I got in trouble for not going to the holiday party, and more by Alison Green on December 22, 2020 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. HR chastised me for not going to the holiday party Last week we had our company Zoom holiday party and I took a vacation day that day partially due to my boss’s recommendation to use up vacation days before the end of the year. I […] Read the full article →
update: I’m stuck in endless interviews with a company that can’t make up its mind by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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 stuck in endless interviews with a company that couldn’t make up its mind? She’d already had four interviews, two of which ended after […] Read the full article →
updates: mentor gives terrible advice, my husband keeps contacting my coworkers, and more by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My mentor gives me terrible advice and berates me when I don’t follow it Thanks again for your advice! The […] Read the full article →
update: my employee asked for a 170% raise by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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 whose employee asked for a 170% raise after four months in an entry-level position? Here’s the update. Thank you (and everyone who commented) for your advice! […] Read the full article →
updates: boss assumes we’re slacking off when we work from home, and more by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My boss assumes we’re slacking off when we work from home Phil got worse. During the first week of May, […] Read the full article →
is it unprofessional to have an email address with 69 in it? by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 A reader writes: HR recently shared an applicant’s email address with me (think “firstname.nickname_69@yahoo.com”) and when I saw it, I chuckled a bit and thought it must be someone quite young and immature. HR saw my reaction and told me that he included a note mentioning that he was born in 1969, and that is […] Read the full article →
update: fielding a job offer when you might be facing a serious health diagnosis by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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. Back in 2015, I printed a letter from someone who had learned she might have cancer. She was awaiting further tests and trying to decide what to do […] Read the full article →
update: do I have any chance of fixing my dysfunctional job? by Alison Green on December 21, 2020 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 wanted to know if she had any chance of fixing her dysfunctional job? Here’s the update. In my first letter I mentioned an escape […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – December 19-20, 2020 by Alison Green on December 19, 2020 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Hench, by Natalie Zina Walschots. Jennifer at Captain Awkward recommended this, and I loved it. It’s about a woman who works very boring temp jobs … for […] Read the full article →
update: I reported my sexist team to HR — and now they’re doing a much bigger investigation than I wanted by Alison Green on December 18, 2020 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 reported her sexist team to HR but hadn’t realize it would launch a big investigation? Here’s the update. I took a little bit of […] Read the full article →