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Archive for September, 2007

The seasonal worker is disrespecting me

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very small office: boss, secretary, maintenance man, two 'seasonals' and me. In theory, on paper, I am #2 in charge. You wouldn't believe it based on how others treat me/act, especially one of our seasonals. Her job is to ASSIST with ...

Am I too nice? Staff are yelling at me!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a doctor's office... and I am one of the doctors so automatically this puts me in an authority position over the staff. There is another associate doctor and above the two of us is the owner (a doctor also). I have kept out of office ...

Coworker pointing out flaws in our finished project

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, We just finished a large and difficult project. The final pieces weren't perfect, but I feel that they were impactful, and served their purpose. As in any project, there is room for improvement, which I'm sure we as a team will address. A coworker, who ...

Lose our funding because of a few bad apples?

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I work for a non profit agency. Certain employees are incredible movers and shakers, whilst other employees are late for work, doing personal business the majority of the day/or playing on the internet, miss time from work, leave early, and do not complete assignments. The boss condones the actions ...

Surviving ‘wounding the king’ when the king is still around?

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I recently read a response on your website about, "Wounding the King." I have done that myself. I addressed issues concerning the need to have 'employee diversity' at a school board meeting after being ignored by my immediate school principal and the director of personnel. The king in this case ...

Wounding the king

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I am 23 years-old working as a customer care executive in a nine member team comprising of one junior manager (recently appointed), three team leaders, and five representatives. The manager that has been appointed is a sheer politician. Myself and one of my colleagues were the best performers. Both of ...

Should employees “kiss up” to get ahead?

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

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 ...

Doing water ballet in the shark tank

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I find my "non political, good work ethics-self" in the bad position of working with a woman who manages to do nothing, take credit for my successes and blames me for "our" mistakes. I've had this job for a few months and have not had a good nights sleep since. ...

Egotistical, self centered, sarcastic attitude loses sales

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I have a situation that seems to require attention but I'm not sure how to handle it. I work for a small media company (under 20 employees) where advertiser sales and company rep relations is very important to our business. My supervisor has proceeded to upset a large majority ...

I can’t stand the backstabbing…

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I can't stand the backstabbing of the general public. I have now become self employed... I refuse to stab myself in the back. Protecting my Backside OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY DR. JOHN BURTON Dear "Protecting my Backside", While it is difficult to stab oneself in the back, you need to be aware of the ...

Coworker treats people like garbage because they dress “ghetto”

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I'm unsure how to proceed - or if I can even do so. Here's the scoop: I'm in the sales department of a particular industry in which we have a great deal of exposure to the public at large. We're situated in an urban environment in which some customers/clients who ...

Supervisor yells and belittles employees

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Dear Office-Politics, I have a problem with my supervisor. She often yells at employees, belittles them in front of other employees, talks down to us and is very rude. I allowed her to treat me this way until recently that I spoke up for myself when she yelled at me in ...