weekend free-for-all – February 28-March 1, 2015 by Alison Green on February 28, 2015 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 non-work only; if you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Book Recommendation of the Week: The Thorn Birds by […] Read the full article →
unresponsive gatekeepers, overlooked at work, and more by Alison Green on February 28, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. When a gatekeeper is unresponsive I’m in sales, and I often get a response of “That’s very interesting, please contact my assistant to set up a time for us to talk.” Or sometimes “Please schedule a time to talk with Euphemia the junior team member.” […] Read the full article →
should I care about my employer when figuring out when to have a baby? by Alison Green on February 27, 2015 A reader writes: I’m planning to leave my job in 18 months to go back to school full-time. My spouse and I are also trying to get pregnant. In one scenario, we get pregnant more quickly and I’d be out on leave for my industry’s really intense season (think tax season for an accounting firm). […] Read the full article →
open thread – February 27, 2015 by Alison Green on February 27, 2015 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 →
I don’t have any work to do at my new job, awful resume feedback, and more by Alison Green on February 27, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I don’t have any work to do at my new job I am a recent graduate who has just started my first job. When I started on my first day, the company gave me a bunch of self-study materials and a self-training schedule for a […] Read the full article →
is my mentor ignoring my emails? by Alison Green on February 26, 2015 A reader writes: While I worked at a mid-sized company, I developed a wonderful mentor relationship with one of my managers. He has always been very supportive, offering to be my job reference, etc. After 2.5 years working together, I left to work abroad at another company for 1.5 years. We kept in touch while […] Read the full article →
is everything a crisis? by Alison Green on February 26, 2015 Do you feel like you rush from urgent task to urgent task at work, constantly putting out fires and never having the chance to step back to focus on the big picture? If this sounds like you, you probably feel like you have no choice but to operate this way because, after all, when fires […] Read the full article →
behind the scenes: ask me anything by Alison Green on February 26, 2015 Some readers have asked for a post on the behind-the-scenes working of Ask a Manager. For the majority of you for whom this will be boring, skip this post! But for those of you who like the insider-y details about how the site works, here’s your post … ask away and I’ll answer in the comments. […] Read the full article →
my friend is upset that I didn’t tell her about my job on her team, asking for a lower title, and more by Alison Green on February 26, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My friend is upset that I didn’t tell her that I was interviewing for a job on her team I just started a new job today at a highly competitive company where a social acquaintance also works. We’re not BFFs by any stretch of the […] Read the full article →
we have to notify our employer about any clubs or organizations we belong to, including churches by Alison Green on February 25, 2015 A reader writes: I have been working for the past seven years for a nonprofit in Florida. We got a notification this morning that we had to send an email to HR revealing any other employment we have as well as if we belong to any clubs or organizations, including church. They said this information […] Read the full article →