Workplace politics, sometimes referred to as office politics or organizational politics is "the use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority.” It is important to note that organizational politics ...
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In an interview how can I explain the short duration of my last job? [closed]
I was at my first job after graduating from university for 6 months. It was close to my dream job, but I met with issues that made me really confused in the workplace and found it difficult to work ...
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How should we handle 'Jak' who takes credit for others' work and ideas? [closed]
PM rejects ideas then brings them back later as his own
The situation is me and my colleague, say 'Jak', report to the same manager, 'Dom', but 'Jak' has the title of project manager. I am more into ...
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Should I confront a colleague who uses another co-worker to air grievances with me? [closed]
Recently, I had a few disagreements with two of my peers, regarding various work issues. The two are quite close and obviously discuss things privately. One is male, one female.
Last week, I had a ...
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My new boss was junior to me, what do I do?
Recently I was in competition for a promotion to manager which I did not get. The promotion went to someone with less experience than I have and someone who, I believe, is less qualified than I am and ...
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Can a competing peer be your supervisor [closed]
I am placed in a new software project along with another colleague who happens to be one level up in hierarchy. We both are on the project for around a month now. As both of us are new to the project ...
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No Job Satisfaction - Any Suggestions? [closed]
I know a person with the following issue in their workplace, and I wish to help them, however I am unsure as to what suggestions to give them. So here goes (Lets call this person Jane).
Jane works as ...
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Confronting my manager for his dishonesty
I'm a sys admin in a pretty respectable company that does everything from infrastructure to web site hosting to software development. I have been wanting to move into programming for some time, but ...
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How to get a peer to stop giving me orders
A colleague often instructs me to do work for them. While the instruction is precise, I feel it is not at all my responsibility. For example, he has asked me to print a document that is hundreds of ...
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Is it risky to complain on an employee satisfaction survey?
I've been told that it is never good to complain on an employee satisfaction survey--even if partly anonymous. The reasoning is that HR may attempt to rectify the situation, which means attention will ...
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Diplomatically suggest involving another person in project
A product that I work on as a developer recently received a complaint from an irate customer because of data lost due to a usability issue.
I want to suggest to the team that a friend of mine in the ...
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How to overcome perception problems and understand my work environment and my management accurately?
This is follow up to my earlier post "How can I professionally and politely disagree with Management about my performance review?" I don't like to mix the scope. Hence I am creating separate post.
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How to advocate a different approach to a project when office politics are involved in the decisions?
My group has found itself in the position of being forced to implement software projects in a technology that has proven to be a poor fit for the kind of work that we are being asked to do. Due to ...
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Policy vs Design: Which is better for user buy-in? [closed]
At my job we have several pieces of equipment that move from on e place to another. Our small group of employees need to find where a piece of equipment is or was last placed. I wrote a helpdesk ...
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How do I avoid discussing government politics at work? [closed]
The U.S.A. just witnessed its first debate of the 2012 presidential election.
Invariably, workers all over the country will be eager to discuss what they saw on television.
But this begs a larger ...
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What does “politics” mean in a corporate environment?
I have a contract with my current employer for over than one year now and might soon become a regular, as my boss told me. My boss explained to me that I should be prepared on many things when I am ...
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Interview question: Why did you leave your previous role?
I am currently in the job market for a leadership role, and could use some advice on how to answer this question objectively.
My previous position was in many ways a dream job. The company was having ...
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Does empirical research indicate that salary discussions between coworkers cause problems?
A previous question asked whether or not discussion of salaries should be encouraged. I have a different question, which asks for meaningful research on the subject of whether or not salary ...
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Recovering from bad career decisions
In my field I hold professional credentials that only a handful of others in the world hold. Those credentials are in high demand.
In the late 1990s, I joined a large company and stayed with them ...
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Handling Credit-takers [closed]
How should I handle colleagues, especially seniors/superiors, who generally do not contribute much towards a project, but jump in from nowhere at the correct time to take credit?
