Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Internal candidate is threatening to withdraw if he has to interview for the job We are hiring for a senior manager role in my organization for the second time in a year. The last round of interviews were a year ago and one of our […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My job told me to ignore safety rules for kids I’m a performing artist who works days at a regional amusement park as a ride operator. This afternoon, a park guest came up to my ride with her child. Per policy, I have to measure […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss bought new clothes for me I work at a furniture store and just had an odd meeting with my store manager and am not sure what to think. My sales have been low this last month so we had to do a touch […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I have a crush on an older coworker, and we’re hanging out outside of work I am a 21-year-old male who has worked for the same men’s clothing company for four years now. I have worked at a few different locations. For three years I […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss is frustrated that I won’t drive long distances by myself My job involves some emergency response (not all the time). One of the main sites where we get called to respond is a 5-6 hour drive from the office. The problem: I’m not […]

It’s five answers to five questions, plus a bonus. Here we go… 1. Interviewer asked what I’d do with a live elephant in the parking lot I had an interview today that involved a very odd question: What would I do if a client dropped off a live elephant in our parking lot? I’m a […]

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Company made me a job offer, then tried to lower the salary I recently accepted a new job offer, or at least I thought I did. After a few weeks of interviewing, I received the job offer on a Friday afternoon over a phone call […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. HR chastised me for not going to the holiday party Last week we had our company Zoom holiday party and I took a vacation day that day partially due to my boss’s recommendation to use up vacation days before the end of the year. I […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How to avoid political talk from family when working in politics I’ll be graduating from college in a few weeks and am looking to start a career in progressive politics. I care a lot about the work I do and have deep personal connections to […]

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employer gave everyone a gift except me — and made me watch I’ve been working as a co-op student at a nonprofit full-time for the past four months now. For context, because of COVID, it’s been a completely virtual role and the team is […]