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Email falsely claimed I was “on the warpath”…

Dear Office-Politics, Good morning, and thanks for your web site! I have a dilemma and would appreciate knowing your thoughts. Four months ago as a new paralegal, I was excited to have been offered a great job in a small law firm. My co-worker, who was instrumental ...

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Winning by understanding the other person

We answer many letters at Office-Politics.com, and we're thrilled when people write back to tell us whether the advice worked. Here is some new feedback we received today, on an Office-Politics letter and reply, originally posted in September, 2006. Congratulations go to the Supervisor for recognizing the opportunity to reach ...

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The supervisor does not treat everybody equally…

Dear Office-Politics, I have a few concerns regarding my workplace. I will try to make it short and simple. I am a new employee at my current workplace. I work for a design firm as an intermediate cad drafter, where obviously a lot of detail work is required and you ...

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Our office supposedly doesn’t have “office politics”

Dear Office-Politics, If you are coined "political" that's negative in the company. What this means if you perceive a slight (which could be very real) by co-workers and bring it up then you are political. Everything is supposedly "clear" and politics don't enter in. Well I find this hard to believe ...

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Terrible mistake in confiding in my assistant…

Dear Office-Politics, I am a senior manager in a rather isolated, though lucrative section of a small company. I have recently been recruited for two other jobs that pay at least $40,000 more than my current pay. Unfortunately I did not accept either position because I did not want to move. ...

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Managing Up to protect your turf…

Dear Office-Politics, It has just been announced that my department is going to be restructured. Currently there are two teams of two people each, and a manager. I head up one team and another woman heads up the other team. My colleague (I'll call her Lisa) has engineered to have her ...

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My boss has employed her nephew’s girlfriend…

Dear Office-Politics, My boss has employed her nephew's girlfriend. I told my boss that i was unhappy about her telling me to come off my lunch and answer phones and things have gone downhill since. When i told my boss she did agree that nobody should be telling each other what ...

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