So I'm writing this article with some bit of anger and some resentment. Sorry it's so long but I had to explain in detail
I have been with this company for 10 months now and there were politics within the company(they were obvious). I made nothing of this as I thought that every company has it's own issues and because I come from worse, much worse.
Things went along fine and I was told(by my manager) that I had a personality problem and that dont interact well with the staff. I obviously disagreed but promised the manager I would work on my personality. Things went on well and found myself working very well with my colleagues and the bosses liked me. I never suck up or kiss ass(I hate that), we already have someone who is doing that.
The past month, me and several other people in the company noticed that there were things happening which we were unsure about. The cleaning lady was a target. The company started finding reasons to get rid of her and other people in the company. So the cleaning lady is a South African but her mother is Zimbabwean(she worked in SA as a nurse and had kids here). The company now made claims that the cleaning ladies ID was fake and that she bribed people to give an ID. This is of course a lie as she was born South African and does not have a Zim id or birth certificate.
As these reasons could not be backed by proof of fake ID's and bribery they had to change their story. They then said all the people in the company had laid complaints about her and that she had not been cleaning well. This lady had been here for close to 2 years now. My concerns are if she has been here this long why are they only complaining now? And why is the ID story coming up now?
They then decided that they are going to make her sign a written warning for not doing her job properly. She refused because she had not been given a verbal warning. They then gave her a cheque telling her to leave immediately as she has been paid out for the next 3 months.
That was it. Other things are happening which suggest that certain people are leaving, and with people always confiding in me (which I have tried to stop), I have realised that they too are on the way based on what they have told me( their fears and other things). no one in this company is safe. We are all on our toes because if you piss the bosses mother off(she recently started working here nad she is blamed for all this) you are next in the firing line.
What i would like to know from you bloggers is
1. Have you ever been in a position where you felt like people are conspiring against you and what have you done about it
2. Are there any office politics going on in your office and how do you deal with it.
3. Do you have any experiences in which you felt like you cannot handle the politicking in the company
4. If you were the cleaning lady, how would you react to this?
5. What in your opinion, causes office politics?
6. Why is it that people in companies sell each other out? We believe that certain people sell each other out to management. And it's always petty things.
Lets talk work......
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