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The new guy I hired is HATED



Dear Office Politics, I recently received a promotion and hired my replacement; however, everyone who now reports to him hates him. He is a very talented manager of work, but lacks charisma and needs to improve on his people skills. We have lost a couple of good people due to his ...

Credit Stolen by a Backstabber!



Dear Office-Politics, I have had first hand experience with a back stabber. I just completed a report on a new idea I had and I wanted another opinion on it before I presented it to my boss. I asked a coworker to look at it and tell me what she thought. ...

My coworker is hogging information



I work in a mid size company and within my department, I have a coworker who has the same responsibilities in Germany. Since we work closely together, we have to manage information sharing to ensure that both services are transmitted with equal efficiency and standards. However, whenever we ...

Each day is hell and affects my health



Dear Office-Politics, I hope you can help me with this situation. I've worked for my current high-tech Telecom employer for 18 years, the last eight years in a help desk environment. The first six years I reported to a person of high integrity that fostered teamwork and promoted communication and individual ...

Could somebody be bad-mouthing me?



Dear Office-Politics, I work at a small Landscape Architecture office, where I have worked for 3 years. I consider myself a relaxed, physically attractive and very ethically-conscious person. The first year was very good... Made friends, socialized with co-workers outside the office quite a bit and had a raise after a ...

Coworker presents my ideas as his own



Dear Office-Politics, I work in R&D at a small (40 people) technology company. About six months ago, a new engineer was hired to work on the same project. We have different responsibilities, but with a lot of overlap. He has about 6 years more work experience, but I ...

Political and power stock has mysteriously tanked



Dear Office-Politics, I recently left a law firm after 14 years, to go to another larger firm, working both for the top team and a new division. It has recently been brought to my attention that I have a "reputation" and I am no longer in consideration for that top team because ...