my coworker keeps telling me he’s praying for me, my workplace contacted people I haven’t seen in years while I was hospitalized, and more by Alison Green on October 10, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker keeps telling me he’s praying for me My coworker is of a different denomination than I am. He constantly is telling me that my lunch is sinful (heaven save us all from a ham sandwich!) and that by not belonging to a church […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – October 8-9, 2016 by Alison Green on October 8, 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: Everything […] Read the full article →
coworker keeps burping loudly, company canceled my interview, and more by Alison Green on October 8, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker keeps burping loudly and it’s disgusting My department (all analytics) is pretty quiet. Most of the floor is waist-high cubes (i.e., no privacy), so we’re all fairly considerate of each other: earbuds for music, taking personal calls out to the stairwell, etc. There’s a […] Read the full article →
how should your resume list a bunch of different jobs at the same place? by Alison Green on October 7, 2016 A reader writes: I have just over three years of work experience with the same organization. Within this time, I’ve been promoted internally (very similar position, with “senior” in the title) and then transferred to an international office (very different job responsibilities, but with the same title I had following my promotion). I am applying […] Read the full article →
when your mentor won’t respond to your emails by Alison Green on October 7, 2016 A reader writes: I graduated from college nearly two years ago, and am looking for a professional mentor. I’ve worked at my current job at a small nonprofit since October. After working in a similar but very corporate field for the past two years, I know this is where I want to be. A family […] Read the full article →
open thread – October 7-8, 2016 by Alison Green on October 7, 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 →
my manager only invited one of us to her wedding, difficult boss wants to sit in on team interviews, and more by Alison Green on October 7, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager invited one of us to her wedding, but not the rest of us So I found out recently on Facebook (by happenstance though a mutual friend’s post) that my boss, Mary, invited one of my coworkers, Elle, to her wedding. For context — […] Read the full article →
update: my coworker responds to everything I ask him to do with profanity and “your mom” jokes by Alison Green on October 6, 2016 Remember last week’s letter from the person whose coworker responded to everything she asked him to do with profanity, name-calling, flat refusals, and and “your mom” jokes? Here’s the update. Not too long after my letter was published, Boss, Clerk, and I sat down to discuss my concerns. Boss said “I’m here as a mediator only… […] Read the full article →
how to ask to get out of a work duty by Alison Green on October 6, 2016 A reader writes: You often say that managers assume that if an employee has a problem with their work, they’ll say something. But you also tell employees that part of what they’re being paid for is to do tasks they don’t necessarily like to do, and to do them reasonably cheerfully. Can you shed some […] Read the full article →
why you feel busy all the time even if you’re not, and more by Alison Green on October 6, 2016 Over at the Fast Track by QuickBase today, I take a look at several big work-related stories in the news right now: why you feel busy all the time even if you’re not, why it gets harder to get real feedback the more you advance in your career, and more. You can read it here. Read the full article →