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Archive for the ‘Coworkers driving me Crazy’ Category

Swamped! (While Coworker Does Nothing)

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Rona Maynard's career as a pace-setting magazine editor, award-winning journalist, acclaimed author and inspirational speaker owes much to the lessons she has drawn from coping with difficult people, both professionally and personally. Rona edited Chatelaine, Canada’s number one magazine for women, during a decade of innovation in which she ...

Job ended so quickly it made my head spin…

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Dear Office Politics, I recently went through a new job situation that ended so quickly it made my head spin. I liked the work but didn't fit in with the camaraderie atmosphere. I came from a big-city, federal job to my first small-town conservative, corporate job. Things that were seen internally as ...

Two Gossipy Queen Bees Rule

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Dear Office-Politics, I have been in my job for a little over a year. I am approximately 15 years older than most of my colleagues. I am younger than my supervisor and her supervisor. They are both very happy with my performance and I love what I do. The problem is that ...

How can I analyze crime if I’m stonewalled?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a police department. I am in a "non-sworn" position. My job is to analyze crime - identify crime series/trends/patterns, do tactical and strategic analysis, etc. I am a department of one which makes things difficult as I don't automatically have anyone who "Has ...

Tactics to compete with difficult coworker?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Dear Office-Politics, I am writing on behalf of a close friend, "Jane," who has asked me to help her find tactics to compete with a difficult coworker. Jane has been in her current job a bit over two years. For the first year, she felt valued and generally satisfied with her position. ...

What does she do all day long?

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Dear Office Politics, I work in a small group of four people—one manager, two professionals, and myself. My position is a cross between professional and support duties. The manager and myself are assigned to multiple programs. The two professionals belong to one program. These programs serve a tremendous ...

Am I being demoted?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I've been working in this new field that I really like for the past 6 months and according to my boss "performing very well". However, one of my experienced teammates resigned and will be replaced by a very senior person who will take on a "supervisory role" – nice ...

Explosive coworker undermines bargaining talks

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a unionized office. Major changes are taking place in our industry and our company is going after a large amount of online business. Work assignments, commissions, etc. are all undergoing a revamp. We currently have a group involved in negotiations with management and are trying ...

Kitchen Sink Politics

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Dear Office Politics, I am one of two partners in a small business. We have a total of 7 people in our office, including the 2 of us. My business partner and I cannot seem to agree on her attitude toward the kitchen. I know it seems ...

Stressed by coworker’s personalities

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I work in the satellite office of a large company located in a small rural community. I work with 5 other employees and am having difficulties coping with the personalities of my female co-workers. There are four women, myself included, and two men, one being our manager. The ...

Nice Perfume, must you bathe in it?

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, Nice Perfume, must you bathe in it? That is what I want to say to her but I won't. I have this co-worker. She is a very nice woman. In fact, she is the one who trained me. She got a promotion in the same office and I took her ...

Hiding my brains from a know-it-all

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I share a small office in a law firm with two other contract attorneys on a project. I got along very well with the two contract attorneys who started the project with me but when one of them left to give birth, the remaining attorney recommended a friend of ...