Grapevine
The process through which information gets spread unofficially throughout the company. Can be word of mouth, email, or even a hand-written piece of paper. In most companies, news, rumors2, gossip and information can spread to hundreds or thousands of employees in a very short time.
Brown-nosing/kissing up/sucking up
Being overly friendly with the boss, or upper management, or anybody with some power or control, with the intent of getting favors from them, such as promotions3, raises, bonuses, etc. In many cases, it is possible that there are other employees who merit these advantages more than the brown-noser.
Back-biting
Malicious4 talk that undermines someone's reputation or unfairly criticizes someone's work when they're not around.
Gossip
Loose talk to disclose something, often of questionable5 veracity6, that is better kept to oneself. Can involve talking about an inpidual, a group, company issues. Can be business-related or personal.
Rumors
Similar to gossip, but usually more based on some factual element or half-truth.
Rumor1 mongering
Spreading a rumor with malicious intent.
Peer-to-peer
Gossip, rumors, information-spreading, etc. that takes place among employees of the same rank.
Cliques7
Group of employees who stick together bound by common beliefs, interests, and/or personalities8. They are usually resistant9 to allowing outsiders in who they feel are different from them.
Kiss a lot of frogs
Colloquial10 term used to describe an upwardly ambitious and aggressive person who wants to climb the ladder by having questionable relationships.
Scandal
Involves something damaging to the company or staff that was previously11 hidden and comes to light.
中：
像葡萄藤般传播的传说/小道消息
信息在公司内飞速非正式传播的过程。这类信息可以通过口头、邮件、甚至是文字形式传播。在不少公司里，新闻、谣言、闲言碎语，还有各种信息可以在非常短的时间内传到几百或几千个员工的耳朵里。
拍马屁
与老板、上层管理职员或任何握有权力的人过于亲近，为了讨好他们以获得像提拔或多分红利之类的好 处。可是，在不少状况下，其他的职员比这类拍马屁者更 大概获得这类好处。
诽谤
在背后诋毁其他人声誉或对其他人的工作做出不公正的批评。
闲言碎语
对不便于传出的事情的闲谈，总是有失客观性。谈论的对象可以是个人，一个集体，或者是公司事务。内容可以是与工作有关或者是与私人有关。
传言
与闲言碎语相近，但比较起来更多是打造在一些事实或半事实的基础上。
散布谣言
不怀好意地散播谣言。
同事之间
那些发生在同事之间的闲言碎语、谣言、信息等的传播。
小集团
一组职员因一同的信仰、兴趣或性格而结集在一块。他们一般排斥那些与他们格格不入的外人的加入。
搞特殊关系
俗语，用于形容那些想通过不正当关系向上爬的野心十足的人。
公众丑闻
那些先前被隐瞒的有损于公司或职员的秘密后来被暴光
