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Termination blamed on reorganization, but untrue



Dear Office-Politics, I am afraid that I am in a bad situation and I have to get your advice ASAP. I was just terminated from my job because of the so called 'reorganization'. However, I knew the real reason was that I complained about the unfair, bad and abusive behavior ...

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Don’t let your personal feelings blind you to a great opportunity



Dear Office-Politics, I have an interesting situation. I left a big consulting firm two years ago, under not so good terms. I was with the company about five years. To this day I do not know if I was ousted, kicked out by my boss, kicked out by several peers I ...

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Part II: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?



Dear Office-Politics, I have been working for four months as a database associate for a not for profit agency which is a social support community for those affected by cancer. I cleaned up a mess left by a previous employee and was on top of my position delighting the CEO ...

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Part I: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?



Dear Office-Politics, I have been working for four months as a database associate for a not for profit agency which is a social support community for those affected by cancer. I cleaned up a mess left by a previous employee and was on top of my position delighting the CEO ...

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Revolving door position: Is it me or them?



Dear Office-Politics, Our office has a new staff member who has been with us for 1 month. She was hired to fill a highly demanding position. She is very good in this position and we would hate to lose her, as she is the 4th person to take this job ...

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Helping a friend trapped in a dead-end position, got me in hot water



Dear Office-Politics, I am a manager in a company. I am friends with another manager and one of his employees (though, closer to the manager). The employee had been there a number of years and felt that he was in a dead-end position. He confided in me and ...

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I’m holding onto the company key…



Dear Office-Politics, I have had several jobs in which I made a suggestion for future direction, was fired or encouraged to leave, and later discovered the company followed the suggestion. This happened again recently and my employer has called me several times to hand in the company key. I still have the ...

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