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Dear Office-Politics,
I'm so glad to see there is a website for this stuff... a way to vent some issues to a non biased party and hopefully get some guidance on what to do.
What do you do when you have a person that separates themselves from everyone else? ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
I'm so glad to see there is a website for this stuff... a way to vent some issues to a non biased party and hopefully get some guidance on what to do.
What do you do when you have a person that separates themselves from everyone else? And that ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
I work in “super specialty” software work. I had the “halo effect” bestowed on me by my boss for the two years I have been in this job. I even wrote his “strategy” and didn’t mind when he took credit for it.
Now the halo has been transferred to another. ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
I've worked hard to build a solid reputation as a good performer. I've had rave reviews from most of my managers.
Five years ago I was asked to learn a segment of the business from top to bottom, front to back. It is complex and high pressure, but I did ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
What do you do about a coworker who is not only a big snitch in the bunch but who is also the boss' little pet?
Peeved at Pet
OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY DR. JOHN BURTON
Dear Peeved at Pet,
What you have described in a few words raises a major issue in the workplace, ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
I am a real estate agent. The Managing broker, who is also the Office Manager of the firm we are affiliated with, is hogging all the listings. Recently he has picked a favorite agent to be his partner. Is this ethical?
The Managing broker has rarely worked with other agents ...
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Dear Office-Politics,
I work in a very small business (about 11-12 employees). How do I handle an office favorite?
We have one co-worker whom the bosses dote on and she can do no wrong, she gets taken out to special lunches, gets preferential treatment, unearned days off etc… However, she does ...
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