Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. HR doesn’t want me to fire an employee for lying and falsifying records I manage a small team, and one of my employees has been having performance issues. Recently, they made a series of mistakes that resulted in a patron receiving a charge four times […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker keeps saying I’m too muscular I am currently working in an allied health field as a practitioner in a private practice, and am (mostly) very happy with my job and my career. I am also an avid gym-goer, which has led to this problem. […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker misreads me and tries to calm me when I’m fine I am emotional, expressive, and passionate. Think a “movie-typical Italian” telling a story. Nothing wild, just a loud voice, expressive face, etc. In my 9-5 job, this is required. I over-emote all day […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My friend doesn’t believe there are different dress codes for different situations I have a younger friend who works for a well-known leisure apparel company at their headquarters. Many of the employees still work from home the majority of the time and when they are […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. We’re being unknowingly videotaped at town hall meetings I’m a full-time remote employee who works for a large company. We regularly have “town halls” at multiple levels — full company, full department, full “section,” etc. These town halls are through Microsoft Teams and to simplify […]

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. How can a teenager get a job when our family travels full-time? I am a teenager (16) and I want to get my first job but I don’t know how. My family lives in a 5th wheel camper and we travel around the country full-time. […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Interviewer was bothered that I didn’t ask any questions of my own I recently completed a fourth interview with a company. The interviews consisted of a 30-minute screening interview, a 40-minute screening/informational interview with one of the higher up directors, an hour-long interview with that […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Our managers are on a rampage about cell phones I’m an exempt employee who works hybrid. We were fully remote since March 2020, but the CEO decided we needed to come into the office four days a week as of last week. As soon as […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I got drunk at a work event — but it was because of my medication I have been at my company for six years and attend two or three in-person events a year that always include alcohol. The last event, my pharmacy gave me a […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My company interviewed a man to celebrate International Women’s Day My company has been around for over 100 years and is one of the big ones in Australia. To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) they asked a man who has been with the company for […]