short answer Saturday: 6 short answers to 6 short questions by Alison Green on March 3, 2012 It’s short answer Saturday — six short answers to six short questions. We’ve got a bad manager issuing bad instructions in a bad manner, revoked mileage reimbursements, and more. Here we go… 1. Telling our boss we’re engaged My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year. We’re planning to get married and he […] Read the full article →
how much guidance should interns need? by Alison Green on March 2, 2012 A reader writes: We have a very small company and recently took on our first (paid) interns, and we’re having some issues managing. There is regular last-minute calling in/not showing up, other types of behaviors that are not ideal (falling asleep in a “boring” meeting). They also ask regularly press for permanent jobs, which we […] Read the full article →
fast answer Friday: 7 short answers to 7 short questions by Alison Green on March 2, 2012 It’s fast answer Friday — seven short answers to seven short questions. We’ve got finding out who gave you a bad job reference, a smelly coworker, and more. Here we go… 1. Listing a blog on your resume I have a personal blog I co-author with a friend. As of now, our names are not […] Read the full article →
office insists we refer to higher-ups as Mr. or Ms. by Alison Green on March 1, 2012 A reader writes: I work in a medium-sized office in a huge government organization. At a recent staff meeting, my supervisor told our team of four that we were to start referring to senior leaders in our office by their titles and/or last names in all email and formal correspondence and when talking to anyone […] Read the full article →