updates

Here are updates from people who had their work questions answered here in the past. Find out what happened!

update: I reported my boss’s boss for racism and now feel guilty

Remember the letter-writer who felt guilty about reporting their boss’s boss for racism? Here’s the update. I’ve switched careers from nonprofit program manager to home caregiver and haven’t looked back. The nonprofit I left is still alive and kicking. But they killed the program I used to manage, which actually made me feel less crazy […]

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update: my former boss won’t leave me alone

Remember the letter-writer whose former boss wouldn’t leave them alone? Here’s the update. When you published my email, I was so grateful for your advice, plus I read all of the comments. At first, I decided on the most boring but easiest option (for me, anyway), which was to never contact my former boss again. […]

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update: hiring externally when staff expect an internal hire

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who was planning to hire externally when their staff expected an internal hire (#3 at the link)? Here’s the update. As some commenters guessed, I […]

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