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Lose our funding because of a few bad apples?

Dear Office-Politics, I work for a non profit agency. Certain employees are incredible movers and shakers, whilst other employees are late for work, doing personal business the majority of the day/or playing on the internet, miss time from work, leave early, and do not complete assignments. The boss condones the actions ...

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Surviving ‘wounding the king’ when the king is still around?

Dear Office-Politics, I recently read a response on your website about, "Wounding the King." I have done that myself. I addressed issues concerning the need to have 'employee diversity' at a school board meeting after being ignored by my immediate school principal and the director of personnel. The king in this case ...

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Wounding the king

Dear Office-Politics, I am 23 years-old working as a customer care executive in a nine member team comprising of one junior manager (recently appointed), three team leaders, and five representatives. The manager that has been appointed is a sheer politician. Myself and one of my colleagues were the best performers. Both of ...

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Should employees “kiss up” to get ahead?

Dear Office-Politics, My boss has resigned and has recommended to his superiors that he wants his secretary to be promoted to senior office supervisor. Two junior supervisors (also her boss) who deserve to be given the chance for promotion will most likely be passed up due to the fact that they ...

Posted in Brownnosers & Sycophants, office politics | 3 Comments »

Doing water ballet in the shark tank

Dear Office-Politics, I find my "non political, good work ethics-self" in the bad position of working with a woman who manages to do nothing, take credit for my successes and blames me for "our" mistakes. I've had this job for a few months and have not had a good nights sleep since. ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics | 3 Comments »

Egotistical, self centered, sarcastic attitude loses sales

Dear Office-Politics, I have a situation that seems to require attention but I'm not sure how to handle it. I work for a small media company (under 20 employees) where advertiser sales and company rep relations is very important to our business. My supervisor has proceeded to upset a large majority ...

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I can’t stand the backstabbing…

Dear Office-Politics, I can't stand the backstabbing of the general public. I have now become self employed... I refuse to stab myself in the back. Protecting my Backside OFFICE-POLITICS REPLY BY DR. JOHN BURTON Dear "Protecting my Backside", While it is difficult to stab oneself in the back, you need to be aware of the ...

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