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It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I am an ex-academic who has just transitioned into private industry. I had reached a point where my old job was so toxic I felt perpetually poisoned. I was consistently miserable, at work and not, paying thousands for therapy to try to cope, and completely OWNED by the sunk […]

It’s your Friday good news! I’m writing to tell you about my good news and to restate that your site was extremely helpful from soup-to-nuts: recognizing a bad job, seeking out good opportunities, interviewing, and landing an offer. Up ’til early 2022 I’d see AAM posts come up when I’d google certain career-related questions, but […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve been waiting to send this! I’d been at my last job with basically zero company culture and growth potential for six years and was reading AAM to remind myself what good company culture did look like. Because of your advice, I didn’t get too invested in any one […]

It’s your Friday good news! I wanted to send in a good news update of my own! I am self employed so I never really thought I would have anything applicable. But after reading this letter and her update, I realized I now do! I co-own a business that my partner and I had been […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’m the letter writer who wrote in about the board games group with the problematic member and then with a happy update about that situation. The games group continues to thrive, with about 18 people every session now, and we’ve been able to reduce the cost per session to use […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “Quite a while ago I read a question on your website from someone who was struggling with a project management role because their brain just didn’t seem to work in such a way that they could be successful at the role. The whole time I was reading that letter, […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I was previously published in AAM Friday Good News with the news that I had gone from a really toxic job to essentially my dream job with a 35% pay increase. Since then I’ve continued to enjoy my job a ton, my boss is wonderful, my team is super […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I stayed at my first job at a small company for a year before learning that I was getting paid $15,000 less than the person who had my role before me, basically because the boss wanted to pay as little as possible. (I did try to negotiate for more […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve been meaning to write in with this good news — my household has benefited from AAM twice in the past year! First, last fall my husband’s manager took a new job, and after some deliberation my husband decided to throw his proverbial hat in the ring for the position. […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve never submitted a question but I’ve been reading your site for years now. I began reading when I started an administrative assistant role at a large healthcare organization. I was unsure how to navigate the more formal, hierarchal environment and trying to figure out how to avoid being […]