November, 2007 - Office-Politics

Archive for November, 2007

Is it OK for owner to flirt with employees?

Dear Office-Politics, A 42 yr old married friend of mine is an owner of a restaurant who tends to flirt with some of his female employees. The flirting can at times contain sexual connotations. Some of the women (as young as 19) will flirt back. Because they do, he feels that ...

Posted in Jealousy, Envy and Lust | No Comments »

Testified against Boss, now he wants me fired

Dear Office-Politics, My boss is trying to get me fired. He's the Director and I'm the Assistant Director so we're supposed to work together as a team. I work for government (thank you for your sympathy) and last year there was an investigation on his actions and I was ...

Posted in Betrayals & Whistle-blowing, office politics | 1 Comment »

Management drags feet to halt bullying

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a fairly small business in which there is little opportunity for growth and a high turnover rate. A mature worker, I have an excellent reputation as a straight up, honest hard worker and have been well liked. However because the demands of my position were so ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics | 4 Comments »

Staff won’t obey rules… I feel like a dictator.

Dear Office-Politics, I'm having some trouble getting employees to follow some simple procedures without turning the office into a police state. For example we have a standard email client that was selected for security reasons. Some employees prefer a different email client which has less security and is more prone ...

Posted in office politics, Power Plays | 6 Comments »

I am recovering from a disastrous office party…

Dear Office-Politics, I need to recover from a disastrous office party where I got too drunk. Events of concern are as follows: 1. I managed to charm the bartender into supplying me drinks for free rather than purchasing drink tickets. 2. Invited many upper management folks to have a drink at the bar with ...

Posted in Climbing the Ladder, office politics | 1 Comment »

Part II: The clique makes me feel like I’m in high school

Dear Office-Politics, I am an attorney -- specifically, a prosecutor. My problem is that there is a dominant clique in my workplace, and I have been regularly excluded (implicitly and expressly) from social events. I feel as though I'm in high school again, and my co-workers have formed an ...

Posted in Cliques, office politics | 3 Comments »

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