my boss isn’t doing his work, coworker won’t stop calling me a silly nickname, and more by Alison Green on July 2, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker keeps calling me a silly nickname, even though I asked him to stop We have a new employee that started in our safety office. My name is Linda, but he has started calling me “Lindog.” From the first time he called me that, I […] Read the full article →
update: I gossiped and now my coworker doesn’t trust me by Alison Green on July 1, 2014 Remember the letter-writer who had shared private information about her coworker with her boss (the coworker had checked into a mental health facility) and her coworker didn’t trust her anymore as a result? Here’s her update. Thank you for the advice about moving on. I’ve found another job, outside of my industry (moved from a nonprofit to […] Read the full article →
resume weirdness, #271 by Alison Green on July 1, 2014 Y’all, if your work experience doesn’t start until the second page of your resume*, this is a problem. Employers care what you’ve done. That’s your work experience. All that other stuff taking up tons of real estate is (a) way less important and (b) really, really, really not something that should be pushing your work experience […] Read the full article →
how to delegate when your team is already overloaded by Alison Green on July 1, 2014 What do you do when you have an important new project that you’d like to delegate to a staff member, but your entire team is swamped? If you go ahead and dump it on them anyway, in the hopes that they’ll find a way to fit it all in, that’s a recipe for a frustrated […] Read the full article →
I give off nervous energy in interviews, I don’t want my old boss to evaluate me, and more by Alison Green on July 1, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I give off nervous, desperate energy in interviews I got told I am giving off a “nervous energy” and coming off too desperate in interviews. I asked a recruiter I am working with and they said I am calling a lot and it comes off […] Read the full article →