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The boss’ little pet is a big snitch…



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, ...

Manager’s favorite is getting all the listings…



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 ...

Office Favorite Makes Me Want To Abandon Ship



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 ...

Part II: Why was I booted off customer training?



Dear Office-Politics, My Business Office Manager has taken training of our customer service from my responsibility and given it to another. I have been in charge of training for 2 years and have had no complaints from my people or from the Organization and I have been told I was ...

When being nice is confused with “sucking up”



Dear Office-Politics, I saw an email my boss sent to the office manager... It was an email that I had sent my boss. I was being sincere and thanking her for seeing the good in people, and she wrote back to the office manager- "I just threw up ...

Part II: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion



Dear Office-Politics, Issue #1 In our office protocol it is established that the "soups" or supervisors are the go between for us and the techs. However, I get emails from the techs questioning what I am working on. In addition, I received this email from an individual who ...

Part I: Soups (supervisors) are giving me indigestion



Dear Office-Politics, Issue #1 In our office protocol it is established that the "soups" or supervisors are the go between for us and the techs. However, I get emails from the techs questioning what I am working on. In addition, I received this email from an individual who ...