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Remember the letter-writer whose coworker refused to wear a mask, despite the company mask policy? The first update was here, and here’s the latest. I wrote to you last year about a non-masking coworker, and wanted to provide a second happy update, if I may. First, I wanted to say thank you for publishing my question, […]

Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Recruiter made ominous comments about my current job (#2 at the link; first update) I’m back again with a much nicer update. I sort of regret my last update. I wrote it from a very emotional place shortly after we received the bad news. When I read […]

Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. How do you learn what types of jobs exist? It’s been a little over four months since I sent in my question, I’m still at the retail job, and I have so much good news I barely know where to start. To clarify my situation a little […]

Remember the letter-writer whose overpaid coworker is rude, rarely here, and called colleagues “uptight” and “slaves” for caring about their jobs? Here’s the update. A few readers asked for an update, so…TL;DR Cersei is gone! Some things that transpired after I sent in the letter were that Cersei asked to be moved to part-time, and they […]

Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Is my manager the problem … or am I? After being fired, my job search was hard, but about six weeks and four interviews with different companies later, I was hired in a new role! The new role has a 20% raise, fewer hours a week, more […]

Remember the letter-writer who whose chatty coworkers kept saying wildly inappropriate things? Here’s the update. I wrote to you a few months ago regarding my two coworkers who had no sense of what was appropriate in an office environment. Boy, have a lot of things happened since then! This is a long update, but I […]

Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My former coworkers crashed my networking party I thought now would be a good time to provide an update on my letter because after a break for Covid, conferences and networking events are returning in full force in my industry. It’s embarrassing to say, but I did […]

Remember the letter-writer who was working two full-time remote jobs and wondering if it was unethical? Here’s the update. I wrote to you late last year about how I was working two full-time director level jobs and was debating the ethicality of doing so. I’ve seen a lot of requests in comments for updates so […]

Remember the letter-writer who was working from a small apartment with her husband and it wasn’t going well? Here’s the update. I looked through my old thread again and I’m so grateful to the the amount of people who really tried to help, and also sympathized with my situation during lockdown. Thankfully, my update is […]