me talking about my new book, recent letters, children’s books, and more by Alison Green on April 30, 2018 I was on Marketplace Weekend this weekend, talking about my new book (which comes out tomorrow!). The segment is about seven minutes and you can listen here: I’m also on the latest Han and Matt Know It All podcast, where we talked about recent Ask a Manager letters, plus discussed letters from several other advice columns around the […] Read the full article →
we have a plague of overly aggressive networkers by Alison Green on April 30, 2018 There are people who get legitimately excited about the prospect of broadening their professional circle—and then there are the rest of us, who shudder and blanche when we contemplate “networking.” Part of the reason for this visceral unease is the scourge of overly aggressive networkers: those people who, once encountered, loom large in our memories […] Read the full article →
my boss discourages us from using our health insurance by Alison Green on April 30, 2018 A reader writes: I work for a small tech startup in a large city. We have about 80 employees in the United States who are all fairly young and healthy. Recently, our CEO has started using our weekly company-wide meetings to direct people how and how not to use our company’s health insurance policy. His […] Read the full article →
a client is trying to rope me into a MLM, receptionist says we can’t email her during her vacation, and more by Alison Green on April 30, 2018 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. A client is trying to rope me into a multi-level-marketing scheme I recently took a new job as a sales rep. I’m new to this job, but I’ve been in the larger industry for quite some time. I inherited several accounts and have been going around […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – April 28-29, 2018 by Alison Green on April 28, 2018 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: Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell. A woman whose daughter disappeared 10 years ago ends up in a relationship with a man […] Read the full article →
open thread – April 27-28, 2018 by Alison Green on April 27, 2018 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 coworker has a podcast about sex, I declined a promotion then changed my mind, and more by Alison Green on April 27, 2018 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker has a podcast about sex I have what I guess I’d call a boundary question. One of my coworkers (he’s a peer) has a podcast with his wife relating to marriage and sex. He uses LinkedIn to promote it. His LinkedIn is connected […] Read the full article →
how to deal with a client who’s always late or no-shows by Alison Green on April 26, 2018 A reader writes: I’m a consultant in a professional service field. I work from home and all of my clients are elsewhere, so our meetings are always over the phone or Skype. For the most part, I love my clients, but one of them has a chronic problem with being late or simply blowing off […] Read the full article →
update: I’m competing for a promotion against a coworker who outdoes me by Alison Green on April 26, 2018 Remember the letter-writer who felt obligated to apply for a promotion that she didn’t really want and didn’t think she’d get? Here’s the update. Having read through your advice and the comments, I decided against applying for the job in the summer. I felt much better about the situation once I’d done that, but I […] Read the full article →
how quickly should I respond to interview invitations? by Alison Green on April 26, 2018 A reader writes: I’m a month away from graduating college and am job searching for my first full-time professional job. I’ve sent out a lot of applications the past few months, with several replying and subsequently setting up an interview, although no offer has come through yet. I check my email once or twice a […] Read the full article →