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Everyone
who works in any company will agree with me that they have experienced some
sort of politics when it comes to promotions, getting the higher pay grade and
even something stupid as "benefits".
So what is it about company politics that you should know
about, how do you deal with it? How much is too much and how often should you
get involved? To answer all these questions and more, please do not read this
any further as I have no clue. What I do know is, Yes it exists and what anyone
does will work only for them, so you could say what to do is tailor made and it’s
up to you to get it to work for you.
It’s not always about politics when it comes to getting what
you want, even though sometimes people who are in positions to give you stuff
in your organization, say things like “ Yeah, you should work hard and
everything else will follow” if you fall for that, you’re the biggest sucker
there is in the world out there.
So what do you learn from this is you need to be smart, you
need to know what you’re up against, and you need to learn to pick your fights.
Sounds simple enough? Now try doing it.
I have known many people, who don’t do squat, Yet get the
most out of their jobs, probably because they play the game better than anyone
else does and when you get that big one you were waiting for all your life, that’s
when you know that getting there not only requires a lot of hard work and
dedication, but being politically wise is the biggest asset you can have when
it comes to running a company.
Any company in general, you have people who don’t like you
and what you do, but its up to you, how you can gather support from your loyal
troops, rally behind your enemies , form alliances with your competitors and ultimately
survive this every single day of your life, as long as you can.
You may think "wow! that’s so much hard work. why should you
even care about company politics? if you just do your job that’s good enough", well ignorance might always not be bliss, because the first sign of you slowing
down or you just knowingly or
unknowingly signify that your slacking off, this wave of people who feel they
can do your job much better than you can will hit you in the face and throw you
off your chair, after which its murphy’s law every day until you give up and
back down.
Just like any game, there always is a winner and a loser,
just like everything else when you’re competing. You don’t choose what you want
to be, but sometimes it just so happens that there’s someone else who is making
this choice for you.
As any games conclusion goes, you win some, you lose some,
but if you can’t play the game- don’t bother about who wins or loses.
