{"id":294695,"date":"2021-02-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/?p=294695"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T01:49:22","slug":"jealous-co-workers-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/work-from-home-lifestyle\/jealous-co-workers-work-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal with Jealous Coworkers When You Work from Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Updated March 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of employees working from home exploded<\/a> during and after COVID. For those of us lucky enough to still be working from home, our remote work can also a source of jealousy for coworkers who’ve been called back to the office. Jealousy arises in the workplace primarily due to perceived or actual disparities between coworkers. In a work from home situation, these disparities are due to a variety of reasons, including a perception that the arrangements favor some over others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jealousy in the workplace is nothing new. Coworkers have been seething about the successes of their rivals for centuries. If you\u2019re working from home and your coworkers aren\u2019t, chances are a few of them are envious. While this may seem harmless, left unchecked there are real costs incurred by the envier, the envied, and the larger workplace. At worst, jealous coworkers can result in situations that undermine the success of the entire organization and its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Negative Results of Jealous Coworkers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some effects of jealousy are easy to identify such as damaged relationships and disruptions in team operations. However, the repercussions of these effects have much broader implications. A few examples of the negative effects<\/a> on the bigger picture include:<\/p>\n\n\n