Series of "politics" recently...

Somehow, recently I started to encounter episodes of "office politics" one after another... sometimes it makes me wonder why are we all here for? Maybe I'm realising it a little late... but I'm learning that even in a helping profession, people still work for recognition. True, no doubt they are concerned about the beneficiaries, but sometimes certain actions speaks of a greater motivation than merely helping....to perform!

I'm wondering is it because I'm now stepped down as HOD, and no longer in a managerial position....I didn't use to get all these from them, but my team did...now I've descended to the level of non-manager, I'm starting to get it...

It's been an experience...I was really upset for awhile today...but it later turned into puzzlement...i'm puzzled about why some people act the way they do...don't they realise that others around them don't like the way they are acting? Bossy, pushy...either they don't realise it or they just don't care....

Simply put, I think either their EQ is really low, or they don't really care about building a constructive relationship in the office context...or they are playing politics lor...cos when I was still a manager...and my "ranking" is higher, I didn't get all these lor....

Sigh...silly office games....now we just look at it this way: just get over it and laugh!