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Archive for January, 2007

Toxic environment fed by candy-pushing coworker



Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very toxic office. I am on a team with 2 other people. The female, who worked with the male previously, as an assistant and still does, resents me. On the surface she is pleasant and is always pushing candy on people, etc. She has low ...

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What can we do about a coworker’s messy desk and body odor



Dear Office-Politics, I work in an office which is made up primarily of cubicles. One of our co-workers has worked here for a very long time (more than 20 years), and keeps her cubicle distressingly messy. There is no surface which is, without exaggeration, less than 10 inches thick with miscellaneous ...

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Better route? Business or Technical?



Dear Office Politics, Amongst the companies I've worked for (all have been petrochemical), the professionals that chose the technical route seem to have less opportunity than those professionals that chose the business route. Even women that get engineering degrees tend to go the business route or they can get boxed ...

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Just enough rope to hang herself



Dear Office-Politics, I work for a small company with only about 20 employees. Recently my boss hired two women who are sisters on a 3/4 time basis, which has been unheard of in our company, both the shift hours and the fact that they are related. The older of ...

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My supervisor and I bid on the same job…



Dear Office-Politics, My supervisor and I bid on the same job. Through office gossip, it was pretty clear that this was a set up to let her go. In fact, the hiring supervisor asked to me to apply for this job. I ended up with the position and she ...

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Ostracized by rumors



Dear Office-Politics, I'm a teacher at a junior high school. Three teachers out of ten in my department conspired to remove me from the chairmanship. Two were senior teachers and the third was of the same loud domineering type who think relatively quiet, thoughtful individuals are weak and unable to lead. ...

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My colleague gives me orders to do work…



Dear Office-Politics, One of my colleagues always gives me orders to do work for her. She is a financial analyst and I am the administrative assistant for a group of ten including her. Though I support the group and she is in a higher position, I think what she gave ...

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