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The Careerologist: how to deal with annoyingly chatty colleagues

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The Careerologist: how to deal with annoyingly chatty colleagues
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Q. I sit next to chatty colleagues. I find this distracting because I really need to knuckle down to work but don’t want to seem unfriendly and antisocial. Any suggestions?

Bank compliance executive, 33

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