June 2013

8 things your boss wishes you knew

If you want to get on your boss’s good side and do better at work, one way is to understand her perspective – and the perspective of a manager can be very different from yours as an employee. Here are eight things that your boss probably wishes you knew. 1. Bring solutions, not just problems. If you […]

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surprise interviewers, missing commissions, and more

It’s short answer Sunday — seven short answers to seven short questions. Here we go… 1. Talking to an employee who wasn’t at work when she should have been — but who thought I wouldn’t know I came to work on Saturday at 1 p.m. to work on a deadline, and found that my Tuesday-Saturday […]

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rude internships, unrealized raffle prizes, and more

It’s short answer Saturday — seven short answers to seven short questions. Here we go… 1. My manager told me to cover for an absent coworker without asking if I can My core hours are 8-5, and another coworker’s hours are 9-6, which is the closing shift for our office. I close for her occasionally […]

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my coworkers knew I was being laid off before I knew

A reader writes: I found out after I had been formally laid off that at least 2 other employees were notified of my layoff the week prior to the event so they wouldn’t get upset. One was a peer, another a subordinate. I am not sure how many others knew. Is this a common practice? […]

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