Here Is Exactly How You Can Deal With Boot-Licking Co-Workers Without Imitating Them
Tried-and-tested hacks to deal with office politics without resorting to obsequious flattery.
Remember the annoying co-worker who likes to hover around your manager/management to lavish over-the-top praises on them, whether these praises have valid grounds?
Tired of incompetent colleagues who seem to be getting promoted over other hardworking and able staff — simply because of the former hang around management like bees to honey?
Getting more frustrated when some colleagues refuse to do what’s beyond the minimum for teamwork projects but are the first to offer help to the C-level suite in your company?
Well, your sentiments are not uncommon.
I have been through such feelings myself in some of my previous job appointments.
Office politics and bootlicking are not modern-day phenomena. In fact, cases of bootlicking have been around for centuries, even during the imperial days when corrupt officials used to encircle the emperors of the past.
Even with the advances of modern-day technology, there are still personalities (such as those of bootlickers) who are not era-dependent.
