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Corporate Misfit ready to give up and be a cashier

Dear Office-Politics, As I read through your letters, I can relate to nearly every situation. I have already quit my office job and am beginning to think that an office environment is just not right for me. I am a veteran and a college graduate and have several years in Administrative ...

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My ‘chatter-box’ coworker is driving me crazy!

Dear Office-Politics, A co-worker that has his office next to mine spends most of his day talking to his wife and kids on the phone. It drives me crazy! Talking to my boss is out of the question, he is very old school and thinks "women" are below men. Mouse OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY ...

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Coworker throws hysterical tantrums…

Dear Office-Politics, I had a very bad experience with a “sister” director in my division (I’ll call her Sue). We both work for the same boss, and Sue is very controlling, to say the least; she is a CPA and is the “Payroll Director”, and I am the “Executive Director ...

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Bombarded by noise and frequent interruptions

Dear Office-Politics, I have a postgraduate degree and am a Teacher. I needed to get a full time job and as there was not one in my field I have taken up an admin job (my first career). It is very unusual in that it is in a large ...

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I am not getting proper credit for my work…

Linda Kaplan Thaler, co-author of The Power of Nice, and CEO of The Kaplan Thaler Group has answered the letter below. Read the Office-Politics book review on The Power of Nice. Dear Office-Politics, I have been a member of a government scientific research team for several years. I have specialized skills ...

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I am being ridiculed behind my back…

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a large public library system and I have been there for 6 years. I had previously worked for them part-time, but left to finish school and returned in a professional capacity. The problem is I am very rough around the edges when it comes to dressing right, ...

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Troubled soul in a toxic workplace

Hi Office-Politics, I joined this company in March 2006. I come from a very different environment, my last job was with a corporate with 2,700 people there, this is a 30 person company but i am amazed with the insecurity and amount of loose talk that goes on around here. Most ...

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