April, 2008 - Office-Politics

Archive for April, 2008

Chomping at the bit to get “into the game”

Dear Office-Politics, I recently started working as a full time temporary employee with a college institution in their athletic department. I made it clear that my intentions were to hopefully become a permanent full time employee at some point. The pay is several hundred dollars more a month and is really ...

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Inspiring Thoughts: Political Courage

Kathleen Kelley Reardon, Ph. D. writes: "Courage is a kind of power akin to but more substantial than charisma. Courageous people are at once admired and feared, largely because they appear to lack fear themselves and also because they are unpredictable. These attributes make them an anomaly. As one manager ...

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Workplace political debate has pitfalls

OPINION BY JOHN A. CHALLENGER John A. Challenger is chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., the global outplacement consultancy that pioneered outplacement as an employer-paid benefit in the 1960s. Challenger is a recognized thought leader on workplace, labor, and economic issues. With the contest and ...

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Rising star treated like trained monkey

Dear Office-Politics, I am a fresh, new female lawyer working under another female lawyer (a Partner in the firm). She gives me the most pathetic of jobs like 'translating a one-line letter', proof-reading letters and labeling files. Other partners in the firm have more confidence in my abilities and have given me ...

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I escaped but the snake is still loose

Dear Office-Politics, I have been with a small company for almost 5 years now. I was quite young when I began, and was initially brought on as an assistant to a program director. This was the first job I had after university, on the other side of the ...

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Fighting unfair dress code

Dear Office-Politics, How do you handle a situation when it comes to dress code? I have been at this company for about 18 months and I have worn jeans and a blouse with heels everyday to work. Up until today. Management now has a problem with this. I am an Administrative Assistant ...

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Credit Stolen by a Backstabber!

Dear Office-Politics, I have had first hand experience with a back stabber. I just completed a report on a new idea I had and I wanted another opinion on it before I presented it to my boss. I asked a coworker to look at it and tell me what she thought. ...

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