update: should I take a job working for my dad? 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. Remember the letter-writer wondering whether to take a job working for her father? Here’s the update. First of all, thanks for answering my initial letter! Your response and […] Read the full article →
updates: the coworker tagging mistakes on Twitter, the cool job, 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. Coworker tags our CEO on Twitter to point out my mistakes When I came into the office the next morning, […] Read the full article →
update: my boss accidentally sent me a message complaining about me 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. Remember the letter-writer whose boss accidentally sent her a message complaining about her time of arrival, intended for someone else? Here’s the update. I wrote to you in […] Read the full article →
the worst boss of 2019 is… by Alison Green on December 19, 2019 We have a winner! 16,049 votes are in, and the worst boss of the year is the manager who told an employee coworkers were complaining about the look of her post-mastectomy breasts — with 44% of the vote. The six runners-up, who managed to be pretty terrible themselves: the boss who pees in a cup […] Read the full article →
my employee talks so much she can’t get her work done by Alison Green on December 19, 2019 A reader writes: I got my first job as a manager about five months ago. One of my employees, Jane, is a woman in her late 50s (I’m 30). She’s been with this organization for two years, but spent the rest of her working life in retail or as a stage manager for small theaters. […] Read the full article →
updates: the boss in the one-night stand’s apartment, the cross-examining manager, and more by Alison Green on December 18, 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 ran into my new boss in the apartment of my one-night stand Happily, my update is pretty boring. My […] Read the full article →
update: our horrible HR manager tells lies, is rude and petty, and won’t do her job by Alison Green on December 18, 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 in upper management at a company whose new HR manager told lies, was rude and petty, and wouldn’t do her job, and where the CEO refused to […] Read the full article →
updates: my coworkers trash people in another language, the sick volunteer, and more by Alison Green on December 18, 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. My coworkers are trashing people in another language — and don’t know I can understand them I’m pleased to say […] Read the full article →
how to survive your office holiday party by Alison Green on December 18, 2019 Every December, my inbox fills up with emails from people asking about their office holiday parties. Chief among their concerns: How optional or mandatory is this, really? Other questions on a lot of minds: Should you bring a date or is it better to go solo? Can you drink or should you teetotal it? What […] Read the full article →
update: my problem employee is telling coworkers I’m unfair to her by Alison Green on December 18, 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 problem employee was telling coworkers the letter-writer (her manager) was unfair to her? Here’s the update. An update on the situation with Sally, who […] Read the full article →