Try to work with them so that they can set realistic expectations for themselves and others. It is often their way of getting back at colleagues, managers, or the organization because of their unhappiness with how they are being treated. They are seeking growth and advancement. When they feel they are in a dead-end career road, they lose their enthusiasm for work and try to do as little as possible. The Rumormongers -They take out their negativity toward work by spreading rumors.
Rumormongers sense a loss of control over their environments or other people.
Rumors help them regain that control. Give people in the organization the information and facts they need. Doing so gives them little motivation to listen to the rumormongers. The Pessimists -Pessimists experience the world as an unpleasant place. They are unhappy with the way things are no matter what you try to do for them.