#office politics

[crazygnomenclature]

So... Manos?

[chuckbbirdsjunk]

[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (Ep 7)

Yabu is the most relatable character, frustrated by everyone's mind games when he just wants to get paid and get drunk.

It's like you just want to work but gets dragged into your colleagues and bosses office politics because they want promotions.

😂

[colleybri]

Best fight scene in Andor episode 7, for sure.

Accused by office rival Supervisor Blevin of breaking the rules, Dedra Meero ends up turning the tables.

Seriously – the understated dialogue and acting is perfection in this scene and the facial expressions just… 🧑‍🍳 💋. And it’s just one of many cracking scenes in episode 7, which is mostly just… character driven dialogue like this but nonetheless a top-three episode for me.

Who needs lightsabers when you have this kind of duelling? 

The last one cracks me up every time. If it were a physical fight sequence, this would be the moment when she spits into his bludgeoned face and stubs out a cigarette on his forehead.

[lyonart]

"I'd like to say I'll remember all this job instruction shit you've just been telling me about, but my mind's really not in the mood to take orders today."

[ineffableigh]

/kicks down door

NEW CHARLOTTEMADISON HUMAN AU FIC OH MY GOD

[businessmemes]

Hiroshi and Tyrese are REAL businessMEN and are visiting from the Kyoto offices this week. If you attempt to interact with them, or even make eye contact, you will void all banked PTO and must put your hand in the BOX for 20 minutes per offense.

[abduloki]

The Mandalorian S3E5

The management vs employee dilemma we see everywhere in real life.

The Captain not only wants to help the planet because it’s the right thing to do but because he knows the pirate attack is not an isolated incident, and something bigger is at play which will affect them all in the long run.

The Colonel knows that manpower and resources require time and money to assemble. They’re already stretched thin across the galaxy with more planets joining the New Republic for them to protect which takes precedence.

Both of the Captain and Colonel are right. Nothing is as simple as we think it is.

I remember reading the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn where Leia struggles with the politics of the New Republic that even Han Solo is frustrated that he feels the old times of the Rebel Alliance was so much simpler.

[heterorealism]

[shakespearenews]

This time, his question was essentially, “If you had to choose between the death of one person you’ve never met or the destruction of all the works of Shakespeare (or another author you prefer), what would your choice be?”

Everyone was being flippant for the most part (i.e., “If I save the person, no kid will be forced to read Shakespeare ever again!”) until Carrie chimed in and said, “Shakespeare teaches us more about humanity that saving one life would, so I would save the plays.” This created a very awkward silence and made several people visibly uncomfortable. Personally, I thought it was a theoretical discussion (and was scrolling on my phone anyway) so didn’t take it too seriously. Steve seemed to feel the same at the time and debated with her a bit, but no one else said anything related to it for the rest of lunch and most everyone excused themselves quickly. I thought it was awkward but just one of those things that would blow over.

…which it didn’t. People started avoiding Carrie or being very curt with her almost immediately (like, that very afternoon). It’s not really the vibe in our office to email each other since we’re so small, but most everyone started emailing her when normally they would just approach her or speak to her over her cubicle wall. I honestly can’t tell if Carrie even minds the different treatment, but it’s so pointed I have to think she’s noticed.

[wileycap]

when your coworker keeps stealing your lunch and your boss refuses to step in

[destinyc1020]

[playinhooky]

omg sorry I literally come back to use this platform when I want to either gush about my fiance or bitch about work but

I CANNOT with my coworker rn. she stole a process I developed and was using to make my life easier, presented it to our boss and he integrated it into our workforce and credited HER!!!

I'm a bit pissed because I've already essentially invited her to my wedding and now I want to like uninvite her but my team is really small so I don't want a huge fallout and thing. I'm gonna have to play the office political intrigue chess game to slowly remove her from my friend circle.

ugh.

[bitstitchbitch]

So far I’ve had to hear my coworkers (who sit next to me) talk about how:

a lot of Trump ass-kissing

a lot of Elon musk ass-kissing

talking about how great the comedian at the Madison square rally was (the one who called Puerto Rico a pile of garbage)

talking about how much voter registration fraud is happening

How it’s obvious Trump is going to win even in deep blue states - anything else is fraud btw

“Trump may not be nice but he is kind”

if I get arrested for murder in the next couple of weeks, it will be because they started talking about abortion… (jk, I’m good, I walk away when I start seeing red)

[lyonart]

"Well, boss, uh, ... can we, ... is this an OK time to talk about the raise?"

[shehungthemoon]

Y'all. Y'all. The Senator and his campaign manager guy were definitely fucking in 7x06 right? They were having an affair? They had to have been.