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should we have “fun” out-of-office messages, managers trash-talk my old job, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should we really have “fun” out-of-office messages? At a company-sponsored women’s networking event last year, a speaker suggested that people should make their out-of-office messages more “fun” — i.e., include details about where you’re going, who you’re going with, fun facts about the location, etc. […]

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company wants me to tell my current job I’m interviewing with them, telling a former intern to honor time commitments, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Potential job wants me to tell my current job I’m interviewing with them I had an initial phone interview today with one of current company’s vendors. This vendor provides the software that tracks all the manufacturing and inventory activities for the product we make. They […]

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boss edits emails before forwarding them to his wife, manager wants to pull an offer over traffic tickets, and more

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss edits emails before forwarding them to his wife My boss always forwards every convo in an email chain. However, when he forwards anything to his wife (who is the accountant), he deletes certain threads I have written. Specifically, one recent example was one […]

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