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In hot water due to sexy item from Bachelorette party

Dear Office-Politics, Recently, a co-worker had an inappropriate item from her bachelorette party in the office, and was passing it around, teasing about it. It was amongst friends whom we all knew were tolerant of the situation. She asked one employee to hold his hands out and close their eyes (not ...

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Part II: My coworker ignores me and it is very cruel

Dear Office-Politics, My company likes to move us around every 3 or 4 months. I was just moved after being comfortable somewhere else for 6 months, and was looking forward to a change until I realized the person beside me hates me for no known reason. She ignores me ...

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Betrayed by confidants

Dear Office-Politics, Approximately seven months ago, I took a promotion that required relocation to a new city, away from my friends and family. Within a month, two other young professionals (I will call them Will and Grace) joined the team and we began to socialize outside of work - that is ...

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Part I: My coworker ignores me and it is very cruel

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The seasonal worker is disrespecting me

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a very small office: boss, secretary, maintenance man, two 'seasonals' and me. In theory, on paper, I am #2 in charge. You wouldn't believe it based on how others treat me/act, especially one of our seasonals. Her job is to ASSIST with ...

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Am I too nice? Staff are yelling at me!

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a doctor's office... and I am one of the doctors so automatically this puts me in an authority position over the staff. There is another associate doctor and above the two of us is the owner (a doctor also). I have kept out of office ...

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Coworker pointing out flaws in our finished project

Dear Office-Politics, We just finished a large and difficult project. The final pieces weren't perfect, but I feel that they were impactful, and served their purpose. As in any project, there is room for improvement, which I'm sure we as a team will address. A coworker, who ...

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