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Dear Readers, I have to shamefully admit that I have not written very much is the past few weeks. Mainly because of work; actually, lots of things happening at work. This blog being a learning diary but perhaps not all the learning is done though books. Recently, I have heard a story that definitely qualifies as quite a learning experience.  John's little story Lately John has been trying to improve his career prospect and decided to change his job - easily said than done! From writing CVs, cover letters, all the interviews, it's been a lot of effort, almost too much at times. What he was not prepared for was the amount of company politics that he would find himself in. Well, it is not just any other job, he is actually moving to a different department within the same company. Sounds easy right? After all, he is already in the building.  So, what went wrong?, you ask. Well, first of all, there is the HR department to wrestle with. Justification after justification