July, 2007 - Office-Politics

Archive for July, 2007

Office Favorite Makes Me Want To Abandon Ship

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very small business (about 11-12 employees). How do I handle an office favorite? We have one co-worker whom the bosses dote on and she can do no wrong, she gets taken out to special lunches, gets preferential treatment, unearned days off etc… However, she does ...

Posted in office politics, Office-Princesses, Boss' Pet and Halos | 6 Comments »

Part II: Why was I booted off customer training?

Dear Office-Politics, My Business Office Manager has taken training of our customer service from my responsibility and given it to another. I have been in charge of training for 2 years and have had no complaints from my people or from the Organization and I have been told I was ...

Posted in Climbing the Ladder, office politics | No Comments »

When being nice is confused with “sucking up”

Dear Office-Politics, I saw an email my boss sent to the office manager... It was an email that I had sent my boss. I was being sincere and thanking her for seeing the good in people, and she wrote back to the office manager- "I just threw up ...

Posted in Brownnosers & Sycophants, office politics | 2 Comments »

Part II: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion

Dear Office-Politics, Issue #1 In our office protocol it is established that the "soups" or supervisors are the go between for us and the techs. However, I get emails from the techs questioning what I am working on. In addition, I received this email from an individual who ...

Posted in Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | No Comments »

Part I: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion

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Part II: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?

Dear Office-Politics, I have been working for four months as a database associate for a not for profit agency which is a social support community for those affected by cancer. I cleaned up a mess left by a previous employee and was on top of my position delighting the CEO ...

Posted in Goodbye! Quitting. Being Fired., office politics | No Comments »

Part I: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?

Posted in Goodbye! Quitting. Being Fired., office politics | 3 Comments »

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