett, LCSW, executive coach, and author of Compassion@Work: Creating Workplaces that Engage the Human Spirit.

“They simply may not be prohibited from sharing information with the one person you desperately don’t want to know your story—and they may not have the judgment or professionalism to keep it private,” he adds.