January, 2008 - Office-Politics

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Stay Tuned: The Spider’s Revenge

Dear Office-Politics, I do not know how to play the game however I need to learn and learn fast otherwise I may be out of job and although this is not the worst thing that can happen in life, I also don’t have a fall back plan. I have two beautiful ...

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Decision-making: Go for the money?

Dear Office-Politics, I work in an IT support role that is split 50/50 between support and team leadership responsibilities. My employer is a 3rd party contractor that provides IT support to our customer; I am at the customer’s location 100% of the time. Last month, the customer’s HR person ...

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Hiding my brains from a know-it-all

Dear Office-Politics, I share a small office in a law firm with two other contract attorneys on a project. I got along very well with the two contract attorneys who started the project with me but when one of them left to give birth, the remaining attorney recommended a friend of ...

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Losing our Patience and Patients

Dear Office-Politics, I am a physician in a group with 2 other doctors and 6 employees. The 3 physicians share equal costs. One physician, Lulu, is habitually late - late with her patient appointments, late with making her contributions for paying the bills. We've told her that her tardiness ...

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Part II: VP caught in salary trap

Dear Office-Politics, Your site is great! I’m just entering the corporate world and had no idea there would be so much politics involved in working for a large corporation (45,000 employees roughly). I’ve been struggling with an issue for quite some time, and have had mixed responses when trying to seek ...

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Part I: VP caught in salary trap

Dear Office Politics, Your site is great! I'm just entering the corporate world and had no idea there would be so much politics involved in working for a large corporation (45,000 employees roughly). I've been struggling with an issue for quite some time, and have had mixed responses when ...

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Part II: Demoted for criticizing my boss

Dear Office-Politics, I’m an Army cadet at an elite military academy in the U.S. Last semester, I was promoted to one of the highest positions in my class by the faculty officer in charge. The only person higher than me was a cadet with a rank that made him my boss. I ...

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