Listening to a secret Thirty-fivepercent of employees say they'd find another job if direct managerswere on the opposite side of the political fence and spoke about itopenly. (Image: Shutterstock)

As politically divided as the country is thesedays, it should come as no surprise that a lot of the effects frompolitical discussions carry over into the theoretically neutral workplace—and that's not necessarily agood thing.

A survey from Randstad US finds that although close tohalf—49 percent—of respondents say they enjoy political discussions with coworkers because ithelps them understand alternate points of view, 53 percent say theytend to steer clear of coworkers who differ in their politicalbeliefs.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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