my boss is rude to waitstaff by Alison Green on October 5, 2020 A reader writes: I’ve recently left an extremely toxic workplace (so toxic that I’m pretty sure it gave me some form of trauma that I needed three weeks off to cope with), and I’m happy to leave that part of my career behind. However, I’m remembering a situation I ran into while there that flabbergasted […] Read the full article →
how can I make our team meetings more collaborative? by Alison Green on October 5, 2020 A reader writes: I manage a department of 20 people, who are devided in smaller teams of two to three people each. Each small team is in charge of exactly the same tasks but for a different geographical area. Some of the challenges they face on a daily basis are part of bigger issues that […] Read the full article →
my employer won’t let us tell candidates what we pay until we make them an offer by Alison Green on October 5, 2020 A reader writes: I work for a private college, and my department is in the process of hiring a new staff person. I have been involved in vetting and interviewing applicants both for this current position and for several past positions, so this isn’t the first time I’ve faced this issue. But I don’t know […] Read the full article →
my manager calls me a “diversity hire,” text-speak at work, and more by Alison Green on October 5, 2020 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager refers to me as a diversity hire I’m a new, junior hire for a small team that is predominantly white and male. I just got an email from my boss asking a member of the team to add my name and picture to […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – October 3-4, 2020 by Alison Green on October 3, 2020 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption. This is a compilation of essays from the New York Time’s Modern Love column, and […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on October 2, 2020 It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. 1. I wanted to share some Friday good news! I’m just finishing the end of my second week in a new job! I’ve worked as a department administrator at a large public university for the past three years (I’ve been […] Read the full article →
open thread – October 2-3, 2020 by Alison Green on October 2, 2020 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 (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * […] Read the full article →
a tech update by Alison Green on October 2, 2020 If you’ve had trouble accessing this site in the last few days: On Wednesday, my web hosting company had a major outage that affected numerous sites and lasted over four hours. This site was completely inaccessible during that time. On Thursday night, the site was attacked by … something. It was inaccessible to some people […] Read the full article →
my cost-of-living raise doesn’t cover my increased costs of living, my office has a mold problem, and more by Alison Green on October 2, 2020 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My cost-of-living raise doesn’t cover my increased costs of living I work at a very small education nonprofit with some of the typical issues therein: overworked, and underpaid, mostly. Last spring, prior to Covid-19, I completed my first year here, and received a very positive […] Read the full article →
I don’t want to bring my “whole self” to work by Alison Green on October 1, 2020 A reader writes: I am so excited about employers’ new-found willingness to assess and improve the degree to which they promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace these past few months, and have been collaborating with the HR department to do so in my own workplace (I am not in HR). However, I’m not […] Read the full article →