do I need to keep covering a remote employee’s work? by Alison Green on July 7, 2021 A reader writes: Pre-pandemic, I was often collaborating in-office with a coworker, Alice. We do hands-on work with physical products that our company makes, and it’s not possible to work collaboratively on them with someone who’s not in the same room as you. When our company went fully remote in March of last year, it […] Read the full article →
can I work from a museum or the zoo if I’m remote, how open should I be about retiring really early, and more by Alison Green on July 7, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I work from a museum or the zoo if I’m remote? After almost a year of remote work (now partially back in the office) and with things opened up, I came to the realization that I could logically work from anywhere in our local […] Read the full article →
I think my assistant would be better at my job than I am by Alison Green on July 6, 2021 A reader writes: I am the director for a semi-independent branch office (about 100 people) of a larger company. It’s a pretty traditional, conservative company, and it believes in promoting from within, and many people here stay many years. I’ve been here 15 years. I was promoted to run this department three years ago. I […] Read the full article →
how to turn down a job offer by Alison Green on July 6, 2021 You spend most of your time on a job search hoping for an offer, but sometimes you might end up wanting to turn a job down. Maybe the salary is too low, even after you tried to negotiate it, or maybe the boss seems like a hopeless micromanager, or maybe the role doesn’t focus on […] Read the full article →
my employee takes over meetings with endless monologues and no one can get a word in by Alison Green on July 6, 2021 A reader writes: I have an employee who is a great worker. His attention to detail is impeccable. He puts in the hours needed to get the job done. As for work product, I have zero complaints. The problem comes on conference calls and meetings. For lack of a better description, he has diarrhea of […] Read the full article →
required to jump in the pool to get a day off, recovering from over-sharing, and more by Alison Green on July 6, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employees had to jump into the pool to get the holiday off My relative works in property management and sent me a video last Wednesday of them and their coworkers jumping into the apartment complex pool in their uniforms. The property’s owner had sent them […] Read the full article →
open thread – July 5, 2021 by Alison Green on July 5, 2021 It’s a holiday! This comment section is open for any work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers. Read the full article →
weekend open thread – July 3-4, 2021 by Alison Green on July 3, 2021 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: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, by Caroline Graham. A detective in a small British village must solve the murder of a kindly 80-year-old woman who saw […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on July 2, 2021 It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. 1. Over the last year, like a lot of people, I had a ton of work creeping into my work/life balance. Back in March and April when we were scrambling I understood to an extent – and obviously wanted to […] Read the full article →
open thread – July 2-3, 2021 by Alison Green on July 2, 2021 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 →