February, 2008 - Office-Politics

Archive for February, 2008

Please explain email skewering Fortune 100 Boss

Thanks to www.verbotomy.com Dear Office-Politics, I am working with a very established Fortune 100 consumer electronic company. I know that I have done something that I am not supposed to do... writing electronic messages which contained sensitive information about my Boss for sole purpose of ranting and perhaps entertaining ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics | 2 Comments »

Ex-team member has my boss in his pocket

Dear Office-Politics, I am in a real mess at work. I am having a lot of trouble getting along with an incredibly popular ex-team member. There are a number of personal reasons for this (he takes everyone to the pub every lunchtime and stifles other people's attempts to arrange things socially, and ...

Posted in office politics, Power Plays | 2 Comments »

I’m the quiet, reserved, stay at my desk type…

Dear Office-Politics, I know that you have to play the game sometimes but some of us are just not very good at it. I'm one of those quiet, reserved, stay at my desk, get my job done types. I'm a first time manager (a department of three) and in my second ...

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

Next victim for sociopath boss and sidekick?

Dear Office-Politics, I work for a sociopath. He is entertaining, persuasive, an expert in all areas, but he is also arrogant, domineering, a manipulator, a liar, and operates on paranoia. His agenda is self serving yet his position is the general manager. He has one personal confidante for all company decisions. ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics | 11 Comments »

Nice Perfume, must you bathe in it?

Dear Office-Politics, Nice Perfume, must you bathe in it? That is what I want to say to her but I won't. I have this co-worker. She is a very nice woman. In fact, she is the one who trained me. She got a promotion in the same office and I took her ...

Posted in Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 10 Comments »

Termination blamed on reorganization, but untrue

Dear Office-Politics, I am afraid that I am in a bad situation and I have to get your advice ASAP. I was just terminated from my job because of the so called 'reorganization'. However, I knew the real reason was that I complained about the unfair, bad and abusive behavior ...

Posted in Goodbye! Quitting. Being Fired., office politics | 1 Comment »

I rubbed my new boss the wrong way

Dear Office Politics, Somehow I have managed to rub my newly appointed manager the wrong way. I've made a few mistakes (common mistakes all my coworkers make as well), but my partner and I are the only ones who get called out on these problems. I don't think I've ...

Posted in Climbing the Ladder, office politics | No Comments »

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