Declining to share all personal details is not the same as lying. I don't lie but am very intentional with the personal information I share.

It depends.

I lie about my alternative lifestyle activities and I dance around my political beliefs depending on the topic.

I'm honest about work itself and how I feel if they utter any slurs or bigoted beliefs.

I keep private things private, but I don't lie.

My department are all the same type of nerds that I am so they know everything.

Everyone outside of my department gets the corporate sanitized version of everything.

"Bring your full self to work" is a lie and people WILL use it against you. I dont "lie" but i sure as hell dont reveal any more than i have to

100%, and bald-faced lie about your private life; if you just say "none of your business" or "that's private", you've "earned" another enemy.

For many years I was honest, and I kept suffering for it. Just say whatever the fuck they want you to and go home. You don't owe them anything and they will lie to you through their teeth.

Over thirty years in work force.

Stay friendly with the biggest clique and smile. We're all a big family!

If you have views that are in the minority and not directly related to your task at work it is smarter to keep those to yourself in my opinion. Lying is optional. Its just easier for them to perceive me as the quiet guy who keeps to himself.

I am not a capitalist. Telling my bosses that I view a large portion of our work as simply and needlessly extracting excess money and labor from individuals isnt going to advance my career and is unlikely to result in anyone changing their worldview. It is more likely to mean im passed over for a promotion.

I don’t lie, I’ve never been good at it, but I don’t elaborate. If I’m asked something I don’t want to answer I say I’m not discussing that here.

There’s a 98% respected rule to not discuss politics. Management states they’d prefer we don’t because it upsets the clientele and it’s irrelevant to the workplace.

However, every couple years there’s that one person who cannot read the room and loudly talks politics to the quiet people around her she thinks are listening but who are instead cringing as they wait for her to stop talking.

It's morally correct to lie to your coworkers and bosses. Especially your bosses.

Lie about work? No.

Lie about anything else? Absolutely. My coworkers have no claim on the truth of anything related to me that's not related to work.

Sounds like a great way to lower over all class cohesion and worker solidarty, making a union less likely.

I'm honest I just don't engage with workplace drama. If I don't know then I can't lie.

Can confirm, my coworkers still don't know I've transitioned yet because they're all bigots

So we're glorifying paranoia now?

I don't lie, and unless if it'd improve the workplace atmosphere (or future labour conditions), I don't bother talking about it.

So, I speak out about abuse and harassment, and am pretty chatty, but when it comes down to religion, that's very much a private matter.

Why stop at coworkers?

I am incapable of this, which is why I don't do well in the corporate world.