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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 […]

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 had a well-paid job with lots of flexibility but hardly anything to do because her boss was hoarding all the work? Here’s […]

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. How patient do I need to be with a coworker with mental health issues who lashes out at […]