Comments on: Office politics is about being nice

By: Anand

Anand — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:44:20 +0000

All this playing nice just to make yourself a better higher paying employee.
I think when at the end of the day you ask the question - Whom am I ultimately making rich by putting all my efforts and playing nice?
The answer as an employee will certainly not be YOURSELF.

Just my 2 cents.

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Will you get promoted? Take the test » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:03:12 +0000

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By: Dragoll

Dragoll — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:33:33 +0000

When I first started working, office politics to me was pointless. But as I’ve worked up the chain, it has become very much part of my office skills. I actually find Penelopes’ method works fantastically for me and I have been using it for many years.

Ultimately office politics by itself will not get you too far, I have seen directors that are just 100% politicians and provide no real value, but if your CEO/board are on the ball, these people are found out and ousted. If you can’t backup your talk by walking the walk, then you will be job hopping for the rest of your life.

By: dd

dd — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:22:31 +0000

what about for us men who are introverts? it’s tough for me.

By: jrandom42

jrandom42 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:14:42 +0000

Fantastic! Another post showing us Asperger’s are doomed to be unemployable and alone, just because we just can’t fathom office politics. None of your suggestions have ever worked for me, so I’m stuck relying on smarts, experience, technical skills and hustle. I guess I’m really screwed, because it seems that competency is WAY overrated!

By: Government Worker

Government Worker — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:18:53 +0000

When I think about politics in the workplace, to me, it always boils down to the fact that everyone wantsto have power, but there is only so much and so only a limited few can actually get (i.e. mandate, budget, authority, prestige, decision-making-power, the chance to make a difference, to have a say in how the organization operates, etc. etc.).

If you are actually trying to go after a piece of their power then to them you are the enemy, even if your strategy is to use niceness to do so. Enemies have to be crushed. If you are nice, then they will likely see you as less threatening and so they will reduce their assessment of how much they will have to do to neutralize you and render you no longer a threat.

By: universidad

universidad — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:13:27 +0000

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By: caso

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By: loteria

loteria — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:34:33 +0000

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By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:22:23 +0000

I find this article to be just the opposite of what is really happening. My belief is that people continously politic not to better themselves, but to get ahead because they really do not know what they are doing in the first place so they use that to move to the next level. Think of it this way…you can be the best at what you do, read books to better yourself and get advice outside the work place. These are the people I find to be better all around but because they dont “politic” they dont get ahead…Interesting….