September, 2007 - Office-Politics

Archive for September, 2007

The seasonal worker is disrespecting me

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very small office: boss, secretary, maintenance man, two 'seasonals' and me. In theory, on paper, I am #2 in charge. You wouldn't believe it based on how others treat me/act, especially one of our seasonals. Her job is to ASSIST with ...

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Am I too nice? Staff are yelling at me!

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a doctor's office... and I am one of the doctors so automatically this puts me in an authority position over the staff. There is another associate doctor and above the two of us is the owner (a doctor also). I have kept out of office ...

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Coworker pointing out flaws in our finished project

Dear Office-Politics, We just finished a large and difficult project. The final pieces weren't perfect, but I feel that they were impactful, and served their purpose. As in any project, there is room for improvement, which I'm sure we as a team will address. A coworker, who ...

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Lose our funding because of a few bad apples?

Dear Office-Politics, I work for a non profit agency. Certain employees are incredible movers and shakers, whilst other employees are late for work, doing personal business the majority of the day/or playing on the internet, miss time from work, leave early, and do not complete assignments. The boss condones the actions ...

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Surviving ‘wounding the king’ when the king is still around?

Dear Office-Politics, I recently read a response on your website about, "Wounding the King." I have done that myself. I addressed issues concerning the need to have 'employee diversity' at a school board meeting after being ignored by my immediate school principal and the director of personnel. The king in this case ...

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Wounding the king

Dear Office-Politics, I am 23 years-old working as a customer care executive in a nine member team comprising of one junior manager (recently appointed), three team leaders, and five representatives. The manager that has been appointed is a sheer politician. Myself and one of my colleagues were the best performers. Both of ...

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Should employees “kiss up” to get ahead?

Dear Office-Politics, My boss has resigned and has recommended to his superiors that he wants his secretary to be promoted to senior office supervisor. Two junior supervisors (also her boss) who deserve to be given the chance for promotion will most likely be passed up due to the fact that they ...

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