Comments on: Office politics is about being nice

By: helen

helen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:45:05 +0000

In my company I see leadership being very responsive to females who laugh and giggle with them, to males who tell them what they want to hear while beating their chests and to others who display silly antics and tell inappropriate jokes. I don't do any of these things and I am constantly reminded that leadership is puzzled by me and that they "don't know me". I try to be professional, make intelligent decisions; but how do I deal with this brand of politics?

By: Rainbow Zebra

Rainbow Zebra — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:43:45 +0000

Office politics is a fact of working in an office environment but there are measures you can take to avoid becoming embroiled in a situation you'd rather not be in.

Always be honest with fellow co-workers and be yourself around everyone.

Don't be one person to your boss and another to your co-workers!

If you're not happy with something – say!

If in a meeting and you've got an opinion that may 'rock the boat' it is still better to raise it and give reasons for your opinion than keep it to yourself or even worse mention it to people who can do nothing about it.

You will always encounter office politics but they need not ruin your working life!

By: Craig Glendenning

Craig Glendenning — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:39:42 +0000

Thanks! Great Article. Here are a few of my thoughts on dealing with workplace issues.

http://craigglendenning.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-deal-with-idiots-at-work.html

By: Shabbir

Shabbir — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:53:49 +0000

Honesty, candid replies, hard work, team spirit, etc, these are all great jargon for the boardroom. As the article says even if you are in the jungle and the one to get wet every time around, you can count on it that no one will notice you. I just don't believe – or at least my present experience does not allow me to believe that there is any positive twist to Office Politics.

By: SVR

SVR — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:15:58 +0000

Office is politics is not generally being interested in others. It is to persist in being interested in people you'd rather not spend time with.
Trust me, thats not easy to do. But hey, if you dont want your career to "die a slow death" you gotta do it.

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By: T.

T. — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:35:49 +0000

"life is short, why spend endless hours making money for somebody that you don't care for when you can spend it making money for yourself?"

Wow. I think that quote along sums up why "Business Management" is the top major at my university. People want to manage themselves and feel in control of their own destiny while getting direct returns on their investments!

Office politics…blahhh

By: May Knowme

May Knowme — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:07:07 +0000

I do not want to do good at office politics. I refuse. Therefore, I will likely starve. I still refuse. It is stupid and beneath me. And no, selling out is not good for your soul. Compromising with a type of behavior just so that you can temporarily satiate a bunch of incompetent and unintelligent goons (who you would otherwise have nothing to do with) is not the way I am going to spend my life. No thank you! There has to be another way. And if there isn't another way, I will die trying to find it.

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:58:38 +0000

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By: Snake

Snake — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:18:48 +0000

I used to work in an office but I was always criticized for not having friends at work. My goal was to become an educator but the office did not support said goal so my college friends told me to keep my mouth shut and do my job. I did do my job correctly but I had no idea how to participate at a meeting. A stool-pigeon coworker got on my case when she saw me practicing solving quadratic equations (I was prepping for my teacher test) and she hated it when I'd not hang out with office people and instead, drove to new Jersey to see my college buds. She'd rat me out if I was one minute late in the morning (personally I felt she should've worried more about her two kids and husband rather than what I was up to) but I think that everyone has the right to do their job without the hassle of being competitive in the corporate world.