Archives Looking for past posts? You can find posts from 2021 below, or find earlier years here: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 January 2021 am I being a dress code snob? my coworker hijacks our meetings with endless questions my boss wants me to help him jump the line for the Covid vaccine should I apologize if my fly is down, telling my bosses they need to work more, and more I pushed back on my coworker’s bigotry: a success story what to do (even now) if you’re stuck in a job you hate my boss complains constantly, mending things with a job I ghosted, and more weekend open thread – January 16-17, 2021 it’s your Friday good news open thread – January 15-16, 2021 quitting would destroy my company, I gossiped about a coworker, and more is it a red flag when a job is posted for a long time? can I keep working from home after my office re-opens? how to become a slacker … with Laurie Ruettimann my boss sits outside my house for hours, parking woes, and more should we let an employee resign instead of being fired? updates: the micromanagement, the fertility treatments, and more the head of my division gave me (and my niece and friend) COVID-19 and no one cares I resent coworkers coming back from furlough, I took over a colleague’s work, and more I didn’t even get interviewed for an internal role I was told I was a strong candidate for my boss’s stress is out of control was my company right to fire my coworker for accidentally sending me a graphic email? you need life insurance – and now you don’t need a medical exam can I ask my interviewer to get a Covid test, should my resume say I’ve been vaccinated, and more can I freeze out my coworkers who aren’t social distancing and refuse to work with them? my employee overshares medical details my coworker asked me to hide my breast milk because she doesn’t like seeing it in the office fridge is this resume writer shady, telling my boss I’m sober, and more weekend open thread – January 9-10, 2021 it’s your Friday good news open thread – January 8-9, 2021 coworker is throwing a tantrum over having to interview for a promotion, inviting coworkers to your wedding, and more can we all just keep working from home forever now? update: can job-hopping BE my career somehow? really aggressive spam callers are giving me anxiety attacks my job told me to ignore safety rules for kids, should I tell my boss a coworker is job-searching, and more am I being inflexible for not doing non-work things during work hours? how to support a struggling new manager 2 of my coworkers spend all their time together and don’t do any work my boss bought me new clothes, couriers who don’t wear masks, and more I accidentally threw a sandwich and it caused a work crisis should I disclose my depression to my boss? I work at a boarding school and my partner can’t visit during the week because we’re unmarried I have a crush on an older coworker, my wife read her boss’s diary, and more my coworker put a magical curse on her boss my team’s assistant is grumpy and impatient we went to the home of an employee who didn’t show up for work — and it went badly my boss is upset I won’t drive long distances, getting reimbursed for pole dancing classes, and more weekend open thread – January 2-3, 2021 it’s your Friday good news open thread – January 1-2, 2021