our white manager centers herself in conversations about racism — and other questions with Michelle Silverthorn by Alison Green on September 29, 2021 Today Michelle Silverthorn, founder and CEO of Inclusion Nation, returns to Ask A Manager! Michelle is the author of the best-selling book Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good (read an excerpt here) and talked with us earlier this year about the work she does to help build more equitable companies. Now she’s back to take […] Read the full article →
I’m in trouble for what I wore when when my boss made me pick him up for the airport in the middle of the night by Alison Green on September 21, 2021 I’m on vacation today. This was originally published in 2016. A reader writes: I am working at my first job since I graduated university and I have learned a lot from reading your blog. I had a job while I was in high school and in university but it was part-time and in retail and […] Read the full article →
interview with a person who responds to Glassdoor reviews for her company by Alison Green on September 16, 2021 Last month, a reader mentioned that she’s in charge of writing her company’s response to Glassdoor reviews. I asked if she would be willing to tell us more about how that works, and she graciously agreed. Here’s our conversation. So what exactly is your job in this regard? And what is your job more broadly? I […] Read the full article →
how do I know if it’s safe to be out at work … and other questions about LGBTQ+ issues at work by Alison Green on September 1, 2021 After a post earlier this year about coming out as queer mid-career, an LGBTQ+ reader contacted me to ask if she could share more advice for LGBTQ+ readers and allies. Pulling from her own experience creating an LGBTQ+ employee resource group at her workplace and serving on the board of a nonprofit that serves the […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread — June 19-20, 2021 by Alison Green on June 19, 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: Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up — and What We Make When We Make Dinner, by Liz Hauck. A woman’s account of what happened […] Read the full article →
remember the manager who wouldn’t let her best employee attend her own graduation? by Alison Green on June 15, 2021 Remember the letter-writer whose best employee quit on the spot because she wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation? The employee — who had grown up in foster care and worked full-time while taking night classes to earn her degree — had worked late/come in early/worked overtime for years to cover for other coworkers, […] Read the full article →
where are you now? (a call for updates) by Alison Green on May 26, 2021 It’s mid-year updates season! If you’ve had your question answered here in the past, please email me an update and let us know how your situation turned out. Did you take the advice? Did you not take the advice? What happened? How’s your situation now? (Don’t post your updates here though; email them to me.) […] Read the full article →
my terrible intern is a VIP’s son and can’t be fired by Alison Green on May 24, 2021 A reader writes: One of our company directors has brought his son on as an intern. His son has been assigned to the same department I work in, but he appears to have the reading, writing, and communication skills of a child. He has misspelled his own name and his father’s name on memos. He […] Read the full article →
an expert on how to get what you need from your health insurance by Alison Green on May 19, 2021 An Ask a Manager reader who works in health insurance as a customer service trainer wrote to me and offered to give advice about navigating health insurance, saying, “Basically, I get paid to learn and teach how to beat the system as much as possible. I love my job as much as I hate this industry and […] Read the full article →