weekend free-for-all – June 30-July 1, 2018 by Alison Green on June 30, 2018 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.) Recommendation of the week: One Mississippi. Why was this cancelled? Why?? * I make a commission if you use that Amazon link. Read the full article →
Ask a Manager in the media by Alison Green on June 29, 2018 Here’s a round-up of Ask a Manager in the media recently, in case you’re interested in checking any of this out: * I talked to the New York Times about why office friendships can feel so awkward (this piece was written by Melissa Dahl, author of the wonderful Cringeworthy) * Fast Company listed the new […] Read the full article →
open thread – June 29-30, 2018 by Alison Green on June 29, 2018 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 →
should HR reveal an employee is planning to quit, boss lets us leave early but it’s a secret, and more by Alison Green on June 29, 2018 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Should HR reveal an employee is planning to leave? My husband applied for and was offered a new job. It’s contingent on a background check, so the new job told him explicitly not to give notice until the background check clears. They also told him […] Read the full article →
our summer intern won’t use first names by Alison Green on June 28, 2018 A reader writes: My office hired a summer intern. For context, she is a graduate student at a local university, she is in her early 20s, she is not from the U.S., and this internship is her first job in a professional setting. Despite being asked numerous times to call everyone here by first names, […] Read the full article →
I got embarrassingly drunk at a work event by Alison Green on June 28, 2018 A reader writes: I’m seeking advice on how to apologize to several senior leaders in my company for my irresponsible and offensive drunken behavior at a recent work event. I had attended this event twice prior and had no such issues. This year, I put myself in a situation in which I should have stopped […] Read the full article →
ask the readers: what have you seen go wrong while living or traveling with coworkers? by Alison Green on June 28, 2018 Earlier this year, I told the ridiculous story of the intern house I was in charge of, and how the interns living there made tea for a burglar, who then robbed them when they left to go to the beach. I want to know your own tales of ridiculousness that you witnessed or perpetrated while living with […] Read the full article →
my manager bombards me with email, coworker takes too much food at meetings, and more by Alison Green on June 28, 2018 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager sends me a barrage of emails within minutes of each other My manager will send me multiple emails on the same item and it’s driving me insane! If she has questions on a project, she will send three separate emails with a different […] Read the full article →
should I be this emotionally drained by managing? by Alison Green on June 27, 2018 A reader writes: I’ve been with my company over a decade. We are a manufacturing environment. I started as an analyst and worked my way up to manager and then senior manager, leading a team of warehouse operators and administrative staff, about 40 headcount altogether. I love my job and I love my company, and […] Read the full article →
how to deal with an angry, disruptive coworker by Alison Green on June 27, 2018 This week on the Ask a Manager podcast, I talk to a guest whose coworker’s behavior is disruptive and unsettling. She’s already talked to her manager and HR about it, but the problem is continuing and she’s wondering where to go from here. The show is 24 minutes long, and you can listen on Apple […] Read the full article →