I bombed in an interview I asked for, employee wants to skip lunch and leave early every day, and more by Alison Green on April 19, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I bombed in an interview I asked for I’m in a customer-facing role at a large company, and I’m interested in advancing into a management role. I’ve held management positions in the past, but happily took a “step back” in this job because it’s a […] Read the full article →
why don’t we teach new grads about workplace norms? by Alison Green on April 18, 2019 If you’ve worked with recent graduates who are just getting started in the work world, you’ve probably seen them make their share of professional faux pas. I recorded a piece for the BBC arguing that we need to do a better job teaching students and new workers about how to navigate an office (and I […] Read the full article →
updates: the manager’s peeing dog, dressing like your boss, and more by Alison Green on April 18, 2019 Here are four updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. 1. My boss brings her dog to work and he pees by my desk I promised to update after quarter end, which comes up in July, but I just wanted to shoot over a quick update before then, because there […] Read the full article →
what’s the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you at work? by Alison Green on April 18, 2019 The comments on last week’s letter from the person who had wet her pants at work were full of hundreds of stories from people who’d had similar things happen to them. I had no idea that stories of people crapping their pants could be so heart-warming, but they were. So, I pose you this question: […] Read the full article →
my coworkers keep praising my work bully, emergency bathroom use during interviews, and more by Alison Green on April 18, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I ask my coworkers to stop praising the person who bullied me? How reasonable is it to ask my teammates to stop praising another employee from a different department who was a bully? I am okay with speaking about this person in a working […] Read the full article →
my coworkers think I’m flirting with them by Alison Green on April 17, 2019 A reader writes: I’m a young woman in the first few years of my career. I have a fairly bubbly personality, and pretty much all throughout my life, regular interactions with men seem to get misconstrued as being flirtatious. I’ve recently found out that two of my coworkers were planning to set me up with […] Read the full article →
my employee gets drunk on business trips by Alison Green on April 17, 2019 A reader writes: I need to know the proper way to handle the fact that one of our employees drinks at night while on the road with the crew. Our company pays for the hotel rooms and the guys bunk two to a room. We are getting complaints that one of the guys drinks every […] Read the full article →
my boss says I’m too much of an “open book” emotionally by Alison Green on April 17, 2019 A reader writes: I work at a medium-sized pharmaceutical company. I have direct reports and also work with associates who don’t report to me, but carry out work I create. I have had problems with Lola, a talented associate who can be (by many accounts) thin-skinned. She has a way of speaking as though she […] Read the full article →
I have to build with Legos during an interview, I don’t want to cross a picket line for work errands, and more by Alison Green on April 17, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I have to use Legos to build something that represents me during an interview Using your recommendations for resumes and cover letters, I landed an interview with what I believe to be my dream job. While prepping for the interview, I looked up some common interview […] Read the full article →
should I have shared my salary with a coworker? by Alison Green on April 16, 2019 A reader writes: I changed jobs recently — my new company is a big, multinational organization comprised of lots of divisions. I recently had a conversation with a friend in a comparable role (in an entirely different division of my company), who asked to meet up to discuss salary. He has been at our company […] Read the full article →