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Most of this points mean "see something, say nothing".

I don't play office politics.
I was brought up by a God fearing disciplined parents.
I tell you what I like and what I don't like.
I know my worth. I know my boundaries.
Be u my boss or my colleague, U respect urself and I do same.
U piss me off, I tell u straight in your face (not forgetting to respect ur person)
If u continue, I tell you off and let the heaven fall.
I understand every of my firm's policies. I function within the policies.
I don't play politics with others in order to get one favour, promotion or retain my job.
God hates dat.
I beliv that the firm is just a tiny portion of this world. There is a bigger world outside that firm.
If I mess u up inside the world of my firm. I may face a bigger messing in the bigger world outside the firm.
I am not job desperate. I have never looked for a job. I have worked in may good firms and I tell you, I never went writing application.
It has always bn a case of..."Come, pls will u like to work with this firm?" If I say yes, every things fits in.
That is the kind of God I have.
In the office, I treat everyone with much respect I can give. I do my job well. I help others as much as I can. I don't gossip neither do iI listen to one.
Other office politics are not for me.

Hmmm, thanks for the advice, he who has ear should hear and adhere to every dot of the advice.
NOTE!! I was once a victim of office romance. To the extent dat my boss order 4 immediate auditing of company account cus i was company accountant believing that i wooe the lady with money but thank God i excaped been sacked.

dangotesmummy:
Office politics is even more dangerous than Abuja politics

A friend of mine was jisting me about how her crafty boss set a trap for her because he wants to bring in his candidate and have a tenable excuse to lay her off and some other targets

So he called for an office meeting of all the staff and said he has been noticing that there's not much friendly relationship between his employees and he's not happy about that. He now called her name. This was how it went

Boss: teniola
Teniola: sir

Boss: You have been working here for the past 5 years and you have done well so far and contributed your expertise to the development of this company so I want to promote you to xyz position however, look at all these employees well, who do you want that will work with you and will be obedient to you and not disrespectful. Someone you can talk with and he or she will listen.chose from amongst these categories
Boss points his hands towards groups of people seated at the other end. (The people he pointed to have masters degrees) but she has only bsc with experience. According to the boss he said these are just fresh msc holders just fresh from school with no job experience whatsoever so I want them to learn on the job from you

Teniola knew that was a lie and he was just using that excuse to camouflage his real motive

This was because teniola had earlier complained that her surbodinates are rude and disrespectful to her ,now the boss is like the proverbial chief that put a hole on the ground and asked the man to seat on a chair where there's hole on the ground. He wants her to by herself make the choice so she won't have the justification to complain or reprimand them when they misbehave and the boss will be like shebi you complained the other time that Mr A was rude to you, now I gave you the opportunity to choose from people who are more educationally qualified even than you to work with you since they will show more maturity and you are complaining again. That shows your own is too much or you sef get problem and you're not a good leader that can carry everyone along. So I would like you to step aside so another person more qualified can take up the job. THAT WAS HIS END GAME

what then did teniola do. She said

Thank you sir for giving me this great privilege to choose from amongst these intelligent men and ladies you recommended to work with me but can you give me some time to think about it before I make my final choice?

Boss: OK but I give you a week

Fast forward to a week

Boss: so what's your conclusion, who will make a good surbodinate for you?

To be continued

dangotesmummy:
Office politics is even more dangerous than Abuja politics

A friend of mine was jisting me about how her crafty boss set a trap for her because he wants to bring in his candidate and have a tenable excuse to lay her off and some other targets

So he called for an office meeting of all the staff and said he has been noticing that there's not much friendly relationship between his employees and he's not happy about that. He now called her name. This was how it went

Boss: teniola
Teniola: sir

Boss: You have been working here for the past 5 years and you have done well so far and contributed your expertise to the development of this company so I want to promote you to xyz position however, look at all these employees well, who do you want that will work with you and will be obedient to you and not disrespectful. Someone you can talk with and he or she will listen.chose from amongst these categories
Boss points his hands towards groups of people seated at the other end. (The people he pointed to have masters degrees) but she has only bsc with experience. According to the boss he said these are just fresh msc holders just fresh from school with no job experience whatsoever so I want them to learn on the job from you

Teniola knew that was a lie and he was just using that excuse to camouflage his real motive

This was because teniola had earlier complained that her surbodinates are rude and disrespectful to her ,now the boss is like the proverbial chief that put a hole on the ground and asked the man to seat on a chair where there's hole on the ground. He wants her to by herself make the choice so she won't have the justification to complain or reprimand them when they misbehave and the boss will be like shebi you complained the other time that Mr A was rude to you, now I gave you the opportunity to choose from people who are more educationally qualified even than you to work with you since they will show more maturity and you are complaining again. That shows your own is too much or you sef get problem and you're not a good leader that can carry everyone along. So I would like you to step aside so another person more qualified can take up the job. THAT WAS HIS END GAME

what then did teniola do. She said

Thank you sir for giving me this great privilege to choose from amongst these intelligent men and ladies you recommended to work with me but can you give me some time to think about it before I make my final choice?

Boss: OK but I give you a week

Fast forward to a week

Boss: so what's your conclusion, who will make a good surbodinate for you?

To be continued

I'm enjoying this your narration. Please continue oh abeg.

I really enjoyed this manual, don't get involved in office politics and romance because you might get burnt... Just use your head.

farady:
I'm enjoying this your narration. Please continue oh abeg.

she went home,thought about it and sought advice from her elder sis who is a lawyer.that one advised her to request for a transfer to another branch.

So when teniola got to the meeting she requested sir ill want to gain more work experience and work in a digferent envioronment.i will want to work and meet with new people.like you said sir,ive worked here for 5 years.please sir with all sense of humility can you grant me the opportunity to work with different peiple so that i can gain more knowledge in being a more effective and productive employee


Her boss had no other choice than to approve of her transfer
Na so she use style dodge her ogas schemes.his attention shifted away from her to other staffs.


So in handling office politics like any other politics

You need
1.tact
2.wisdom
3.diplomacy
4.foresight
5.vision for yourself
6.spoting a trap when you see one
7.avoiding distractions like office gossip,can i charge my phone in your office,i like your suit can you help me buy one,ill give you the money
8.breaking office unwritten codes i.e telling your boss her lipstick is too much (even if it is mind your buisness,thats not why youre there),
9.respect everyone whether youre older than them or not
10.even if a co worker is making psses or advances towards you,dont ever fall for it.it might be a trap from bosses or colleagues,if they are looking for someone to lay off and replace
11.no office sex is ever coded no matter how smart or careful you are.one day you will be careless in the heat of the moment and someone will know.he might use that as an opportunity to blackmail you or begin to gossip about till it gets to the ogas ears.in addition avoid office quickies no matter how much agro hold you.many offices these days have hidden cctv.theres a case of an organization.i dont want to mention the name.its a very big and popular organization in nigeria and an insider told me of 2 employees doing quickie by the corridor of the toilet and cctv camera captured them.every action was seen by the oga and now they are facing disciplinary actions.this is a guy that was given priviledges as an oga but because of konji both of them are at the verge of loosing their jobs
12.never ever sexually harass or try to take advantage of your surbodinates.it backfires and theyre the ones that will plot your downfall and sell you out to the oga.treat them with respect and talk to them with courtesy,married or not

13.If youre looking for wife or husband,look elsewhere not amongst your colleagues or surbodinates.
14.all these my office wife jokes or my office husband jokes breed messy office politics.stay away patapata
15.office preaching or disrribution of tracts.biko keep your religious beliefs to yourself
16.except oga personally decided to hold fellowships every morning before work starts,dont start it especially if your oga Is not of the same religious faith with you.it breeds unnecessary office religious politics wahala
17.dont encourage any female colleague if youre a man to be bringing food for you from home

Psoul:
I don't play office politics.
I was brought up by a God fearing disciplined parents.
I tell you what I like and what I don't like.
I know my worth. I know my boundaries.
Be u my boss or my colleague, U respect urself and I do same.
U piss me off, I tell u straight in your face (not forgetting to respect ur person)
If u continue, I tell you off and let the heaven fall.
I understand every of my firm's policies. I function within the policies.
I don't play politics with others in order to get one favour, promotion or retain my job.
God hates dat.
I beliv that the firm is just a tiny portion of this world. There is a bigger world outside that firm.
If I mess u up inside the world of my firm. I may face a bigger messing in the bigger world outside the firm.
I am not job desperate. I have never looked for a job. I have worked in may good firms and I tell you, I never went writing application.
It has always bn a case of..."Come, pls will u like to work with this firm?" If I say yes, every things fits in.
That is the kind of God I have.
In the office, I treat everyone with much respect I can give. I do my job well. I help others as much as I can. I don't gossip neither do iI listen to one.
Other office politics are not for me.

story for the gods.no one is a saint,not you me or anyone.we all fall,we all mess up at one point in time or thr other.so no need forming sanctimonious.even pastors screw up but like the bible will say be wise as a serpent but gentle as a dove

Even if you decide and make up yoir mind to stay away from office sex,you think they will not bring it to you free of charge?

Just take heed and do not be overconfident in yourself.the arm of flesh will fail you,so says the bible.

Im sure we all remember tai solarin story and how he fell

dangotesmummy:
story for the gods.no one is a saint,not you me or anyone.we all fall,we all mess up at one point in time or thr other.so no need forming sanctimonious.even pastors screw up but like the bible will say be wise as a serpent but gentle as a dove

Even if you decide and make up yoir mind to stay away from office sex,you think they will not bring it to you free of charge?

Just take heed and do not be overconfident in yourself.the arm of flesh will fail you,so says the bible.

Im sure we all remember tai solarin story and how he fell

My dear, I strongly beliv u don't understand what we are talking about here. U either did not read the post or u were reading it while your mind was on another thing that you have allowed it to get preoccupied.

Please here, we are talking about Office Politics and not Office Sex.

My stand on the topic is that I don't play Office Politics rather I do my work the way I am supposed to do it.
Office Politics to me is like living a fake like of using others (especially detrimental use) to get favour from management.
I also said that the worl outside the firm is far bigger than the world of the firm. Ppl u used negatively in the firm may have upper hands than u in the bigger world. Mind u, I never claimed to be a saint. Don't twist my comment.

So please, go back and read the post gently without divided attention.
Like you have bn thinking/talking much about sex these days that you see sex on every topic even the one that has nothing to do with sex.

Thanks OP. I was a recent victim of this. I have vowed to read this article throughout the first month of my new job

dangotesmummy:
she went home,thought about it and sought advice from her elder sis who is a lawyer.that one advised her to request for a transfer to another branch.

So when teniola got to the meeting she requested sir ill want to gain more work experience and work in a digferent envioronment.i will want to work and meet with new people.like you said sir,ive worked here for 5 years.please sir with all sense of humility can you grant me the opportunity to work with different peiple so that i can gain more knowledge in being a more effective and productive employee


Her boss had no other choice than to approve of her transfer
Na so she use style dodge her ogas schemes.his attention shifted away from her to other staffs.


So in handling office politics like any other politics

You need
1.tact
2.wisdom
3.diplomacy
4.foresight
5.vision for yourself
6.spoting a trap when you see one
7.avoiding distractions like office gossip,can i charge my phone in your office,i like your suit can you help me buy one,ill give you the money
8.breaking office unwritten codes i.e telling your boss her lipstick is too much (even if it is mind your buisness,thats not why youre there),
9.respect everyone whether youre older than them or not
10.even if a co worker is making psses or advances towards you,dont ever fall for it.it might be a trap from bosses or colleagues,if they are looking for someone to lay off and replace
11.no office sex is ever coded no matter how smart or careful you are.one day you will be careless in the heat of the moment and someone will know.he might use that as an opportunity to blackmail you or begin to gossip about till it gets to the ogas ears.in addition avoid office quickies no matter how much agro hold you.many offices these days have hidden cctv.theres a case of an organization.i dont want to mention the name.its a very big and popular organization in nigeria and an insider told me of 2 employees doing quickie by the corridor of the toilet and cctv camera captured them.every action was seen by the oga and now they are facing disciplinary actions.this is a guy that was given priviledges as an oga but because of konji both of them are at the verge of loosing their jobs
12.never ever sexually harass or try to take advantage of your surbodinates.it backfires and theyre the ones that will plot your downfall and sell you out to the oga.treat them with respect and talk to them with courtesy,married or not

13.If youre looking for wife or husband,look elsewhere not amongst your colleagues or surbodinates.
14.all these my office wife jokes or my office husband jokes breed messy office politics.stay away patapata
15.office preaching or disrribution of tracts.biko keep your religious beliefs to yourself
16.except oga personally decided to hold fellowships every morning before work starts,dont start it especially if your oga Is not of the same religious faith with you.it breeds unnecessary office religious politics wahala
17.dont encourage any female colleague if youre a man to be bringing food for you from home

Very educative. Many thanks.

DonFreshmoney:
Office politics is the best.. am the jack bauer of the game

If u know u know.

Jack Bauer of 24 ☺

Nice

dangotesmummy:
she went home,thought about it and sought advice from her elder sis who is a lawyer.that one advised her to request for a transfer to another branch.

So when teniola got to the meeting she requested sir ill want to gain more work experience and work in a digferent envioronment.i will want to work and meet with new people.like you said sir,ive worked here for 5 years.please sir with all sense of humility can you grant me the opportunity to work with different peiple so that i can gain more knowledge in being a more effective and productive employee


Her boss had no other choice than to approve of her transfer
Na so she use style dodge her ogas schemes.his attention shifted away from her to other staffs.


So in handling office politics like any other politics

You need
1.tact
2.wisdom
3.diplomacy
4.foresight
5.vision for yourself
6.spoting a trap when you see one
7.avoiding distractions like office gossip,can i charge my phone in your office,i like your suit can you help me buy one,ill give you the money
8.breaking office unwritten codes i.e telling your boss her lipstick is too much (even if it is mind your buisness,thats not why youre there),
9.respect everyone whether youre older than them or not
10.even if a co worker is making psses or advances towards you,dont ever fall for it.it might be a trap from bosses or colleagues,if they are looking for someone to lay off and replace
11.no office sex is ever coded no matter how smart or careful you are.one day you will be careless in the heat of the moment and someone will know.he might use that as an opportunity to blackmail you or begin to gossip about till it gets to the ogas ears.in addition avoid office quickies no matter how much agro hold you.many offices these days have hidden cctv.theres a case of an organization.i dont want to mention the name.its a very big and popular organization in nigeria and an insider told me of 2 employees doing quickie by the corridor of the toilet and cctv camera captured them.every action was seen by the oga and now they are facing disciplinary actions.this is a guy that was given priviledges as an oga but because of konji both of them are at the verge of loosing their jobs
12.never ever sexually harass or try to take advantage of your surbodinates.it backfires and theyre the ones that will plot your downfall and sell you out to the oga.treat them with respect and talk to them with courtesy,married or not

13.If youre looking for wife or husband,look elsewhere not amongst your colleagues or surbodinates.
14.all these my office wife jokes or my office husband jokes breed messy office politics.stay away patapata
15.office preaching or disrribution of tracts.biko keep your religious beliefs to yourself
16.except oga personally decided to hold fellowships every morning before work starts,dont start it especially if your oga Is not of the same religious faith with you.it breeds unnecessary office religious politics wahala
17.dont encourage any female colleague if youre a man to be bringing food for you from home

hmm, with all these do's and dont's someone will just become robotic

dangotesmummy:
she went home,thought about it and sought advice from her elder sis who is a lawyer.that one advised her to request for a transfer to another branch.

So when teniola got to the meeting she requested sir ill want to gain more work experience and work in a digferent envioronment.i will want to work and meet with new people.like you said sir,ive worked here for 5 years.please sir with all sense of humility can you grant me the opportunity to work with different peiple so that i can gain more knowledge in being a more effective and productive employee


Her boss had no other choice than to approve of her transfer
Na so she use style dodge her ogas schemes.his attention shifted away from her to other staffs.


So in handling office politics like any other politics

You need
1.tact
2.wisdom
3.diplomacy
4.foresight
5.vision for yourself
6.spoting a trap when you see one
7.avoiding distractions like office gossip,can i charge my phone in your office,i like your suit can you help me buy one,ill give you the money
8.breaking office unwritten codes i.e telling your boss her lipstick is too much (even if it is mind your buisness,thats not why youre there),
9.respect everyone whether youre older than them or not
10.even if a co worker is making psses or advances towards you,dont ever fall for it.it might be a trap from bosses or colleagues,if they are looking for someone to lay off and replace
11.no office sex is ever coded no matter how smart or careful you are.one day you will be careless in the heat of the moment and someone will know.he might use that as an opportunity to blackmail you or begin to gossip about till it gets to the ogas ears.in addition avoid office quickies no matter how much agro hold you.many offices these days have hidden cctv.theres a case of an organization.i dont want to mention the name.its a very big and popular organization in nigeria and an insider told me of 2 employees doing quickie by the corridor of the toilet and cctv camera captured them.every action was seen by the oga and now they are facing disciplinary actions.this is a guy that was given priviledges as an oga but because of konji both of them are at the verge of loosing their jobs
12.never ever sexually harass or try to take advantage of your surbodinates.it backfires and theyre the ones that will plot your downfall and sell you out to the oga.treat them with respect and talk to them with courtesy,married or not

13.If youre looking for wife or husband,look elsewhere not amongst your colleagues or surbodinates.
14.all these my office wife jokes or my office husband jokes breed messy office politics.stay away patapata
15.office preaching or disrribution of tracts.biko keep your religious beliefs to yourself
16.except oga personally decided to hold fellowships every morning before work starts,dont start it especially if your oga Is not of the same religious faith with you.it breeds unnecessary office religious politics wahala
17.dont encourage any female colleague if youre a man to be bringing food for you from home

hmm, with all these do's and dont's someone will just become robotic