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Difficult Situations-Part II

Posted by: Anonymous
Date: 9/10/2006 2:40:46 AM

So i'm at my latest job, and again i have a female boss. I was very careful this time, have my guard up (one thing i learned) and took particular attention on the office politics and so forth. So here's the situation: Everyone on the team is female and they all are in a catfight with one another; basically they are trying to get each other fired. I'm caught in the middle and they all are trying to continously find out who my allegiance is to and by not giving them any indication i seemed to have become the prime target once again. The situation is aggravated even worse by having "married" men who talk to me and wave at me in the office, and i know talking is not bad but THESE GUYS have absolutely nothing to do with my project, like they are in different sectors of the building and they come by my cube to talk. It's harmless right now, but they take time away from my work and my crazy female team is noticing this. So how do i handle this new situation?? The boss and the team underneath her are at war and everyday is a struggle to get anything done since i'm not going to take part in this ridiculousness. Heh, i could always quit and marry a doctor, but i just had this naive notion that women can be happy in the work place just as they can be at home.

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