interviewer wants to know my current salary (with an update already included!) by Alison Green on December 9, 2019 I sometimes answer letters privately that I don’t publish here (due to the volume of mail I receive), and I thought this exchange was worth sharing (with the writer’s permission). In September I received this letter: I’ve interviewed with a great company that I am very interested in. I’m close to getting an offer. At […] Read the full article →
updates: my boss wants to bring me back into the religious fold, and more by Alison Green on December 9, 2019 It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My boss wants to bring me back into the religious fold A few things have changed since I wrote in. […] Read the full article →
I’m frustrated that my company won’t hire my husband by Alison Green on December 9, 2019 A reader writes: My company encourages candidate referrals with hire-on bonuses. So far, I’ve referred three candidates to my job function, the most recent one being my husband. We are a huge, international company with a few other partner couples working here, so that’s not frowned upon. Also, we have several teams of people like […] Read the full article →
is it OK to put up a Christmas tree at work? by Alison Green on December 9, 2019 A reader writes: I work at a public university, and together with a few colleagues, I supervise a group of graduate students who work in a shared lab office space. Our lab space is a little dreary — there are no windows, and there’s a fair amount of dusty old academic detritus. To add a […] Read the full article →
what to say to an insulting “joke,” I don’t want to stop posting YouTube videos of my work, and more by Alison Green on December 9, 2019 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. What to say to someone who keeps making an insulting “joke” This is a hindsight question; the incident happened a few years ago, but I still think about it from time to time. At a previous job, one of our vendors/consultants made a holiday gift […] Read the full article →
updates: the long car ride with coworkers, the late payments, and more by Alison Green on December 8, 2019 It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. I don’t want to be in a car with coworkers for eight hours a day (#2 at the link) My […] Read the full article →
updates: the mothering coworker, the fish microwaver, and more by Alison Green on December 7, 2019 It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Coworker sees herself as a mother figure Thank you times a million for your help! I talked to her today […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – December 7-8, 2019 by Alison Green on December 7, 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: Be Frank With Me, by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Assigned to be the assistant to a legendary and reclusive author, the protagonist instead ends up serving […] Read the full article →
updates: the headphones ban, the written questions at a job interview, and more by Alison Green on December 6, 2019 It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My boss told me to stop wearing headphones at work — but I wear them to drown out my coworker’s […] Read the full article →
update: my boss yells for employees to come to her — over and over by Alison Green on December 6, 2019 It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose boss insisted on yelling for people to come to her, despite the disruption it caused? Here’s the update. Before taking my issue to Jane […] Read the full article →