Lucy was excited to begin her new position as a Supervisor and decided to meet with her two team members individually to get a better sense of the group dynamics and current team operations. What she hadn’t expected is for one of her new employees to dish the dirt on the entire department including another supervisor, one of Lucy’s peers.
For the subordinate the problem she hadn’t foreseen was that Lucy and the other supervisor had a lot in common and got along very well, creating difficulties between Lucy and her staff member. When it came time for lay offs, guess whose name was at the top of the list.
Though the term “office politics” at first appears to refer to white collar positions, the idea of conflict and competition between coworkers is an age old problem in every work environment. While office politics may manifest itself in many forms – backstabbing, buck passing, hidden agendas, gossiping, bullying – there are things that both the employer and employee can do to counteract the problems and the effects.
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