updates: was I asked to a fake interview by someone who was lonely or looking for dates, coworkers are complaining about my hours, and more by Alison Green on December 21, 2016 Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are four more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. Was I asked to a fake interview by someone who was lonely or looking for dates? You ran my letter back in July, about a bizarre interview I had in June […] Read the full article →
should you ask resigning employees to leave immediately? by Alison Green on December 21, 2016 A reader writes: If an employee puts in their notice, should you always let them work through the end date they have given? I think it’s fairly common for an employee to be walked out if they are going to a direct competitor. However, what if the concern is that they will be a distraction […] Read the full article →
update: I’m in charge of assigning work to my manager, but he won’t do it by Alison Green on December 21, 2016 Remember the letter-writer who was put in charge of assigning work to her manager, who wouldn’t do much of it? Her manager, “Frank,” was regularly missing deadlines and messing up projects. His own boss, “Rebecca,” declined to actually manage the situation and instead put the letter-writer in charge of assigning work to Frank and nudging him […] Read the full article →
my top candidate has another offer, coworker doesn’t want anyone to ask questions at meetings, and more by Alison Green on December 21, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My top candidate has another offer but we can’t interview until next month I’m hiring for a an open position and conducted a phone interview with a great candidate (we’d already interviewed him once before in a prior round but didn’t hire him) and told […] Read the full article →
updates: coworker with anxiety keeps asking us to drive her home, my boss never returns my work on time, and more by Alison Green on December 20, 2016 Continuing our annual December “where are they now” series, here are four more updates from people who had their questions answered here this year. 1. Coworker with anxiety keeps asking us to drive her home and stay there with her I showed several coworkers the response to my question on here, and they all thought it […] Read the full article →
I’m doing my boss’s job for him by Alison Green on December 20, 2016 A reader writes: To put it bluntly, I need some help figuring out how much of my boss’ job I should do for him. I work as one of two staff that run a particular program, within a larger department at a nonprofit. We also work with two administrative assistants who provide support to all […] Read the full article →
update: is my employee lying about needing bereavement leave? by Alison Green on December 20, 2016 Remember the letter-writer wondering if her already untrustworthy employee was lying about leaving bereavement leave? Here’s the update. I really want to thank you and the comment section on this one. I kind of took a beating in the comments, but I think that it made me realize that I was failing at being an […] Read the full article →
coworker is bringing daily gifts to our team lead, coaching a combative employee, and more by Alison Green on December 20, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker is bringing daily gifts to our team lead My coworker and I have a situation we were hoping you might be able to give us some guidance on. At my company, each department has at least one team lead on each shift. They basically […] Read the full article →
update: I said “EEOC” and things got weird by Alison Green on December 19, 2016 Remember the letter-writer who was invited to a dinner to discuss swapping jobs with a junior male colleague, told her boss it sounded like an EEOC complaint in the making, and then later was told she had damaged her relationships in the office as a result? Here’s the update. Well, I’m still in the Office of […] Read the full article →
how to tell if you have a good boss by Alison Green on December 19, 2016 You might think it’s easy to tell whether you have a good boss or not. But I regularly hear people describe their managers as being great for reasons like “she’s laid-back” or “he always pitches in to help us when we’re on a deadline crunch” or “she helped me get into grad school.” Those things […] Read the full article →