boss invites my predecessor to our parties, interviewing your potential manager, and more by Alison Green on December 23, 2019 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss keeps inviting my predecessor to our holiday parties My manager has invited the previous employee who held my position to the last two holiday parties. Now they are invited to this year’s party as well. There are no other outside people invited; it’s […] Read the full article →
update: my out-of-control emotions are getting me in trouble at work by Alison Green on December 22, 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 podcast caller who was worried about her emotional outbursts at work? Here’s the update. In short, things got a bit better, then it got much worse, and I […] Read the full article →
update: my coworker is blaming someone else for an anonymous complaint I made by Alison Green on December 21, 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 who made an anonymous complaint about a coworker’s racist comment and the coworker blamed someone else for it? (#2 at the link) Here’s the update. […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – December 21-22, 2019 by Alison Green on December 21, 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.) Read the full article →
updates: the sabotaging coworker, the anti-vaxxer, and more by Alison Green on December 20, 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 five updates from past letter-writers. 1. Is my trainer sabotaging my work? (first update here — and I reprinted the letter for Inc. this week as […] Read the full article →
update: my boss watches me by video call while I work by Alison Green on December 20, 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 monitored her by video call while she worked (and was nominated for Worst Boss of 2019 earlier this week)? Here’s the update. I […] Read the full article →
update: my boss suggests hiring her boyfriend for everything by Alison Green on December 20, 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 last year whose boss suggested hiring her boyfriend for everything? Here’s the update. In the end, I tried a combination of efforts to hold my […] Read the full article →
updates: the drinking parties, the personalized rejections complaint, and more by Alison Green on December 20, 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 six updates from past letter-writers. 1. Senior employee is inviting junior staff to her house for drinking parties (#2 at the link) I have a happy […] Read the full article →
open thread – December 20-21, 2019 by Alison Green on December 20, 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 →
updates: company vacation with tattoos, the heavy duty chair, and more by Alison Green on December 19, 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 five updates from past letter-writers. 1. Going on vacation with my company execs when I’m covered in tattoos The trip turned out to be awesome. Right […] Read the full article →