April, 2007 - Office-Politics

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Extremely hot looking contract worker

Dear Office-Politics, There is an extremely hot looking contract worker here. She has just been put in my Department. She wears mini skirts and loves coming by so I can smell her perfume. Dilemma ---> I'm married, but I think she is a player. Sorely Tempted OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY DR. JOHN BURTON Dear Sorely ...

Posted in Jealousy, Envy and Lust, office politics | No Comments »

How do I answer the following ‘rude’ questions?

Dear Office-Politics, Please tell me how to answer the following questions: 'Why Don't You Have Kids?' How do I answer when asked why I don't have children? I am a woman who does not want to go into details... I don't want to say that I can't have kids because then they ...

Posted in Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 6 Comments »

I am terribly inept when it comes to office politics

Dear Office-Politics, Let me first start by saying that I am terribly inept when it comes to office politics. I never seem to know the proper thing to do. Here is my situation... A department head was hired to replace the previous person who was promoted. He brought his assistant along with ...

Posted in Cliques, office politics | 1 Comment »

Director of surgical department is a backstabber

Dear Office-Politics, I recently found out that the director of my department has stabbed me in the back. I work in a small surgical hospital. The persons she talked to were the lead nurse and the main doctor at the facility. She has told them that I told her ...

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My personality seems to sabotage every job

Dear Office-Politics, I need help! I am a 50 something woman working in the real estate industry who is always being told I take things personally and feel that it is really jeopardizing my career. I am competent but my personality seems to sabotage my career in every job. I ...

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Corporate Misfit ready to give up and be a cashier

Dear Office-Politics, As I read through your letters, I can relate to nearly every situation. I have already quit my office job and am beginning to think that an office environment is just not right for me. I am a veteran and a college graduate and have several years in Administrative ...

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The “tenured” support group has made my life and work hell…

Dear Office-Politics, I am a seasoned pharmacist from the midwest, married and relocated to a New York city state research hospital. I grew up in several countries as the child of a multinational corp. employee and am considered very well read, travelled, outgoing, and sweet. My Dept supervisors like my work. ...

Posted in office politics, Toxic Workplaces | 1 Comment »

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