weekend free-for-all – March 25-26, 2017 by Alison Green on March 25, 2017 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.) Recommendation of the week: Other-Wordly: words […] Read the full article →
things I like by Alison Green on March 25, 2017 Years ago, I used to do occasional round-ups of things I like. It’s been ages since the last one, so here we go. 1. This blanket. This is like fur, except it’s not actual fur. It’s ridiculously soft and cozy, and when you bundle up in it, you will immediately feel a profound inner peace descend upon […] Read the full article →
work questions from Friends, Gilmore Girls, Jane Austen, and more by Alison Green on March 24, 2017 After I answered a question last year about how one of the Twilight vampires could keep his true nature hidden at work, I received a bunch of other questions from literature and TV. Here are four of them. 1. Fired for accepting a kickback (Friends) In a Season 2 episode of Friends, Monica is promoted to buyer […] Read the full article →
open thread – March 24-25, 2017 by Alison Green on March 24, 2017 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 →
I want to stop cleaning our office, my interview was unfairly cancelled, and more by Alison Green on March 24, 2017 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I started cleaning our office as a side job, but now I want to stop I’ve worked at my company for over 10 years as an administrative assistant. It’s a small, informal, family-run firm. About eight years ago, the cleaning person was let go. I […] Read the full article →
is it time for me to ask for a promotion? by Alison Green on March 23, 2017 A reader writes: I’ve been in my job for 1.5 years. Most people in my department get promoted around 2-2.5 years. Because of the timing of reviews/promotions, if I was to get promoted this year, it would happen right before my 2-year mark. Speaking with other people at my level in my department (on different […] Read the full article →
update: my coworker has punched and kicked me under the table at meetings by Alison Green on March 23, 2017 Remember the letter writer a couple of weeks ago whose coworker was punching and kicking her under the table at meetings — hard? Here’s the update. I ended up getting the nerve to talk to my boss about it. Honestly, I’ve never seen someone’s eyes bug out of their head so much. He was definitely […] Read the full article →
the things you don’t know about work when you’re early in your career by Alison Green on March 23, 2017 Last week, I asked what misconceptions you had when you were new to the work world, and what misconceptions you’ve seen from junior people around you. There were loads of insightful comments, and here are 15 of my favorites. 1. “When I was new to the working world, I thought that my boss knew everything about […] Read the full article →
boss texts constantly and blows up if I don’t respond immediately, boss refers to my girlfriend as my “roommate,” and more by Alison Green on March 23, 2017 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss texts me constantly and blows up if I don’t respond immediately My boss likes to text me. A lot. At all hours and even on the weekends. Which normally I would be find with, but she expects a fast response when she texts, […] Read the full article →
I want to help my easily frustrated coworker roll with the punches by Alison Green on March 22, 2017 A reader writes: I work in the care industry where actual lives are at stake in a very true way, and I’m a shift manager, but looking to move up in to higher roles and in the process of being trained to do so. One of the other shift managers in my position, “Jane,” is […] Read the full article →