updates: the negligent safety partner, the commuting time, and more by Alison Green on June 23, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. My safety partner won’t accompany me when he’s supposed to Oh boy have things not been […] Read the full article →
updates: employee threatens to sue when we tell her to save her work, and more by Alison Green on June 23, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. 1. Employee refuses to save […] Read the full article →
how many times can I ask a networking contact for help? by Alison Green on June 23, 2022 A reader writes: How many times is it appropriate to reach out to networking contacts for informational interviews, referrals, connections, etc.? I have been searching on and off over the past two years. I don’t want to take advantage of my older networking contacts who have already helped me, and I would certainly return any […] Read the full article →
coworkers and clients won’t stop commenting on my arms by Alison Green on June 23, 2022 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I am a program director for a very public-facing, often-busy, and somewhat-high-profile mobile health services program. Half of my day is spent mostly outdoors at rotating pop-up sites for which I have long-term relationships with the host, and half of my day is spent in-office. […] Read the full article →
coworkers complained that I’m not fast enough, coordinating a work trip with my spouse’s trip, and more by Alison Green on June 23, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworkers complained I’m not working fast enough I work from home in data entry, and recently had a 1:1 with my boss, who I quite like. During this meeting she revealed to me that some of my coworkers (I do not know who) track […] Read the full article →
update: I walked in on a coworker making out with our married colleague — do I say something? by Alison Green on June 22, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who walked in on a coworker making out with a married colleague and was wondering whether to something? Here’s the update. […] Read the full article →
updates: my boss is having an affair with his assistant, and more by Alison Green on June 22, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and 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 is having an affair with our assistant — and I’m friends with his wife I tried to keep […] Read the full article →
update: how can I avoid taking a job in an open-plan office? by Alison Green on June 22, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer back in 2018 who asked how to avoid taking […] Read the full article →
update: coworker keeps interrupting my work and told me it’s “good practice” to keep myself focused by Alison Green on June 22, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer whose coworker kept interrupting her work and said it […] Read the full article →
my boss wants 6 months notice, quirky backgrounds on video calls, and more by Alison Green on June 22, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss wants six months notice I’ve been working as a consultant with my boss for eight years, full time for five. We are the only two full time employees—we have freelance contractors, but I handle half the clients and he handles the other half. […] Read the full article →