Archive for August, 2007

The Accidental Whistleblower

Dear Office-Politics, I currently work for a small, privately held but entrepreneurial company. I was relocated a year ago from HQ in England to help facilitate the growth of our US operations. A few months in and our CEO "left" and has been replaced by what I can only describe as ...

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Part II: Haloed coworker throws others ‘under the bus’

Dear Office-Politics, I'm so glad to see there is a website for this stuff... a way to vent some issues to a non biased party and hopefully get some guidance on what to do. What do you do when you have a person that separates themselves from everyone else? ...

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Part II: Nice to a Fault

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a small liberal company where nepotism runs rampant. Of the less than 75 employees, I can probably name about 25 people who are related to someone within the company, either directly or indirectly. That has never been a problem for me, as it never directly affected ...

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Part I: Haloed coworker throws others ‘under the bus’

Dear Office-Politics, I'm so glad to see there is a website for this stuff... a way to vent some issues to a non biased party and hopefully get some guidance on what to do. What do you do when you have a person that separates themselves from everyone else? And that ...

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