Comments on: Dealing With Office Politics http://www.workplacevisions.com/2007/05/dealing-with-office-politics/ Workplace Visions is an online magazine about workplace management news and strategies as well as providing commentary about human resources and recruiting topics Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Timothy Johnson http://www.workplacevisions.com/2007/05/dealing-with-office-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 Timothy Johnson Mon, 21 May 2007 03:26:06 +0000 http://www.workplacevisions.com/2007/05/20/dealing-with-office-politics/#comment-1591 Great post! Interesting issue, too. This may not be as much of an office politics issue as it would appear on face value. Are we assuming they are only moving one temp worker into each office? I've worked for clients where enclosed offices become "bull pens" for 2, 3, or more temporary workers. If this is simply a space issue, she may just have to deal with it for a while. However, if she is indeed being overlooked, then your advice is spot on. She needs to create a business case for why she deserves the enclosed office, rather than the temp workers. Also, are there other cues which would indicate that she has fallen from favor? Great post! Interesting issue, too. This may not be as much of an office politics issue as it would appear on face value. Are we assuming they are only moving one temp worker into each office? I’ve worked for clients where enclosed offices become “bull pens” for 2, 3, or more temporary workers. If this is simply a space issue, she may just have to deal with it for a while. However, if she is indeed being overlooked, then your advice is spot on. She needs to create a business case for why she deserves the enclosed office, rather than the temp workers.

Also, are there other cues which would indicate that she has fallen from favor?

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