my boss is super peppy, HR told me to do less for our charity event, and more by Alison Green on April 9, 2018 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. HR told me to scale back my participation in our company charity event I’m in my second job post graduate school. My first real job was at a small consulting firm where everyone other than me had 20 or more years of experience. I was […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – April 7-8, 2018 by Alison Green on April 7, 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: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle. I just re-read this for a podcast I was on (more on that later) and I’d […] Read the full article →
open thread – April 6-7, 2018 by Alison Green on April 6, 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 →
the new Ask a Manager book… by Alison Green on April 6, 2018 Eeeeek! I have it in my hand! If you want it in your hand, pre-order it now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Powell’s, or anywhere books are sold. Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work is nearly all new content, and I’m so excited about it! It’ll be […] Read the full article →
work retreats over the weekend, my secretary stopped talking to me after she found out I’m queer, and more by Alison Green on April 6, 2018 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Work retreats over the weekend My company wants to have a retreat Friday to Saturday, which means my weekend would be shortened to Sunday. Is this normal for retreats? If I don’t have a two-day weekend to recharge by myself I feel like I’ll get burned out. […] Read the full article →
what to say when employees ask “am I in trouble?” by Alison Green on April 5, 2018 A reader writes: I am a mid-level supervisor of a team of nine and oversee a shift of 30 at a public safety 911 dispatch center in a major metropolitan area. We process a few thousand calls into our center every day, and as you would expect, EVERYTHING we do at work is recorded and […] Read the full article →
4 updates from letter-writers (the parking pass, the acne, and more) by Alison Green on April 5, 2018 Here are four updates from people whose letters were answered here in the past. 1. I don’t get my own parking pass because I’m married to a coworker (#2 at the link) I wanted to give you and the readers an update. I used the phrasing that you provided when talking to an HR rep in […] Read the full article →
when attempts to recognize employees go horribly wrong: stuffed bears, birthday snubs, and more by Alison Green on April 5, 2018 On last week’s post about the person who received a stuffed bear for her 10-year work anniversary while other people received spa days and overnight trips, commenters suggested we talk more about “recognition fails.” Here are a few of the stories shared in that thread: “I once received a coffee cup from an employer as a […] Read the full article →
some podcast bonus content by Alison Green on April 5, 2018 My whole conversation with Jennifer Peepas of the Captain Awkward advice blog didn’t make it into this week’s podcast episode because we talked for a while and I keep the show pretty short. But I thought people might enjoy hearing a little more of our conversation — especially because we talk about an infamous letter from this […] Read the full article →
intervening with a bullying coworker, my colleague runs a snack shop from her desk, and more by Alison Green on April 5, 2018 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I intervene with a bullying coworker? I work in a small organization where everyone knows each other. Just down the hall from me is a shy, somewhat awkward colleague who works in a different area from me. He is very sweet and does […] Read the full article →