employee keeps tagging along on my smoke breaks by Alison Green on April 3, 2012 A reader writes: I am a manager of a mid-size team. The team has smokers and non-smokers, and unfortunately I am one of the smokers. I do make an effort to smoke less and my goal is to quit someday, but it has proven to be very difficult for me. One of my employees has […] Read the full article →
my boss is asking whether I’m not interested in my job by Alison Green on April 2, 2012 A reader writes: I am currently facing an issue with my boss. When I make a mistake at work or don’t do a task perfectly, my boss has, on more than one occasion, brought this up in our conversation, asking, “Are you not interested in your work?” How can I explain to him in a […] Read the full article →
mini answer Monday: 7 short questions, 7 short answers by Alison Green on April 2, 2012 It’s mini answer Monday! Today: you’re pregnant and making a lot of trips to the office bathroom, you want to appeal a job rejection, you sure as hell don’t want to help out a coworker, and more. Here we go… 1. Should I share resources with another department? I work for a nonprofit, educational institution. […] Read the full article →
how to derail your job search by Alison Green on April 2, 2012 If you’re searching for a job, you face a hard enough market these days without making things even worse by sabotaging your own efforts. Here are eight ways that you might be derailing your job search without realizing it. 1. Not bothering to apply because you’re sure you won’t get the job. Sure, if it’s […] Read the full article →
I applied for a job, they rejected me, then asked me to work for free by Alison Green on April 1, 2012 A reader writes: I recently applied to a company who was looking for someone with my exact background. The position is a perfect match, no exaggeration, so I applied. They wrote me back the next day saying they had interviewed good candidates already and were not taking any new applications. OK, no harm, no foul. […] Read the full article →