boss keeps removing his clothes in front of me, I worked for months while everyone else got paid to do nothing, and more by Alison Green on April 28, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss’s boss strips to his underwear in front of me I started a new job very recently, same role I was doing before but at a different company. Above my direct manager is a managing director, John, who oversees several teams. But it’s a […] Read the full article →
my boss’s wife just called me to yell at me by Alison Green on April 27, 2021 A reader writes: I am at a total loss. I have been a paralegal to a highly successful attorney for almost 25 years. I have moved firms with him three times over the past few decades, and have never thought of ending our professional relationship. He is a wonderful boss, a calm and even keeled […] Read the full article →
how can I ask to keep working from home long-term? by Alison Green on April 27, 2021 A reader writes: I am in a low-paying industry that is highly concentrated in high-cost-of-living areas, which means that it’s virtually impossible for me to live without roommates unless I want to spend nearly all of my monthly income on rent (which I obviously don’t). There are jobs in my industry in other areas, but […] Read the full article →
how much money do you make? by Alison Green on April 27, 2021 It’s hard to get real-world information about what jobs pay. Online salary websites are often inaccurate, and people can get weird when you ask them directly. So let’s take some of the mystery out of salaries. Fill out the form below to anonymously share your salary and other relevant info. (Do not leave your info in […] Read the full article →
my coworker quit but our CEO is pretending he’s still here, having to pay to work at an event, and more by Alison Green on April 27, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker quit but our CEO is pretending he’s still here How do you navigate a situation where an employee leaves the company but management is pretending they still exist? I have a colleague who worked for less than six months for my firm. He […] Read the full article →
my new coworker can’t handle our new-agey woo environment by Alison Green on April 26, 2021 A reader writes: We have a new project manager, “Dawn,” and she’s a lot. The company I work for is very emotionally oriented and feelings-driven so none of us have titles like “manager” or “director,” they’re like Imagination Collaborators for our design team or something like that so things are a little complicated because our […] Read the full article →
my employees won the lottery and quit, but now they want their jobs back by Alison Green on April 26, 2021 A reader writes: I’m a divisional manager. I manage several smaller teams and report to the manager of our entire department. Several years ago (before I worked here), one of the teams won the lottery as a group. The entire team played except for Mary. Mary was invited to play but chose not to. After […] Read the full article →
my new hire is too attractive for me to manage her by Alison Green on April 26, 2021 A reader writes: I feel like a bad manager for even asking this question, but I find one of the new hires assigned to me to be amazingly attractive. I would never act on it, or do or say anything unprofessional, but I find it unbelievably distracting. When I look at the coaching and 1:1 […] Read the full article →
employee isn’t flushing, colleague puts “read me” in every subject line, and more by Alison Green on April 26, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employee isn’t flushing the toilet Forewarning, this is about bodily functions. I work in a small office, with one direct report. She is a great employee, really takes feedback well, but I am struggling with how to broach this topic with her. There have been […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – April 24-25, 2021 by Alison Green on April 24, 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: Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny. A strangely charming story of Jane; her ladies’ man boyfriend, Duncan; his seemingly perfect ex, Aggie; Aggie’s extremely odd husband, Gary; […] Read the full article →