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It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My colleague won’t leave me alone after my former employee died I want to start with a huge thank you […]

It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. How to avoid political talk from family when working in politics Thank you so much for answering my letter about […]

It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. My employee started a false rumor that two coworkers were having an affair When Emily (manager) told me what had […]

It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My coworker asked me to hide my breast milk because she doesn’t like seeing it in the office fridge I […]

Welcome to the start of a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, with daily updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. To kick us off… Remember the letter-writer whose coworker claimed to have put a magical curse on their boss? Here’s the update. Your advice and […]

Remember the letter-writer last year whose company was planning to cut their pay retroactively? (First update here.) Here’s the latest. I wrote you last year about my company laying off a lot of people and then retroactively reducing pay, and then did a follow-up in late July when they laid off even more and did […]

Remember the letter-writer who worked at a boarding school and her partner couldn’t visit because they weren’t married? Here’s the update. I was the letter writer who worked at a boarding school as residential faculty, and whose partner couldn’t visit her during weeknights. I had been wondering whether to bring this up as part of […]

Remember the letter-writer who isn’t an admin but kept getting included in Administrative Professionals Day just because she’s a woman? (#2 at the link) Here’s the update. I’m the letter writer from last year who was not an admin, yet kept getting included in Admin Professionals Day simply because I’m a woman. I thought you […]

Remember the letter-writer whose HR rep, Danielle, was treating her autistic employee, David, like an incompetent child? Here’s the update. I originally wrote you because I had inadvertedly triggered David, and he had a meltdown at work. I had to disclose the information to HR since the situation required different accommodations, but I had his […]