March, 2007 - Office-Politics

Archive for March, 2007

I am being ridiculed behind my back…

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a large public library system and I have been there for 6 years. I had previously worked for them part-time, but left to finish school and returned in a professional capacity. The problem is I am very rough around the edges when it comes to dressing right, ...

Posted in Cliques, Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 1 Comment »

CFO made anti-Semitic remarks…

Dear Office-Politics, What to do when the CFO makes anti-Semitic remarks in front of the General Manager and Human Resources and no one corrects her during a meeting? Also when Human Resources shares with the staff members other personal information regarding employees? What do you do when Human Resources is ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics, Toxic Workplaces | No Comments »

Trumped by a very competent brown-noser

Dear Office-Politics, I've seen lots of complaints about the co-worker who is the 'incompetent' brown-noser. My dilemma is about the 'very competent' brown-noser. What do you do about him? Yes, he's competent, but not quite as competent as he makes himself out to be. He's no more competent than ...

Posted in Brownnosers & Sycophants, office politics | 12 Comments »

The friend, I helped, has now turned on me…

Dear Office-Politics, I have a dilemma when it comes to working in my office. I am employed by a large Temp Agency and applied for a position as a payroll clerk near my home. The hours were great and it was only a 20 minute commute each way, instead ...

Posted in Backstabbers & Snakes, office politics | 3 Comments »

Email falsely claimed I was “on the warpath”…

Dear Office-Politics, Good morning, and thanks for your web site! I have a dilemma and would appreciate knowing your thoughts. Four months ago as a new paralegal, I was excited to have been offered a great job in a small law firm. My co-worker, who was instrumental ...

Posted in Backstabbers & Snakes, office politics | 2 Comments »

Winning by understanding the other person

We answer many letters at Office-Politics.com, and we're thrilled when people write back to tell us whether the advice worked. Here is some new feedback we received today, on an Office-Politics letter and reply, originally posted in September, 2006. Congratulations go to the Supervisor for recognizing the opportunity to reach ...

Posted in office politics, Power Plays | No Comments »

The supervisor does not treat everybody equally…

Dear Office-Politics, I have a few concerns regarding my workplace. I will try to make it short and simple. I am a new employee at my current workplace. I work for a design firm as an intermediate cad drafter, where obviously a lot of detail work is required and you ...

Posted in office politics | 3 Comments »

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