my workplace pulled a mean April Fools prank on employees by Alison Green on April 1, 2015 A reader writes: Today is April 1st. All the managers at my plant secretly met and decided to call a meeting with the employees in two departments. The plan is to tell them their departments are all required to work 4 hours overtime tonight. I think this is a terrible, terrible prank. These people have […] Read the full article →
my manager and her boss are always whispering and it’s driving me batty by Alison Green on April 1, 2015 A reader writes: I work on a small team in a large company. The company isn’t doing so great – we’re downsizing and trying to invest in digital without spending any extra money. There is lots of talk about “new directions” and “changing strategies” at a level way above me. I also work in an […] Read the full article →
how to handle an overly persistent job applicant by Alison Green on April 1, 2015 A reader writes: I’m an HR manager at a small hotel of about 200 employees. I have a job applicant who calls and leaves me messages every single day. He is applying for one of the positions I posted and he appeared qualified. I was able to quickly review his application form prior to his messages […] Read the full article →
my employee keeps making a show of editing my work — and it’s obnoxious by Alison Green on April 1, 2015 A reader writes: I direct a team of eight, all of whom have worked for the company much longer than I have. I’m working my way through these issues, but I want to get advice on a matter that I have never faced in my 25+ years of managing staff. One of the employees on […] Read the full article →
I fired a manager for drinking on the job, my coworker shared my pregnancy news, and more by Alison Green on April 1, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I fired a manager for drinking on the job, and now I regret agreeing to be a reference Last year I fired a manager. She had a shocking number of personal setbacks in the 6 months or so before she was fired, all of which […] Read the full article →