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The Role & Rewards of an Office Weasel



By Office-Politics Guest Adviser: Andrew Hennigan Why the Office Weasel Plays a Key Role in Hierarchical Organizations People from the few societies that are not hierarchical -- Netherlands and Scandinavia mainly -- often have difficulty grasping how strongly hierarchical societies can function. When I explain this point in culture workshops they usually ask ...

Overly-Political coworker is making me look bad



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 ...

Should employees “kiss up” to get ahead?



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 ...

When being nice is confused with “sucking up”



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 ...

Sucked In By Suck Up



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, ...

I don’t want to kiss ass to succeed…



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 ...

Trumped by a very competent brown-noser



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 ...