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Remember the letter-writer last month whose boss tapes people’s mouths shut during meetings when she doesn’t like their ideas? Here’s the update. Hello everyone. I am the person who made the original post regarding my boss’ tendency to cover people’s mouths with tape during meetings. I wanted to first clarify a few things that people […]

Here are updates from three people who had their letters answered here in the past. 1. I ask candidates their salary expectations and don’t feel bad about it I reflected on Alison’s response and many of the comments, and have to admit that the letter I wrote was pretty obnoxious! For that I apologize. It […]

Remember Monday’s letter from the person whose coworker was blackmailing him to try to get him not to take off the dates he wanted for his honeymoon? She was threatening to report him for faking a sick day (he hadn’t faked it) and was refusing to do parts of her job that he depends on […]

Here are three updates from people whose letters were answered here in the past. 1. Should we let an employee pay their own way to a conference in an exciting location? (#2 at the link) Thank you for answering my question and to all the commenters for their advice as well! I dropped it on […]

Here are four updates from people who had their letters answered here in the past. 1. My company says if you have a problem with someone, confront the person within three days (#2 at the link) After seeing my question published and talking to a close friend at work, I felt kind of empowered and did […]

Here are three updates from people who had their letters answered here in the past. 1. My former tenant’s “manager” is requesting money for her time spent on a lease dispute At first I did not contact Sara’s employer as I did not want the situation to escalate, either for me or the other tenants […]

Remember the person asking if only being able to do video interviews would hurt their chances of getting hired (#2 at the link)? Here’s the update. One of the comments on the thread hit the nail in the head regarding my situation, which I’d simplified when I wrote to you for the sake of brevity. […]

It’s the last week of “where are you now?” time at Ask a Manager, where I run updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. Is it bad faith to try to get pregnant when you’re in a new job? (#5 at the […]

It’s the last week of “where are you now?” time at Ask a Manager, where I run updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who couldn’t stand her coworker and had stopped speaking to her? Here’s the update. I wish I could say that I performed some […]

It’s the last week of “where are you now?” time at Ask a Manager, where I run updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. My employee constantly apologizes and calls herself stupid I’m happy to say things are going much better with […]