A Kickresume survey, which included 2,894 employees, aimed to uncover the most irritating coworker behaviors and understand how people manage these workplace challenges.

Key findings from the survey include:

• 85 percent of employees have experienced annoying coworkers.
• 58 percent of respondents feel that annoying coworkers significantly impact their productivity.
• 53 percent of hybrid workers believe that a mix of in-office and remote work has reduced their encounters with irritating coworkers.
• 33 percent of respondents identified the credit stealer as the most bothersome office personality.
• 32 percent of respondents marked micromanagers as the most irksome personality trait in the office.
• 30 percent of respondents found chronic complainers and those who invade personal space to be particularly annoying.

The survey also highlighted how employees deal with annoying colleagues:

• 32 percent prefer to distance themselves from annoying coworkers.
• 41 percent wish they could confront their coworkers directly.
• 12 percent vent to other colleagues.
• A smaller group would escalate the issue to HR or management.

Source: https://hrsea.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/industry/85-of-employees-deal-with-annoying-colleagues-at-workplaces-survey-finds/116143069 and https://www.kickresume.com/en/press/annoying-coworkers-survey/

So, the question for our readers is: What Are The Most Annoying Traits Of Coworkers?

Here is the opinion of one of the McCalmon editorial staff:

Jack McCalmon, Esq.

I am fortunate in that I am not faced with these issues today. In the past, I have worked with every negative personality type. From that experience, I think chronic complainers are the most annoying. Obviously, legitimate complaints are important because they can disclose wrongdoing or provide insight into how to improve, but people who complain just to complain bring a lot of negative energy into the workplace.

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