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u/poopmagic · 16 pointsr/cscareerquestions

Here are a few that I've found useful relating to teamwork, management, and/or general career shit:

u/gelderlander · 10 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

I was in a eerily similar situation in the same industry(not invited to meetings and excluded from company or team activities. Threats and bro culture was a bag of fun too...not). She needs to judge her situation carefully.

-Who can she actually trust? Someone in a higher position that she can confide in?

-Witnesses and documented issues

-If the company culture is douche-canoe and most people are cool with that nothing will change.

-Be careful with HR. Human Resources sounds nice but they are not your friend. I would make sure you have your ducks in a row and a back up plan.

-Think of transferring to another team or project that is less toxic. Ask people you know if there are any spots open.

Document everything and try to get things in writing. For example one commenter said she should ask why she is not invited to meetings so maybe she should ask that via email or with a trusted witness.
Personally I do not trust HR. EVER. My mistake was actually going to HR because a true corporate HR manager will always take the side of the company or people in a higher political structure. If you are attacking the company culture that has been established they really wont help you. Even with my proof and documentation things got worse and I knew that it was just a matter of time before they canned me for rocking the boat. So I peaced out muthfuckaaahs! haha

I wish I read this book before I took action: http://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Confidential-Secrets-Company-Know/dp/0312337361


Anyway. I am sure a lot of people will disagree with me in this subreddit(lots of HR people here) but that was my experience with a super toxic place where anyone who complained got the shit stick. If she wants things to get better she will have to go through HR anyway but just make sure she is totally protected and armored with documentation and proof. If shit does hit the fan she will have that as a weapon.

u/PewPewCatbus · 7 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

A long time ago I switched work with my coworker sitting next to me to see what the manager would say to us regarding our work. He usually rejected my work but praised my coworkers. After the switch he rejected my coworker's work(that I checked in as mine) and he accepted my work(that my coworker checked in as his). I brought this up with my manager and he kicked me off the team and promoted my coworker....lol wat.
My female coworkers who worked with him had no problem with him and thought of him as a good boss and they were shocked to hear how he treated me. That made me think that it wasn't to do with my gender but probably more to do with me not being in his clique(which my co-worker was part of). Or he just didn't like me and was not professional enough to do his job efficiently. Sure the fact that I did the switch could be seen as starting shit or unprofessional but I don't regret finding out. I'm not sure what I would do if I could go back because I'm sure anything I did would have the same result.
I don't know the culture or dynamics of your office or team so it really could be anything. Maybe he is a sexist asshole or an unprofessional asshole....
I recommend the book Corporate Confidential. https://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Confidential-Secrets-Company-Know/dp/0312337361

I wish I read this years ago.

u/Tangurena · 7 pointsr/AskReddit

There are a number of books that I think you ought to read to get a better understanding of office politics and how to cope/deal with them. All offices have politicking going on, and any company that claims otherwise is lying to you. Any time more than 2 people get together, there will be some sort of jostling for power and attention. When that happens at work, we call it "office politics".

Your library may have these, and if you get them, read them at home. Don't ever bring them into the office.

Corporate Confidential. HR is your enemy, not your friend. Gives a number of examples of what will destroy your career with companies, many of which you (and I) probably do without realizing the consequences.

The Passionate Programmer. The first edition of this book was called "my job went to India". While aimed at programmers, the points are to keep your mind and skills up to date as technology and business move too rapidly to let things get rusty.

To Be or Not to Be Intimidated.
Looking out for number one.
Million Dollar Habits. I feel that these 3 by Robert Ringer are very important. If you think his first book was about to intimidate others, you only read the press coverage. If you think his books are about real estate, then you only skimmed them. There are a lot of people in the world who will try to intimidate you into giving up what is yours, and he shows you what some of them are like, and what countermeasures you can use.

The Art of Deception. Bad title - it is about arguments, how to make them, win them and tell if you're hearing a bad one. Used to be called "rhetoric" when Plato and Aristotle taught the subject.

Snakes in Suits. There are some evil people out there. You'll work for some of them. You will be stabbed in the back by some of them.

Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People. One book on office politics and dealing with some of the worse sort.

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work. Some folks are very good with verbal manipulation, this book and the others in the series, cover how to deal with such people.

Winning with People. Most of the books this author writes are about managers and leadership. This book is more about people skills. It will be focused more at managers, but I think it is a good one.

The 48 Laws of Power. They have it. You want some. Light read with anecdotes. I like his other books as well.

Games At Work. Office politics.

It's All Politics. Yes it is.

Moral Politics. Liberals and conservatives, why do they think that way? You'll work with some of the opposite persuasion some day, so understanding where they come from is a reasonable idea. Most books on this subject are insulting and degrading, but I think this one is pretty much judgement-free.

> When I walk by him going to the bathroom, he will stop talking until I walk by.

Do the same. When they come to your desk, always brush them aside with "I'm sorry, I can't talk now, I'm busy working".

u/kelukelugames · 3 pointsr/Blackfellas

I'm a huge fan of corporate confidential. Retaliation is real, but if something this bad happened then the company probably won't risk it.

u/xampl9 · 3 pointsr/guns

HR departments are not there to help you - they're there to protect the company from the liability of having employees.

Anyone working for a company that has an HR department should read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Confidential-Secrets-Company-Know---/dp/0312337361

With that out of the way...

It sounds like this is a company policy, and not a matter of law (since no 30.06 sign). As such, you are unlikely to get arrested if discovered, but you will at a minimum get a counseling, which will nix next year's raise and/or bonus payout. Being fired is the most likely outcome, though.

Allow me to present a scenario:
You're in a conference room, waiting for a meeting to start. Someone asks what you did over the weekend, so you say "I had a good time at the range, competing in my pistol league." A short while later, corporate security stops by and escorts you off the property. You've just been fired. It seems that someone in the room felt threatened by your hobby, and called HR and made a complaint. And since employee safety is at risk, the official policy is to fire the person making the threats.

This was not made up - it's based on actual events that happened at BofA to an acquaintance of mine about 10 years ago.

My point is - you can get fired for any reason at any time, because both North Carolina and Texas are "at will employment" states. There is nothing you can do about it, except for one thing: Have a large bank balance to tide you over while you look for another job.

I call mine the "fuck-you fund", and it consists of six months worth of fixed-expenses (mortgage, car payment, food, etc) divided amongst 6 auto-renewing certificates of deposit. If I lose my job for any length of time, I know I can terminate the auto-renew, and get a monthly deposit that will tide me over during my job search, for the next six months.

Having this money set aside is enormously liberating. I know that at any time I can give the finger to my boss and walk out the door (thus, the name. :) I highly recommend you do this.

u/Teqonix · 2 pointsr/relationship_advice

In regards to the 'reason' you got fired - companies do this a lot of the time when terminating employees. There will be an incident (such as the one with your co-worker) with a resource that places you on an unwritten blacklist. Once an infringement of company policy occurs (no matter how small) - the resource will terminated for the 'official' reason. It's dishonest and doesn't allow people to grow from the real cause of their termination, but is done due to the overly litigious society we live in.

I reccommend reading a book called Corporate Confidential which will tell you a variety of scary things an HR department does behind the scenes.

I'm not going to berate you more for your mistake, I just hope things turn around quickly for you.