10 ways to piss off your boss by Alison Green on October 3, 2011 Want to anger your boss, harm your chances for promotion or a raise, and generally lower your value in her eyes? Here are 10 things that are guaranteed to frustrate your manager. 1. Don’t take responsibility for your mistakes. Reasonable bosses know that no one is perfect and that mistakes will sometimes happen; what they care […] Read the full article →
your math should be correct now… by Alison Green on October 2, 2011 I think the anti-spam math question on the comment form should be fixed. If you find that it’s not (if it’s telling you that your correct answer is wrong), please email me and let me know. Thanks! (And much thanks to Laura of smallestdecisions.net for solving this, along with everything else I bring to her. […] Read the full article →
short answer Saturday – 8 short answers to 8 short questions by Alison Green on October 1, 2011 It’s short answer Saturday — eight short answers to eight short questions. We’ve got a reader who can’t get promoted, someone who wants a higher salary if she has to move back to her hometown, fake letterhead, and more. Here we go… 1. What does this email from my interviewer mean? I went on an […] Read the full article →