January, 2008 - Office-Politics

Archive for January, 2008

Part I: 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 ...

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Company appears to be run from the bottom up

Dear Office-Politics, I am a temporary worker in an accounting department, which recently lost its manager and several other senior level employees. I was brought in to cover one of the accountant positions and report to a senior accountant who, for a long period of time has been covering not only ...

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Part II: Clerk “M” is spying on us

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a government law enforcement office. My staff and I have recently relocated to a new area in our building due to the needs of our information technology department needing to expand. I am responsible for six staff members and another manager is responsible for existing staff already ...

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I’m accused of stepping on toes…

Hello Office Politics Team! My question is about stepping on the toes of co-workers and the higher-ups. I have been very successful in my position of a division director for four years. Recently, it seems that decisions I have made or questions I have asked are viewed as "stepping on others ...

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Part I: Clerk “M” is spying on us

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I am not receiving the training I need

Dear Office-Politics, I started a new job 2 months ago. I work in a busy office handling exciting and interesting work, but I am simply not being trained on anything that I need to do. Case in point: a few weeks ago another supervisor invited me down to watch ...

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Jekyll & Hyde coworker like Russian roulette

Dear Office-Politics, Here is my problem. I am a senior manager of a 50-person non-profit organization, and serve on the small Executive Management Committee (EMC). My boss is the President, and although she is a lousy leader in many ways, we actually get along well and have a solid relationship, thanks ...

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