New Year’s free-for-all – December 31, 2016 – January 1, 2017 by Alison Green on December 31, 2016 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school. If you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Read the full article →
update: I think a colleague asked me out by Alison Green on December 31, 2016 It’s our last update of the year! It’s from the letter-writer in November who had received an ambiguous lunch invitation from a work contact and wanted to decline since she was pretty sure he was asking for a date although he hadn’t been clear about that (#3 at the link). Here’s the update: I did […] Read the full article →
updates: can I ask my boss to lunch, telling someone to arrive to work earlier, and more by Alison Green on December 30, 2016 Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are six more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. Can I ask my boss to lunch? (#3 at the link) I followed your advice and asked my boss if she had time for lunch. She did – we went to […] Read the full article →
open thread – December 30-31, 2016 by Alison Green on December 30, 2016 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted […] Read the full article →
interviewing with a beard as a woman, fending off an unwanted promotion, and more by Alison Green on December 30, 2016 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Interviewing with a beard as a woman I’m a graduate student about to start my first professional job search, and I’ve been trying to prepare myself for the process. Here’s my situation: I’m a women with a beard, and not a blonde one: it’s dark and coarse. […] Read the full article →
updates: one of our coworkers is putting nails in our car tires, employees are afraid they’ll be ostracized after they’re promoted, and more by Alison Green on December 29, 2016 Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are four more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. I think one of our coworkers is putting nails in our car tires Long story short, nothing exciting really happened afterwards, which I suppose could be construed as a good thing. […] Read the full article →
update: I’m worried my manager has lost confidence in me by Alison Green on December 29, 2016 Remember the letter-writer who had gone through a harder-than-normal period at work and was worried that her manager had lost confidence in her? Here’s the update. What commenters said about anxiety really resonated with me. It helped put things in perspective, and now that I’m more removed from the situation, I can recognize that I […] Read the full article →
my boss made an insensitive pregnancy joke, I ghosted at the end of an externship, and more by Alison Green on December 29, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Boss made insensitive pregnancy joke I am not really sure what to make of a situation with my manager. About a year ago, I needed to take some scheduled time off to attend various medical appointments related to infertility. After a rough and emotional few […] Read the full article →
updates: I’m hearing secondhand reports of problems with an employee, coworker forces loud political rants on me, and more by Alison Green on December 28, 2016 Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are five more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. I’m hearing secondhand reports of problems with an employee but she denies them I really appreciated the advice of all the commentors, as well as your response. When you published my […] Read the full article →
update: employee didn’t check email for 60 days by Alison Green on December 28, 2016 Remember the manager at a dysfunctional public agency who discovered that an employee two levels below him hadn’t checked email for a full two months? Here’s the update. First, thank you to Alison and everyone else for your comments, suggestions, and even the government employee snark. I appreciate it all. I sat down with Fergus and […] Read the full article →