Archive for the ‘Brownnosers & Sycophants’ Category
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I work in a relatively small three-person company. My coworker Doug and myself are on the same level, although he has more experience than I do.
Here is my perception of Doug
- He spends a lot of time chatting with the bosses and other coworkers
- He is a brownnoser, helping ...
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
My boss has resigned and has recommended to his superiors that he wants his secretary to be promoted to senior office supervisor. Two junior supervisors (also her boss) who deserve to be given the chance for promotion will most likely be passed up due to the fact that they ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I saw an email my boss sent to the office manager... It was an email that I had sent my boss. I was being sincere and thanking her for seeing the good in people, and she wrote back to the office manager- "I just threw up ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I work in a company, manufacturing equipment where the attitude of a few is that if you are a newcomer, you should not take up space within the company & you must be out in a few months. I am working in this company for last 5 months, ...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I work in a research institution where the attitude of many is that if you don't have a PhD, you are basically worthless. I don't have a PhD, and what I do doesn't require one. I have built a highly visible community program with little or no ...
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Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I've seen lots of complaints about the co-worker who is the 'incompetent' brown-noser. My dilemma is about the 'very competent' brown-noser. What do you do about him?
Yes, he's competent, but not quite as competent as he makes himself out to be. He's no more competent than ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
I work for a boutique consulting firm with around 15 employees. I have always worked for large fortune 500 companies so this is a bit of a change for me. When I first joined (3 months back) I was a bit insecure and I sort of brown nosed one ...
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Dear Office-Politics,
First of all, thank you for this gorgeous website, which has provided good advice to me in many situations.
Therefore I hope you may be able to help me with the following problem:
I work for a boss who never chooses achievers as team leaders but employees with ...
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