Tag: office politics
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“We Need You to Be More Flexible” Means You’re Carrying the Failure
“We need you to be more flexible.” It sounds reasonable.Team-oriented.Mature. But in most workplaces, it’s said when something has already gone wrong — and someone else doesn’t want to own it. Flexibility Only Flows One Way Notice when this phrase appears. A deadline was unrealistic.A scope wasn’t defined.A decision was rushed. And instead of fixing…
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How Being Good at Your Job Turns You Into a Dumping Ground
Nobody tells you this when you start your career, but being good at your job can be one of the worst things that happens to you in corporate. Not because competence is bad, but because in the wrong environment, competence is not rewarded. It is exploited. At first, it feels positive. You get trusted. People…
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“We’ll Revisit This Later” Is Corporate for “Nothing Is Changing”
There’s a sentence every underpaid high performer eventually learns to dread. “We’ll revisit this later.” It sounds reasonable. Sensible, even. Calm. Like progress is happening quietly in the background. It isn’t. It’s a polite way of ending the conversation without solving anything. A soft close on a door that was never open to begin with.…
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The Moment You Realise You’re the Only One Who Cares About Doing Things Right
There’s a moment in every corporate career when you realise you are the only person in the room who cares about doing things properly. Not quickly. Not cheaply. Not in a way that makes leadership smile at a dashboard. But properly. It hits you slowly, then all at once. You’re in yet another meeting where…
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When You Stop Caring (And Nobody Notices)
It doesn’t happen in one dramatic moment. There’s no single day when you slam your laptop shut and declare you’ve had enough. It happens slowly. Quietly. A little more each week until one day you realise something that used to matter deeply now feels like nothing at all. You stop caring. And the scary part?…
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Meetings Are Where Good Ideas Go to Die
Let’s not dance around it — meetings are a modern corporate disease. Not all of them, sure, but a solid 90% are an absolute waste of time. You know the ones. The invite drops into your calendar with a cryptic title like “Catch-Up” or “Strategy Check-In,” no agenda, no context, just vibes. Immediately, your stomach…
The Toxic Boss 