how can I stop being afraid every time my manager wants to talk to me? by Alison Green on March 13, 2017 This post is a reprint of one that was originally published in 2014, because I went on vacation this weekend. A reader writes: How do you get over “the fear” when a manager wants to talk to you? In jobs I’ve had before my current position, managers only contacted you when they wanted to moan […] Read the full article →
my assistant is constantly gazing in the mirror, lying to employers about salary, and more by Alison Green on March 13, 2017 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My assistant is constantly gazing at herself in the mirror Six months ago, I got a great job at a great company. I share an office with my assistant, who is about 30 years younger than I am. She is constantly opening her desk drawer […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – March 11-12, 2017 by Alison Green on March 11, 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: Miss Pettigrew […] Read the full article →
I share a desk set-up with an engaged couple by Alison Green on March 10, 2017 A reader writes: I have an…interesting situation developing at my work. I started working in my current position last summer, and it’s my first job after grad school. The field I broke into with this job is notoriously hard to enter, and even though I have very little experience, I’m alone in the department. Since […] Read the full article →
open thread – March 10-11, 2017 by Alison Green on March 10, 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’m being compared to a coworker with less work, fired because my manager lied about having a degree, and more by Alison Green on March 10, 2017 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I’m being compared to a coworker who has a far lighter workload than I do I work for a team where I am one of two supervisors, both of us overseen by the same manager. I’m feeling as of late that my co-supervisor is becoming […] Read the full article →
my boss’s boss keeps asking me where she is by Alison Green on March 9, 2017 A reader writes: I work on a temp contract in government. Recently there have been some restructures in my department as well as a machinery of government change, and there is a new executive director (new to my team, not new to the organization). She’s taken on our area as well as directing two others, […] Read the full article →
update: my boss enlists me in hiding his multiple affairs from his wife by Alison Green on March 9, 2017 Remember the letter-writer who was an assistant to a man who was enlisting her in helping to hide his multiple affairs — and newborn baby — from his wife? Here’s the update. Two days after you published my letter, my boss was served with divorce papers here at work. His wife publicly outed his affairs, […] Read the full article →
I suck at role-playing exercises — can I get out of them? by Alison Green on March 9, 2017 A reader writes: I’m hoping you can help me with a development situation I have encountered recently. At a recent annual divisional meeting, my company had account managers give a faux-presentation to directors regarding one of our products. We were to pretend the directors were our clients and deliver the canned (leadership-approved) presentation to them. […] Read the full article →
my friends stole my ideas and strung me along about a job offer, my networking connection is actually my spouse, and more by Alison Green on March 9, 2017 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My friends said an offer was coming, then stole my ideas and reposted the job Friends who own their own business asked me to help create a job description for a new position at their company. I happily obliged. They then asked if I would […] Read the full article →