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Archive for February, 2008

Six coworkers in clique all went to school together

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I'm in an uncomfortable situation that is causing me stress. I work with about 6 people who all had relationships before they got the jobs, they all went to college together and the manager seems to only hire his friends. There was a new hire last week who was a ...

Part I: Success has created jealousy

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Dear Office Politics, (First off, thanks for hosting and operating this site, you gave me some very valuable advice many years ago. So now I'm back again with a new dilemma for your experts.) About one year ago I joined a new startup company as a department head, one level ...

Office Karma: I wonder when will she get hers?

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I am really in desperate need of your advice. I subscribe to your site and read all of the incoming letters and all of the advice is great. I thought I could piece parts here and there but nothing is working. I work in a very small, ...

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 ...

Managers fighting and dragging us into the mess

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a small (4 employees) field office that is part of a larger government agency. The tangled web of office politics has left myself and a coworker frustrated and wondering how to proceed. Three years ago the assistant manager transferred into our office due to restructuring. ...

She was furious I blind-cc-ed the email to my boss

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I have just been confirmed as a Communications Executive after 6 months being on probation. I have a good relationship with my boss, who's got strong views about building up the company's image and branding. Since we do a lot of discussion on PR and communications matters, some of ...

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Sunday, February 17th, 2008

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Please explain email skewering Fortune 100 Boss

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Thanks to www.verbotomy.com Dear Office-Politics, I am working with a very established Fortune 100 consumer electronic company. I know that I have done something that I am not supposed to do... writing electronic messages which contained sensitive information about my Boss for sole purpose of ranting and perhaps entertaining ...

Ex-team member has my boss in his pocket

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I am in a real mess at work. I am having a lot of trouble getting along with an incredibly popular ex-team member. There are a number of personal reasons for this (he takes everyone to the pub every lunchtime and stifles other people's attempts to arrange things socially, and ...

I’m the quiet, reserved, stay at my desk type…

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I know that you have to play the game sometimes but some of us are just not very good at it. I'm one of those quiet, reserved, stay at my desk, get my job done types. I'm a first time manager (a department of three) and in my second ...

Next victim for sociopath boss and sidekick?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I work for a sociopath. He is entertaining, persuasive, an expert in all areas, but he is also arrogant, domineering, a manipulator, a liar, and operates on paranoia. His agenda is self serving yet his position is the general manager. He has one personal confidante for all company decisions. ...

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 ...