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If you have no ambitions and big plans for your life then stay out of it. Office politics is fact of life you need to play the game to get ahead.
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yea but there are coworkers that backbite or gossip and say nasty things about others they work with that may or may not be true, there’s one man like that, who i have to work with and he’s very close to the boss so if he messes up the boss almost always covers for him, since i work with this backbiter, i don’t what he’s saying about me. He definitely does not respect women, b/c he’s many times, called a senior(in age) coworker stupid to her face and another friend that works there a conceited b*tch behind her back during one of his backbiting sessions, and another female coworker some other derogatory name.
he’s also a bit prejudiced against muslims and just about anybody that’s different…
why oh why do i always come across such people
i just steer clear of him most of the time and try to get my work done and document and make known to my boss all the work i do just so that i don’t get unnecessarily blamed but i’m always afraid of what lies he’s telling about me behind my back to the boss or others, i hate gossip/backbiting/politics
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How do you navigate them?
Have you ever quit a job because of them?
yeah i left my very first job coz of dirty politics and leg pulling....but after that i became dheet and didnt ever think of leaving the job atleast due to this reason :D
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I am one lucky girl who has not faced any office politics yet. :D
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Story of my life.
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This is not office politics. It is called chauvinism , racism and unprofessional atmosphere . You need to collect evidence to use it against this loudmouth idiot and to share it with HR department . You have take some action , collect some evidence and be pro-active about it if you want things to change, if you cannot do all this then change the job and hope that you end up working at a place of your liking. Please visit this site to learn a things or two on how to deal with these kinds of situations at work , it is a very good resource for people like you. http://www.officepolitics.com
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yeah i left my very first job coz of dirty politics and leg pulling....but after that i became dheet and didnt ever think of leaving the job atleast due to this reason :D
I changed my first four job back home in Pakistan due to this reason then I became a pro and learned to play the game. Luckily I did not face these situations here in USA.
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oh it took u four jobs to become used to it…i just quit one..am a quick learner most probably 
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Yep you are my hero. 