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Frustrated by a Flirt / Male point of view

Dear Office-Politics, I am a 26 year old male working in a British bank in India. When a female boss flirts in the presence of male subordinates, would it be considered professional? By flirting I mean twirling hair, biting lips, looking deeply into the man's eyes, fondling earrings etc. ...

Posted in Jealousy, Envy and Lust, office politics | 2 Comments »

Sucked In By Suck Up

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a company, manufacturing equipment where the attitude of a few is that if you are a newcomer, you should not take up space within the company & you must be out in a few months. I am working in this company for last 5 months, ...

Posted in Brownnosers & Sycophants, office politics | No Comments »

Backstabbed by my best buddy…

Dear Office-Politics, I discovered your website last week when searching on search engines for insight into my situation at work and found the office politics website to be very informative. Hence, I am contacting you in the hopes of obtaining some valuable insight into my situation. I was hired by my company ...

Posted in Backstabbers & Snakes, office politics, Rumors, Gossip and Buzz | 1 Comment »

You don’t know that yet, boy are you slow!

Dear Office-Politics, My friend is having problems at her new job with a few co-workers that are being inappropriate (never in front of the boss) and she is calling me a lot. She was learning some things on the computer and one of the co-workers said, "You don't know that yet, ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics | 1 Comment »

Co-worker driving us crazy, too

Dear Office-Politics, We have a fairly new guy in our IT department, I'll call him "Boris". He is rude, selfish, and wants to do things his way. He will openly argue with anyone who disagrees with his conclusions or methods. He refuses to work as part of our ...

Posted in Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 1 Comment »

Co-worker driving us crazy… ‘Frasier of the Cubicles’ responds

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Coworkers ask: What do you do all day?

Dear Office-Politics, "What do you do all day?" is what I hear from co-workers. I currently work for a company in which I am considered a top-performer by management. Recently, I have been receiving an unusual amount of back handed comments regarding me just "walking around all day doing nothing." Here is ...

Posted in office politics, Rumors, Gossip and Buzz | 1 Comment »

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