my boss wants me to hire her friend, employee spends lunch driving for Uber, and more by Alison Green on November 15, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss wants me to hire her friend I am the hiring manager for a position I’m trying to fill. My boss is pressuring me to hire her friend from her previous employer. She has strong credentials, but she lives seven hours away from the […] Read the full article →
interview with an office admin in the adult industry by Alison Green on November 14, 2019 I recently started talking with someone on Twitter who sent me an amusing story about her work in the adult industry, and I of course had more questions I wanted answered so she kindly agreed to let me interview her, and here’s our conversation. (She also comments here as Carrie Oakie.) Tell us a little […] Read the full article →
do I have to drink to fit in at work? by Alison Green on November 14, 2019 A reader writes: I’m an intern doing a semester at a company with a prominent drinking culture among employees. Most of my coworkers go out to the local bar multiple times a week on work nights, and some have even come to work very hungover two or three times in a week. I once overheard […] Read the full article →
what do you wish new grads learned in college? by Alison Green on November 14, 2019 A reader writes: This might be an “ask the readers” question — what do managers (and coworkers!) wish new graduates would have learned in college? I teach a lot of first- and second-year college students, and I try to incorporate professional norms into my classes and course design. I begin each class period with a […] Read the full article →
my former employee lied to get a new job, paper turkeys, and more by Alison Green on November 14, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My former employee lied to get a new job — should I do anything? Recently I became aware that a former direct report of mine had landed a new job with a new employer. Kudos to him! But the job he got is well beyond […] Read the full article →
where do you start when you inherit a bad employee? by Alison Green on November 13, 2019 A reader writes: My department is about to get a new manager. Our CEO will mostly likely promote my colleague Elaine, and I’m excited for the new leadership — she’s a smart, super-competent, young-ish woman. But there’s an issue she’s likely to face in this new role, and I’m curious about how you would handle […] Read the full article →
should I email my complaints to my team when I resign? by Alison Green on November 13, 2019 A reader writes: Would it be career suicide to send an email to everyone at my current job explaining why I’m leaving it? My boss turned out to be a two-faced liar who viciously targeted and drove out several coworkers (while quite a few more left because they couldn’t stomach how others were being treated). […] Read the full article →
my coworker wants “pawternity” leave by Alison Green on November 13, 2019 A reader writes: I’m a middle-aged woman who works in an office with other women in the same age range as myself. Half of our office are parents, the other half are not. One of my coworkers is fairly open about being and remaining child-free. She’s spoken about donating to abortion access funds, and in […] Read the full article →
new manager wants to step down, coworker washes dishes without soap, and more by Alison Green on November 13, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. The employee I just promoted to manager wants to step down I promoted one of my employees to manage her department after I moved up to a divisional role about 10 weeks ago. (I’m still her direct supervisor.) This is her first management job and […] Read the full article →
how excited should I seem in an interview? by Alison Green on November 12, 2019 A reader writes; I have had the opportunity to interview for my dream job with a nonprofit organization that I have always loved and admired. I am a highly qualified candidate for the position. This is the kind of job where if I was independently wealthy, I would do this work as a volunteer for […] Read the full article →