Comments on: Make office politics work for you http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/08/31/make-office-politics-work-for-you/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:12:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jrandom42 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/08/31/make-office-politics-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-133791 jrandom42 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:52:20 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/08/31/make-office-politics-work-for-you/#comment-133791 "Chameleons generally disgust these people, but I’ve got news for you: chameleons don’t get fired for being unprofessional." No, they get fired for bungling the infrastructure upgrade, or skirting federal regulations and costing the company millions. "Chameleons generally disgust these people, but I’ve got news for you: chameleons don’t get fired for being unprofessional."

No, they get fired for bungling the infrastructure upgrade, or skirting federal regulations and costing the company millions.

]]> By: Jackie http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/08/31/make-office-politics-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-80317 Jackie Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:02:25 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/08/31/make-office-politics-work-for-you/#comment-80317 I have a comment about the article "Making yourself more likeable at work." I disagree with something you wrote. I am a chameleon at the work place, I generally get along with everyone; from the cleaning crew to the president of the company. But I do find it difficult to absorb the comment you made about not blaming the misfits at work, that I should find out what makes them tick and find a way to interact with them. I worked in an environment where the boss referred to us as her "children" and she demanded us to wait on her at her every request. This was a government job in an IT department. There was no getting to know her to find out what makes her tick and the same went for all the "minions" that followed her. I tried to bend and find something that we may had in common, but when a family members passes and the next day you arrive to work and all you get is "Oh how is everything?" and two seconds later they cut you off in conversation and proceed to speak with someone who they felt was more important. Why would you want to invest in people that could care less about you? That job reminded me so much of high school, 30-50 yr old playing games with people like they were in 7th grade. Picking on certain people just because they had different views or opinions. You don't want to create a healthy work environment you basically stating that if you work with a bunch of misfits and idiots, its you that should change, not mentioning anywhere in your article that sometimes someone with the best intentions is still not liked, no particular reason...just because. I have a comment about the article "Making yourself more likeable at work." I disagree with something you wrote. I am a chameleon at the work place, I generally get along with everyone; from the cleaning crew to the president of the company. But I do find it difficult to absorb the comment you made about not blaming the misfits at work, that I should find out what makes them tick and find a way to interact with them. I worked in an environment where the boss referred to us as her "children" and she demanded us to wait on her at her every request. This was a government job in an IT department. There was no getting to know her to find out what makes her tick and the same went for all the "minions" that followed her.

I tried to bend and find something that we may had in common, but when a family members passes and the next day you arrive to work and all you get is "Oh how is everything?" and two seconds later they cut you off in conversation and proceed to speak with someone who they felt was more important. Why would you want to invest in people that could care less about you? That job reminded me so much of high school, 30-50 yr old playing games with people like they were in 7th grade. Picking on certain people just because they had different views or opinions. You don't want to create a healthy work environment you basically stating that if you work with a bunch of misfits and idiots, its you that should change, not mentioning anywhere in your article that sometimes someone with the best intentions is still not liked, no particular reason…just because.

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