| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | Randyman (103)
05/16/2008 | In my case, it's the shop floor, not an office. I mind my own business, just like I do here on RIA. It makes life easier.
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 | cyclee (18)
05/16/2008 | Some people get driven away by it. Some cannot bother having anything to do with it and just work quietly and honestly and be satisfied. Some, however, thrive on it. I personally think if office politics start to bother you, why not treat it more like a game and play along. You can win big if you play well.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Ridgewalker (48)
05/16/2008 | Office politics is a carry-over from highschool cliques. New faces. New allies. New plots. If you're savvy enough, you can manuever through it, unscathed and with a stronger position. For everyone else, it has the potential of giving their career the glide angle of a brick. Not for everyone...
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 | callitdowntheline75 (53)
05/15/2008 | It isn't advisable to get involved in 'office politics'. However, because so many employees brown-nose in order to rise within the company, others who want to maintain a sense of pride and dignity are often caught in their wake- and soon, tensions rise. Personally, I feel these people ought to shut up and let their work do the talking.
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 | irishgit (138)
05/15/2008 | Frankly, you better be involved in some way, at least to know what's going on, as a self-defense mechanism for your career.
This is one time when ignorance can be really dangerous.
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 | Mad Hatter (37)
02/22/2007 | I can't stand office politics, and try to avoid them, but somehow, I get dragged into it.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (147)
02/20/2007 | I refuse to do this. When I was working dispact for installers I had this witchy office manager who did nothing and was always looking for a way to get rid of me to cover for her own incompetence. I won't even set foot in offices most time and good luck getting me involved in some petty office BS.
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 | Silver Eagle 252 (8)
05/25/2006 |  Office politics can be good, bad or in between. Every office has it to some degree and for your own protection, you can't totally bury your head in the sand. I tend to agree that it's better to come to work, do your job and go home, but in reality, in order to get along with co-workers, gain cooperation from other departments and be considered for advancement, you have to be in the know. If nothing else so you can know who not to associate with. Getting on your boss's good side without overtly brown-nosing is common sense. You can't always let your work speak for itself and hope someone important notices. Sometimes politics is necessary to get the job done; i.e. knowing who to go to in a pinch and returning favors (maybe this is just good old fashioned teamwork, but you do have to know the unwritten rules on how to expedite things or take the right shortcuts). Of course the bad type of office politics is dangerous and can be damaging. I agree with staying out of the gossip pool, don't bad mouth co-workers and don't kiss up to the boss just for the sake of kissing up. Oh, and don't run with scissors.
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 | doobiesNhof (21)
05/25/2006 | Not a smart thing to do. Just when you thought you had a friend to confide in, they turn on you and can present a boatload of problems.
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 | abichara (60)
04/23/2006 | Want to create a tense atmosphere in your department or workplace? Engaging in office politics is the quickest way to do it. I try to stay away from this, as you end up creating too many enemies in the process. People who do the office politics thing are usually out to get quickly promoted up the corporate ladder. But in the end, I say that it's best to put in the hours and hard work to get there. People will respect you more for it and at the end, you might even up all the better for it.
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 | DumbBlondeCowgirl (23)
04/22/2006 | I don't get involved in any politics. Office, or otherwise.
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 | CanadaSucks (45)
04/21/2006 | Sure. . .this can easily be exploited to your advantage if you're shrewd. . .I don't try to directly convince my staunchest opponents, I get the people in the middle to work on the opposition and do my dirty work for me. . .
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 | SZinHonshu (44)
04/21/2006 | I've tried to avoid this like the plague. The problem is that sometimes other parties are trying to drag you into a squabble or fray. It's as if they're picking people to choose sides. I prefer (and commonly opt) to be the weirdo who largely does his job and doesn't interact/socialize with a lot of people.
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 | AndrewScott (71)
01/23/2006 | Office politics can be an ugly, dysfunctional force inside a business. At it's worst, you see promotions happen for the wrong reasons. Slick managers may also get internal resources re-allocated in ways that shortchange others, or may unfairly pass blame onto others behind closed doors.
Most office workers are generally ethical with their work, and it's a shame that some of best workers can occasionally be a victim of a devious person's political maneuvering.
A strong system of checks and balances can prevent the worst cases of politics triumphing over the greater good.
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 | Bird808 (52)
11/25/2005 | I learnt the hard way years ago when I started my first part-time job at 16 not to get involoved as I think office politics is just a pile of crap. People can be so fickle and silly over issues concerning who got the bigger desk, whose got the promotion etc etc and I simply don't care for it. Do your job, be polite, stick by your guns and then just go home.
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 | Gentle Jude (23)
11/25/2005 | The reason I am not putting this a five is becuase at some stage or another, every single one of us has been involved in trash talk or social politics of some sort. So it would be hyporcritical for me to say I wouldn't even dream of it when I don't even know what I would do eg if someone at work was horrible to me. But I totally agree with Kammy. This is something to avoid like the plague and luckily I like everyone at my work. Only nasty people like dealing in this sort of stuff and I'm sorry to say, it mainly seems to be women who get involved in this sort of stuff.
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 | Mr.Political (18)
11/25/2005 | It has always been my view that I have a job to do and am being paid to do it right. It's more than a coincidence that those who relish talking for hours about Mary in accounting having an affair with Bob from sales seem to be the ones who get stuck in the same job for forty years.
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 | kamylienne (77)
11/24/2005 | I don't play this game. I prefer to be a social recluse at work, and I avoid gossip like the plague. I like pretty much everyone at work well enough, and it's annoying when I hear a co-worker talk trash behind another co-worker's back (thankfully, it's rare where I work).
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