weekend free-for-all – December 2-3, 2017 by Alison Green on December 2, 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.) Book recommendation of the week: History of Wolves, by Emily Fridlund. I originally wasn’t going to read this because the title made me think it was some sort of […] Read the full article →
3 updates: the boss crush, the bad volunteer, and more by Alison Green on December 1, 2017 It’s officially update season! Throughout all of December, I’ll be running updates from people who had their letters answered here this year (or even earlier). We have a ton of updates this year — and I’m still taking more so please send yours in if you haven’t already. Here are three to kick us off. 1. […] Read the full article →
open thread – December 1-2, 2017 by Alison Green on December 1, 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 →
asking a coworker to introduce me to her celebrity friends, losing expensive work equipment, and more by Alison Green on December 1, 2017 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Can I ask my coworker to introduce me to her celebrity friends? I am 22 and just started my first job in the entertainment industry. I love my work and am especially happy to be working with my co-assistant, who I’ll call Tess. She is […] Read the full article →