February 2018

talking to a coworker about a negative colleague, manager was annoyed that I didn’t come in during an ice storm, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Talking to a young colleague about a negative coworker I’m currently working for about a month in a new company in a temporary position (ends in April, and I’m pregnant, so not definitely not staying) and I have two direct/close coworkers: Arya, who is brand […]

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my boss is a jerk — how do I deal with her?

A reader writes: I’m writing about an ongoing issue I have with my immediate boss – let’s call her Ann. Ann is a national leader in our industry, is the only person at our institution with the authority to approve my team’s work, and is pretty much my exclusive point of contact for all my […]

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I’m hypersensitive to criticism — how do I fix this?

A reader writes: I am currently working as a receptionist for the next few months until I complete my schooling. I have been dealing with what I can only describe as hypersensitivity when it comes to feedback or criticism about my work. When I hear that something was done incorrectly by me, I panic and […]

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let us discuss past letters

I’m on this week’s episode of Hannah and Matt Know It All, a very fun podcast where the hosts talk about questions from various advice columns and field new questions too. (If you like advice columns and you like podcasts, this show is your holy grail.) In this episode, we talked about a whole slew of recent Ask […]

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