Why Corporate Politics Is Like High School
I swear, some of the stories I hear about office politics are a clear reminder of why I left corporate America.
As we speak, in one large company here in New York, there is an espionage situation going on that would make a James Bond movie seem like The Care Bears.
A power struggle, complete with lying, back-stabbing, maneuvers with human resources, international spying and just down right incompetency — has led to the firing of one young employee.
I can’t even keep up with the story lines, that’s how atrocious some of the details are. And the phrase that makes me crazy is “business as usual.”
Somehow, the women are more lethal than the men at this.
In many ways it all reminds me of high school, you remember…everyone wanted to hang around with the cool, pretty and popular girls.
But secretly, we wanted to bring them down…and the minute an unsavory detail surfaced about the blond cheerleader, boy did the feeding frenzy begin…
and it didn’t stop until that person was spending her Saturday nights, at home, alone with her 8-year old brother.
I didn’t understand the rules then, and I don’t understand them now…like, ohmygod.
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Feb 24, 2007 at 12:16 pm
[…] I’ve often alluded to my epic lack of education when it came to office politics during my corporate days. […]
Jenny
Aug 29, 2007 at 12:21 pm
wow. i love the article. that is so true. working in corporate america can be very stressful. its unreal the things people will do to get a promotion.
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