Workplace gossip is like technical debt — it accumulates slowly, seems harmless at first, then suddenly becomes a massive problem that affects everything from team velocity to code quality. The difference is that gossip spreads faster than a memory leak and can be just as destructive to your work environment.
In tech teams, information flows matter. When that flow gets corrupted with speculation, rumors, and interpersonal drama, it creates noise that drowns out legitimate communication. Let's debug this problem systematically.