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I like people here commenting that "yes ! politics are the worst !", although the person never defines "politics", doesn't explain a bit about what happened, what went wrong, what were the reason for them quitting (not "firing themselves"), what the other people did, why they fired them or anything.

He's just rambling in the void, or did I miss something ?

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Politics means partially to make tactical promises and not deliver, but to blame others for your failure while faking niceness to everyone. This also includes diverting attention to the engineering department's performance and delivery instead of your own, just because they make everything transparent and you don't. I will take your feedback and write more articles on that topic. Thank you!

> I will take your feedback and write more articles on that topic.

that does sound like a tactical promise /s

I mean, maybe, but I believe in essence, politics is about building social consensus. And that has value. It might be that the consensus you are building is positive or negative for certain people, but in the end it is a tool that you need to be able to wield. Failure to do so from good people will lead to worse outcomes.

"Politics means partially to make tactical promises and not deliver, but to blame others for your failure while faking niceness to everyone."

Nope ? Politics comes from the greek "Politikos", which relate to the organization of a society (or a company in this case). You seem to put a bad behavior into a word that doesn't mean what you think.

Reading your post (I gather you are the author), you fired a whole team for "bad behavior", without explaining how you are not the problem. Maybe you aren't, but that demands explanations.

For me and for what you explained (nothing), you are the problem, and the person blaming others while faking niceness to everyone.

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