October 2013

update: a candidate lied to me about salary – maybe

Remember the manager who suspected a candidate had lied to her about salary? Here’s the update: As many people wrote in and noted, I needed to dig deeper into what the candidate was considering salary. Upon doing so, I found out she had included stipends she was receiving for extra duties (coaching sports, etc.) as […]

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coworker won’t wash her hands after using the bathroom

This post was originally published on October 6, 2010. A reader writes: We have a very distasteful problem at work that I just don’t know how to handle, and it’s really disgusting. We have a co-worker who absolutely refuses to wash her hands after she uses the rest room, and she refuses the alternative of […]

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update: giving thanks for a bonus when you hate your job

Remember the reader back in December who wrote in wondering if she needed to thank her bosses for a Christmas bonus when she hated her job and they knew it? She was pretty miserable at work at the time, but here’s her update: My original question was about my Christmas bonus (but really about how […]

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update: my coworker watches porn in our shared office

Remember the reader whose coworker watched porn in their shared office? You’re going to love this update: It’s been an incredibly interesting year. I donated a kidney to my brother-in-law back in April, and while my company did not have to keep me due to current FMLA rules, they did! I even got to keep […]

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update: how to talk to an employee about body odor

Remember the manager who needed to talk to an employee about body odor? Here’s her update: I did talk to the employee, and I am not going to kid you — this is probably the toughest conversation I’ve ever had with a subordinate. (And yes, I have fired people before. This was worse.) Before we talked, I […]

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