It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker was fired partly because of me, but I didn’t complain about him A coworker and friend was recently fired suddenly and told that one of the reasons was his attitude towards me. Other reasons were under-performance and not meeting goals. I never complained […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I get out of numerology at work? My team is small, we get along great, and are fairly close. The other day, my well-intentioned, very nice, and otherwise very sane coworkers got into a full discussion about all the, for lack of a […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I stop wearing makeup to fit into my office culture? I know you have talked about overdressing being a sign you don’t understand the work culture when starting a new position, such as wearing a suit at a tech start-up. But what is your […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker uses all-caps for everything My team recently hired a new employee to help pick up some of the slack when it comes to the admin tasks we deal with on a day-to-day basis. Our new employee (Sansa) is enthusiastic about the job, a […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I sent an adversarial email — and replied-all I’ve seen plenty of articles about how to respond to someone who is unprofessional, but what do I do if I was the one who was unprofessional? I am a supervisor who often interfaces with management and […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworkers at my new job want to oust the CEO I recently started a new job in a very small office, only six people. Staff has had many problems in the past with the president/CEO. I have noticed that his leadership style is not conducive […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should employers pay if employees need an extra seat on the plane? I manage a few people who have large bodies. I am nearly positive that they don’t fit in a standard coach plane seat and would require two seats in order to travel — […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employee constantly uses astrology to analyze coworkers This will seem like a small issue, but it’s like sand in our collective bathing suits and may actually be a problem. I supervise a small team in a very large nonprofit, and we collaborate a lot internally […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I was promised summer hours — but it’s frowned upon to use them Last year, I was recruited by a manager I’d worked for in a previous company into a new role with my current company. Things are going great, and I’m really happy here. […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. What’s up with people not eating lunch? I’ve worked at my (tiny) company for over 10 years, and a pretty small company for a few years before that, so my sample size is small but it occurred to me that I’ve had a lot of […]