weekend free-for-all – March 21-22, 2015 by Alison Green on March 21, 2015 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.) Book Recommendation of the Week: The Love Song of […] Read the full article →
I keep getting work questions while I’m on maternity leave, telling new job about a counter-offer, and more by Alison Green on March 21, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I keep getting work questions while I’m on maternity leave I’ve seen a couple of questions on your blog addressing answering questions after leaving a position. I’m in a similar boat with an exception: I’m returning. I am currently on maternity leave and arranged with […] Read the full article →
update: my boss is sending everyone at my office racist memes by Alison Green on March 20, 2015 Last week, we had a letter from someone whose boss had sent everyone in her local office a racist meme and she was wondering how to speak up about it. Here’s her update. I left a voicemail with the CEO on Thursday. He was out of the office intermittently last week, so he didn’t return my […] Read the full article →
open thread – March 20, 2015 by Alison Green on March 20, 2015 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 →
my manager’s boss interferes with my work, working through lunch, and more by Alison Green on March 20, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager’s boss keeps interfering with my work My boss’s manager sits at the desk next to mine, and each time my boss (who sits in another office) assigns me a task, his manager intervenes and asks me to do it differently. This is frustrating […] Read the full article →
should I worry about tattling at work? by Alison Green on March 19, 2015 Periodically I talk to people who are thinking about reporting a concern about a coworker to their boss but worry that they’ll be seen as “tattling.” So where’s the line with tattling at work — what’s okay and what isn’t? The first thing to know is this: There’s no such thing as tattling in the […] Read the full article →
how to raise your team’s visibility by Alison Green on March 19, 2015 If you know that your team does great work but aren’t always sure that the rest of your company knows that, read on. Even teams getting great results can sometimes feel like their work is invisible to the rest of the organization – especially if they have the sort of projects that are crucial to others’ […] Read the full article →
how can I develop a poker face at work? by Alison Green on March 19, 2015 I’m throwing this one out to readers to answer. A reader writes: I’d very much appreciate some advice from you and your readers on how to develop a poker face for the workplace. I have had some experiences lately where I know that my face gave away exactly what I was thinking (and what I […] Read the full article →
asking a tech support person to write better emails, forced to promote my company on Facebook, and more by Alison Green on March 19, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Asking a tech support person to write better emails I’m the supervisor of a small department that (among other things) does internal tech support for our medium-sized (under 100 people) company. I’m finding that the most junior person I supervise, although he has a positive […] Read the full article →
when an interviewer asks you to say something bad about your former manager by Alison Green on March 18, 2015 A reader writes: I’m currently preparing for an interview (with the help of your guide!) and I took a quick look at Glassdoor. One of the listed interview questions someone received was “Say something bad about your ex-manager.” How do you think you should answer this question? To me, it sounds like too negative of […] Read the full article →