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Archive for July, 2007

My new subordinate wants my job!

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, Two weeks ago I started in a new position with a new company. Beginning on my first day (yes, my first day!) one of my new subordinates began a series of troubling comments and actions including: 1) In our very first meeting he stated that the loss of the previous ...

Outrage at playing the game of office politics

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I worked for a family business for over four years. I was praised for my work, given very good raises and much more responsibility over those years. Everything was great until another family member came into my department. Once that happened, my boss, a non-family member began delegating to ...

Part I: Nice to a fault

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a small liberal company where nepotism runs rampant. Of the less than 75 employees, I can probably name about 25 people who are related to someone within the company, either directly or indirectly. That has never been a problem for me, as it never ...

Missing my Halo…

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work in “super specialty” software work. I had the “halo effect” bestowed on me by my boss for the two years I have been in this job. I even wrote his “strategy” and didn’t mind when he took credit for it. Now the halo has been transferred to another. ...

Favorite has Boss in hip pocket. I am getting ulcers.

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I've worked hard to build a solid reputation as a good performer. I've had rave reviews from most of my managers. Five years ago I was asked to learn a segment of the business from top to bottom, front to back. It is complex and high pressure, but I did ...

The boss’ little pet is a big snitch…

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, What do you do about a coworker who is not only a big snitch in the bunch but who is also the boss' little pet? Peeved at Pet OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY DR. JOHN BURTON Dear Peeved at Pet, What you have described in a few words raises a major issue in the workplace, ...

Manager’s favorite is getting all the listings…

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I am a real estate agent. The Managing broker, who is also the Office Manager of the firm we are affiliated with, is hogging all the listings. Recently he has picked a favorite agent to be his partner. Is this ethical? The Managing broker has rarely worked with other agents ...

Office Favorite Makes Me Want To Abandon Ship

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very small business (about 11-12 employees). How do I handle an office favorite? We have one co-worker whom the bosses dote on and she can do no wrong, she gets taken out to special lunches, gets preferential treatment, unearned days off etc… However, she does ...

Part II: Why was I booted off customer training?

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, My Business Office Manager has taken training of our customer service from my responsibility and given it to another. I have been in charge of training for 2 years and have had no complaints from my people or from the Organization and I have been told I was ...

When being nice is confused with “sucking up”

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 ...

Part II: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, Issue #1 In our office protocol it is established that the "soups" or supervisors are the go between for us and the techs. However, I get emails from the techs questioning what I am working on. In addition, I received this email from an individual who ...

Part I: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, Issue #1 In our office protocol it is established that the "soups" or supervisors are the go between for us and the techs. However, I get emails from the techs questioning what I am working on. In addition, I received this email from an individual who ...