my boss lies about deadlines, my work crush is upset with me, and more by Alison Green on December 22, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss lies about deadlines I’ve noticed that my boss uses lying about deadlines to members of our team and external service providers as his tool to get things done… and I hate it. It’s effective because folks are working to meet a false deadline […] Read the full article →
Sunday free-for-all – December 21, 2014 by Alison Green on December 21, 2014 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly non-work only; if you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Have at it. Read the full article →
update: a company I want to work for blocked me on social media by Alison Green on December 20, 2014 Remember the letter-writer who got blocked on social media by a company she wanted to work for (after blogging about them and tagging them on Twitter)? Here’s the update. For those who wondered, I applied and did land an interview. I was pretty excited, as it was a job posting from this company that originally […] Read the full article →
4 updates from readers by Alison Green on December 20, 2014 Here are four more updates from letter-writers who had their questions answered here this year. 1. How to respond to an anonymous note that says a temp is stealing Unfortunately my update is not all that exciting. The person who was accused of stealing resigned a few months after my letter, entirely voluntarily. We hired […] Read the full article →
is this request from a networking contact weird? by Alison Green on December 19, 2014 A reader writes: I am transitioning out of my current career (military) and am in the job search process. I recently received a LinkedIn connection request from someone who claims to run a nonprofit to help veterans in my particular skill area find civilian jobs. From his profile, he looks pretty legitimate, with lots of […] Read the full article →
open thread – December 19, 2014 by Alison Green on December 19, 2014 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted […] Read the full article →
HR manager wrote us up for drinking at a party she attended, my assistant goes overboard on gifts, and more by Alison Green on December 19, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. HR manager wrote us up for drinking at a party she attended I attended an unauthorized party in the office where alcohol was served (clearly against company policy). Everyone in the department was invited, and many of us took part in the libations. No one […] Read the full article →
update: I reported my awful manager to HR and it’s not going well by Alison Green on December 18, 2014 Remember the letter-writer who reported her awful manager to HR, and then HR stopped talking to her? Here’s the update. I took everyone’s advice and got out of there. Actually, when I resigned, two of my coworkers resigned the following week. When I returned back from my approved FMLA, I had a meeting with HR […] Read the full article →
3 updates from readers by Alison Green on December 18, 2014 Here are three more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. My boss is infesting our office with fruit flies Shortly after the fruit fly incident, our offices were moved from the auxillary building into the main corporate building, which provided a new environment. Part of this move involved the […] Read the full article →
how to throw an office holiday party people won’t dread by Alison Green on December 18, 2014 Every December, I receive tons of complaints from people about ways their companies are mishandling the holiday party — from making employees pay to attend, to throwing a lavish event right after laying people off. The whole point of throwing a holiday party is supposed to to increase employee morale, so holding an event that does the opposite […] Read the full article →