updates

Here are updates from people who had their work questions answered here in the past. Find out what happened!

update: my coworker screamed at me and HR hasn’t done anything

Remember the letter-writer whose coworker screamed at them and HR hadn’t done anything? Here’s the update. I wrote to you back in 2020 about an incident from 2019 where a coworker had a screaming tantrum. I very much appreciated your input, and that of your commentariat. Nothing much happened regarding HR and my yelling coworker, […]

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update: I don’t want to babysit my brother in my office

Remember the letter-writer whose mother was pressuring her to babysit their brother in their office after school? Here’s the update — and some more advice from me. Thank you for answering my letter! It was too late to reply to the comments after work, but I’ll address some of them here: For those asking if […]

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updates: martial arts at work, coworker hates me, and more

Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. Is it weird to incorporate martial arts at my job? (first update) I’ve got one more update for you. You know how I mentioned contamination risks? We ended up having a contamination issue (unrelated to the question I asked) that took over a year to recover from. […]

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update: my awful coworker’s employees want me to help them

Remember the letter-writer whose awful coworker’s employees wanted her to help them? Here’s the update. First, I decided to back down for a while. Soon after “the flop,” one of John’s better employees cut his losses, left a scathing exit interview, and took a job hundreds of miles away. An even more experienced employee — […]

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update: is it my job to manage a coworker’s feelings?

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer asking if it was her job to manage a coworker’s feelings (#2 at the link)? Here’s the update. I took your advice to disengage from […]

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update: my manager says my shyness is seen as rudeness

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose manager said her shyness was seen as rudeness? The first update was here, and here’s the latest. I have quite the update and many […]

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