answering your questions on office politics! (ft.

When i was still working at a full-time office job, i wished there was a video i could watch where all my difficult questions about the workplace were discussed... so i decided to make one for anyone else feeling the same.

Joining me in this episode are the very sagely Ruiming and Weichoon from The Woke Salaryman as we discuss our honest thoughts about office politics, and share our best advice. i hope you guys find this conversation helpful! :)

0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Do you think playing politics is a negative term?
3:20 - How to deal with biased bosses?
5:12 - Credit taken away - how do you make it known it was yours?
10:25 - How to deal with a micromanaging boss?
12:24 - Should everyone’s pay be transparent?
14:49 - How to handle bosses who use the term ‘family’ to guilt trip?
19:02 - Should MC affect my performance review?
21:10 - Why do people who are better at work get punished with more work?
22:02 - How to tell my colleague his BO, smoking, and constant burping is affecting me?
23:13 - How to deal with colleagues who go around spreading lies about you?
28:26 - How do you expose a lazy non-value adding colleague?
29:33 - Should we tiptoe around oversensitive colleagues to avoid conflicts? If not, how?
31:07 - How to deal with being ostracized?
31:55 - How to know if your colleagues can be trusted to share your thoughts about work?
35:15 - What’s your best advice for fresh grads stepping into workforce?

Shot by Chai Chuan Jie on Canon EOS R6 (https://bit.ly/sgcanon)
Edited by: Ard Lim + me

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