can I give more feedback to someone I recently fired, having to contact multiple people when calling in sick, and more by Alison Green on June 7, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I give more feedback to someone I recently fired? I recently fired a member of my staff. She was chronically late, frequently wanted to leave early, often called out very close to her scheduled start time (this is not a job where working from […] Read the full article →
is this company’s high-pressure hiring process normal? by Alison Green on June 6, 2016 A reader writes: I was laid off from my job last month, so I’ve been actively looking for a new job. I’ve spent the last two weeks interviewing for a sales position with a company that has about 1,000 employees. The interview process was a face-to-face with the hiring manager, phone interviews with two other […] Read the full article →
unlimited vacation policies may not be as great as they sound by Alison Green on June 6, 2016 What if your employer told you that you could take all the paid vacation time you wanted? It might sound like a dream, but it’s becoming reality for some workers, with big industry giants like Netflix and LinkedIn switching from traditional policies with a limited number of annual days off to unlimited vacation time. Instead […] Read the full article →
my new coworker is bad at her job and keeps apologizing by Alison Green on June 6, 2016 A reader writes: How do I handle a new hire who is constantly apologizing and self-deprecating? One of my new coworkers is always apologizing for asking questions, or if there’s a mistake in someone’s work, she often says things like “I hope that wasn’t mine” or “Sorry that mine are so bad.” She is regularly […] Read the full article →
giving a reference for an alcoholic friend who won’t talk to me, new job is pushing me to move up my start date, and more by Alison Green on June 6, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Giving a reference for an alcoholic friend who won’t talk to me I work for a law enforcement agency and have become used to giving personal references for friends and extended family, who like having me listed as a reference due to my position in […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – June 4-5, 2016 by Alison Green on June 4, 2016 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 no work and no school. 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 […] Read the full article →
is this HR person dragging out a hiring process just to keep herself employed? by Alison Green on June 4, 2016 A reader writes: Two days after I finished my last position, I had a phone interview and was then asked for an in-person interview for a job 300 miles away. I was pumped! The first interview felt like magic — lightening in a bottle. Until I met the HR lady afterwards. After my interview, she […] Read the full article →
a round-up: for-profit schools decrease your earnings, a jackass of an interviewer, and more by Alison Green on June 3, 2016 Three interesting things — 1. A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examined the employment and earnings of 1.4 million people who attended for-profit colleges (like University of Phoenix, etc.). They found that on average, people who attend for-profit schools “experience a decline in earnings after attendance, relative to their own earnings […] Read the full article →
open thread – June 3-4, 2016 by Alison Green on June 3, 2016 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 →
coworker is being oddly aggressive at a conference, left out of office betting pool, and more by Alison Green on June 3, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker is being weirdly aggressive at the conference we’re attending Over my professional career, I’ve had the opportunity to attend a few conferences but if I went with multiple colleagues from my office, I’ve always been the most junior. Recently, I went to a […] Read the full article →