office politics

plural noun

often disapproving

: the activities, attitudes, or behaviors that are used to get or keep power or an advantage within a business or company

Examples of office politics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lawrence, who wrote for W and WWD for the better part of two decades, deploys her insider fluency with aplomb, describing the microaggressions of office politics as deftly as nepo-baby influencers turned vegan caterers. —

Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024 Factors that lead to hating one’s job include bad managers, overwork, boredom, stress, lack of balance, difficult co-workers, office politics, lack of adequate compensation, lack of growth—the list goes on. —

Dr. Gary McClain, TIME, 15 July 2024 Bouncing from office politics to families, from global capitalism to colonialism, the novel delivers storytelling with wit and depth. —

Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024 This has made Verge a low-drama company, with minimal office politics. —

Byalice Zhang, Fortune, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for office politics

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