client accidentally said rude things about my team in a voicemail, what happened to thank-you notes, and more by Alison Green on July 6, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Client accidentally said rude things about my team in a voicemail to me I recently had a voicemail from a dissatisfied client with whom we frequently collaborate. She had called to notify me of a mistake made by my department, but at the end neglected […] Read the full article →
my new job wants me available full-time but only pays me for part-time by Alison Green on July 5, 2016 A reader writes: Several months ago, I was hired as an administrative assistant by a very small nonprofit. When they offered me the position, I was told they could only afford to have me work seven hours per week (they stressed this was a strict limit). While the hours (and pay) were much less than […] Read the full article →
am I being too needy with my new boss? by Alison Green on July 5, 2016 Two questions: One from someone worried about being too needy with a new boss, and one from someone wondering how to ask her assistant to stop giving her gifts. A reader writes: I’m a few months into a new position that I’m not entirely sure I’m qualified for. This new role would more typically be filled by someone […] Read the full article →
my best employee quit on the spot because I wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation by Alison Green on July 5, 2016 A reader writes: I manage a team, and part of their jobs is to provide customer support over the phone. Due to a new product launch, we are expected to provide service outside of our normal hours for a time. This includes some of my team coming in on a day our office is normally […] Read the full article →
one of our coworkers is putting nails in our car tires, company gifts that include pork and alcohol, and more by Alison Green on July 5, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I think one of our coworkers is intentionally putting nails in our car tires I’m concerned that one of our employees is intentionally putting nails in our tires as some sort of retaliation for trying to hold him/her accountable for their quality of work. The […] Read the full article →
Independence Day round-up by Alison Green on July 4, 2016 It’s the 4th of July and I’m taking the rest of the day off! But here are five posts with an independence theme — 1. In 2011, I published a letter from a reader who didn’t want her coworkers to know that she was living off of food from the employee kitchen. She was struggling financially […] Read the full article →
coworkers didn’t leave enough money for the bill after a group dinner by Alison Green on July 4, 2016 A reader writes: Last night, a group from my department went out to celebrate another employee. It was a happy hour/dinner at a karaoke bar. There were seven of us total from my dept. The seven employees included two managers (including myself), three other senior employees (not managers), and one lower level employee [who is […] Read the full article →
is your resume supposed to stretch the truth, office bathrooms aren’t working, and more by Alison Green on July 4, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employer wants us to come to work even though our bathrooms won’t be working I work at a university, and we received notice last week that water will be shut off for all buildings on our street on Tuesday.. We are expected to come to […] Read the full article →
holiday weekend free-for-all – July 2-4, 2016 by Alison Green on July 2, 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, please email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Book recommendation of the week: Never Let […] Read the full article →
update: job candidate called me four times in one day by Alison Green on July 1, 2016 Remember the letter-writer who had an internal job candidate call her four times in a single day and send her a passive-aggressive follow-up? (She also noted in the comments on the original post that the candidate’s language ‘”was very much in the tone of ‘why aren’t you doing your job and answering my calls?’” Here’s the […] Read the full article →