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My ‘old’ Boss still expects me to do work for him!



Dear Office-Politics, I work for an investment firm and, until recently, I had been an administrative assistant for two investment advisors. Now, I am an administrative assistant exclusively for one advisor. When I accepted the offer to work for my now boss, I was under the impression that I would be ...

Blame rolls down hill pretty quickly here



Dear Office-Politics, Any suggestions for dealing with multiple layers of upper management that are rarely on the same page? Blame rolls down hill pretty quickly here and disputes among them are often resolved by pinning the blame on people down the chain. The 3 layers of upper management have been friends ...

Power struggle with coworker



Dear Office-Politics, I work with a woman who is threatened by me, therefore, she regularly tries to take over some of my responsibilities to make herself look good. She is the Chief’s assistant and I am the Deputy Chiefs’ assistant, so she thinks that I am beneath her. When I ...

The 60-year old refuses to train interns



Dear Office-Politics, I am a recent grad with an MBA and was recently hired as an accountant intern at a federal agency. My program included 3 week training rotation programs with different staff working in different areas in the accounting / fiscal service office. A 60-year old near ...

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 ...

Is the deck stacked against me?



Dear Office-Politics, I am working for a telecommunications company. Currently, I am one step before a managerial position, being one of the senior supervisors of the Operations Division. My dilemma is, I know (and most others do) that my boss' eyes are already centered on another supervisor, of a team functionally ...

Office politics going on between the CEO and CFO



Dear Office Politics, I have been noticing some office politics going on between the CEO and CFO of the organization I work for. I have been working as the Human Resources Manager for the past 5 years and I feel caught in the middle of their office politics. ...