is wet hair unprofessional, I got in trouble for photographing the royal family, and more by Alison Green on October 22, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Boss wants to give me a raise … but only because I got a second job I recently got a new job in the same field I’ve been working in since I graduated from college. Things are going well so far, the work is nothing […] Read the full article →
how should I talk about my cancer diagnosis at work? by Alison Green on October 21, 2019 A reader writes: I am a young professional in my job of almost six years. I have good relationships with coworkers and management, and as we are a direct human services agency we are working in a culture that promotes healthy work/life balance, trauma informed care, etc. I recently confirmed a cancer diagnosis. I’m doing […] Read the full article →
here’s what to do if your coworkers won’t shut up about politics by Alison Green on October 21, 2019 Since the last presidential election, my inbox has been full of letters from people asking how they can get their colleagues to stop pushing political talk on them. Some of us are simply exhausted by politics at this point and don’t want to have to talk about it at work. Others want to preserve decent […] Read the full article →
should I ask my employer to take down a Blue Lives Matter flag? by Alison Green on October 21, 2019 A reader writes: I am a C-level employee at a multi-state company that has more than 50 but fewer than 100 employees. Recently, we started a social media campaign to show all the amazing things our coworkers do outside of the office — side businesses, hobbies, etc. One of our employees makes beautiful, wood-crafted American […] Read the full article →
should I hire someone who’s unhappy with the salary, a coworker’s “people I need to hit” list, and more by Alison Green on October 21, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I hire a temp who’s unhappy with the salary? We’re looking for a temp to come in and cover one of my colleagues, Melisandre, who is going on extended medical leave because of pregnancy complications and then maternity leave. We’re expecting her to be […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all — October 19-20, 2019 by Alison Green on October 19, 2019 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: Lust & Wonder, by Augusten Burroughs. It’s either his third or his six memoir, depending on how you count them. The first covered his awful […] Read the full article →
open thread – October 18-19, 2019 by Alison Green on October 18, 2019 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 →
can you put firing someone on your resume, I know who’s clogging our toilets, and more by Alison Green on October 18, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can you put on your resume that you fired a poor performer? I’m in a senior leadership role, and when I took over one of the teams in my organization I identified that the direct manager of that team was a great individual contributor but […] Read the full article →
can I avoid talking football without annoying my boss? by Alison Green on October 17, 2019 A reader writes: I work in an environment where there are three to five of us (depending on the day) who spend a lot of time together just due to the nature of the work and the set-up of our office. There are three to four of us at the same level and one boss, […] Read the full article →
my new hire went AWOL on her first day by Alison Green on October 17, 2019 A reader writes: I recently offered a job to someone who accepted and set up a start date. When the person was due to come in for her first day, about a half hour before her shift, I got an apologetic email about a medical emergency (ankle sprain), but she did not specify if she […] Read the full article →