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It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Anti-vaxx coworker has job verifying vaccinations I work at a college as an admin assistant. One of the other admin assistants will be assisting in measles vaccination verification soon. She is an anti-vaxxer. What makes this situation trickier is that she has had integrity issues. […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Is it ever okay to yell at work? I know you give the advice that yelling is unprofessional, but is it ever acceptable? Years and years ago, I had a coworker who didn’t respect personal boundaries. The first time he touched me, it was a […]

It’s four answers to four questions, plus a story. Here we go… 1. Should I tell a candidate her career aspirations are unrealistic? I am currently in the process of hiring for a position that I would consider just above entry level. It is a role in an operations department that supports an organization in […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I tell my bosses they need to work more? I work at a small real estate brokerage in a major U.S. city. I was brought in to help organize their systems and to increase productivity. The owners are a married couple and I’m their […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager complains constantly My manager complains … a LOT. Their voice is very loud in a small office, so pretty much every one can hear. Our team consists of only three people on site — me, my coworker, and our manager. My manager has […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Taking a better paying job would destroy my current company I’m currently working in a small private practice as an optician. My manager is currently transitioning out because she found a better-paying job in a different field with room for growth, and I will be […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss sits outside my house in her car for hours Due to health reasons, I have been working remotely during the pandemic. I’m grateful to have the type of job where this is possible, and I appreciate my boss’s flexibility. But my boss knows […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker’s work was given to me, and I feel awkward about it I was promoted from a subject matter expert to a senior position in my org. At the same time, a colleague, who had arrived at their senior position due to nepotism from […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I ask my interviewer to get a Covid test? I was recently offered an interview with a local organization that I would love to work for. The interviewer gave me two options: one, we could do a Zoom interview, or two, we could go […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Is this resume writer’s price worth it? I am currently looking for a job and have been posting my resume on job recommendations I find on LinkedIn. I received a response from one of those professional resume writing places. They gave me a few suggestions […]