my employees ignore my wife by Alison Green on March 22, 2021 A reader writes: I own a small business, with about seven people working in our local office. My wife runs accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and handles all the books. Besides my wife and me, there is my assistant and four IT techs. We are all within the 25-36 age range, with my wife and […] Read the full article →
I was falsely accused of messing up the bathroom, I declined a lowball offer, and more by Alison Green on March 22, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I was falsely accused of messing up the bathroom For a couple of years now, we’ve had a problem with staff not cleaning up their messes in our staff bathrooms (guys not wiping down the seats, pee on the floor, toilet paper left around, etc). […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – March 20-21, 2021 by Alison Green on March 20, 2021 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: Sorrow and Bliss, by Meg Mason. It’s about family and relationships and the impact of mental illness on both, and it’s funny and snarky and moving. * […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on March 19, 2021 It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. 1. I just had my annual review, which I was absolutely dreading. This year has been so hard. Transitioning to work-from-home was incredibly difficult, especially sharing space with my husband, who is a middle school teacher and needed the more […] Read the full article →
open thread – March 19-20, 2021 by Alison Green on March 19, 2021 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 (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * […] Read the full article →
my younger staff prefer communicating by text, boss keeps missing our meetings, and more by Alison Green on March 19, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My younger staff prefer communicating by text I manage a team of five younger professionals (all between the ages of 25 to 30). I have noticed that each member of my team prefers to communicate with me almost exclusively by text message or through the […] Read the full article →
is there a professional way to call BS? by Alison Green on March 18, 2021 A reader writes: I’m working on a project which is being done in a non-standard way. The process we are using is not the norm, but it’s something we end up doing somewhat frequently. While talking about it, a coworker asked me to walk him through something because he “didn’t have any experience with this […] Read the full article →
managers can’t be held hostage by a bad employee by Alison Green on March 18, 2021 A reader writes: I belong to a church of the type where people’s families have attended for generations. One of our members has acted as secretary for over 20 years. A few years ago, we hired a new pastor and this secretary does not like him. She’s always been a prickly person to work with, […] Read the full article →
I’m always late to everything! by Alison Green on March 18, 2021 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m a recent-ish college grad and am working my first position related to my college major (although I’ve been working since I was 17). My entire life I’ve been late to everything. I have no idea why. I’ve tried clocks and timers and tricks, talk […] Read the full article →
our boss told us where we can and can’t grocery shop, unfriending someone I have to fire, and more by Alison Green on March 18, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can our employer tell us where to grocery shop during Covid? In January, our public school principal instructed staff that if we habitually shop at a particular grocery chain, we should shop at a particular location in our area on the basis that it was […] Read the full article →