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Part II: Chief Operating Officer ‘rigs’ Office Raffle

Dear Office-Politics, I work in a large cultural institution close to a major metropolitan area. As in many not-for-profits, the employees love the institution and their work, but morale is low due to cutbacks in staffing and pay raises for several years in a row. However, as is often ...

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Part I: Chief Operating Officer wins Office Raffle

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Stepped on by the Good Ole Boy’s and Hot Girl

Dear Office-Politics, I am so appreciative of your website. It is helping save my sanity. I work for a union, in which a new administration was just elected. My new boss has had an affair with my coworker and they are still "friends". We are a small ...

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Staff won’t obey rules… I feel like a dictator.

Dear Office-Politics, I'm having some trouble getting employees to follow some simple procedures without turning the office into a police state. For example we have a standard email client that was selected for security reasons. Some employees prefer a different email client which has less security and is more prone ...

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My old-supervisor answers to me now…

Dear Office-Politics, Greetings! I have quite the dilemma, though most people think it would be a dream. My old-supervisor answers to me now. To make a long story short, the position of network manager was created, and the network supervisor thought he was going to get it. Unfortunately for him, ...

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Is cancer survivor ‘taking advantage’ of company?

Dear Office-Politics, I just had my review. I’ve been with this company for 10 years and I love it here. I’ve never had a problem and my reviews have always been excellent. But two years ago I was diagnosed with colon cancer and had to have surgery right away. I went ...

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Employee is planning to overthrow me!

Dear Office-Politics, I have an employee who started in this organization as a plate making operator in 1998. When I took over the plant, the management promoted him to Production Planner. He was working well except for the last few weeks. He started to spread rumors around about me and my ...

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