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Archive for the ‘Coworkers driving me Crazy’ Category

Am I being demoted?



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



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



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



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?



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



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 ...

Losing our Patience and Patients



Dear Office-Politics, I am a physician in a group with 2 other doctors and 6 employees. The 3 physicians share equal costs. One physician, Lulu, is habitually late - late with her patient appointments, late with making her contributions for paying the bills. We've told her that her tardiness ...