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Part II: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?

Dear Office-Politics, I have been working for four months as a database associate for a not for profit agency which is a social support community for those affected by cancer. I cleaned up a mess left by a previous employee and was on top of my position delighting the CEO ...

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Part I: I was let go unfairly. Should I tell Board Member?

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Part I: Why was I booted off customer training?

Dear Office-Politics, My Business Office Manager has taken the training of our customer service reps from my responsibility and given it to another person. 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 ...

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How do you get rid of bad managers?

Dear Office-Politics, Why don't people go to the human resource office and complain? Because they are afraid of retribution. I moved to Florida from Illinois in 2005 because my husband got a faculty position. I had a very successful career in Illinois with excellent job evaluations. I got ...

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Subordinate keeps jumping over my head…

Dear Office-Politics, I am assistant manager in a hospital setting, employed here for 10 years. Get along well with my director. However, this young girl who started here about 5 years ago as a part time person, became very close with my boss. Now 5 years later she is doing special ...

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Part II: No one else has the guts to stand up…

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, Here's my job situation: I work as a subcontractor for a government agency, who I'll refer to as Alphabet. ...

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Part I: No one else has the guts to stand up…

Dear Office-Politics, Here's my job situation: I work as a subcontractor for a government agency, who I'll refer to as Alphabet. There are about 15 subcontracting companies on this project, but one is considered the 'prime' since they have the most people here, and I'll refer to them as the Company. Now ...

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