a VP wants me to out myself at work and won’t take no for an answer by Alison Green on March 29, 2021 A reader writes: I graduated in May 2020 and started a great job in my field with good pay that I love. I’m in a same-sex relationship. My coworkers are a healthy trail mix of political and religious beliefs, but I can also only deduce this from snippets I’ve heard occasionally since related topics usually […] Read the full article →
are angry customers just part of life, my company overpaid me, and more by Alison Green on March 29, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Is getting yelled at by angry customers just part of life? I studied accounting in school, then got hired for my first-post college job in the tax audit field (not federal; I have worked at state and local level agencies). Fast forward seven years, and […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – March 27-28, 2021 by Alison Green on March 27, 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: Girl A, by Abigail Dean. Lex is known in the media as Girl A, who escaped from the house where her parents had kept her and her […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on March 26, 2021 It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. 1. I graduated in 2020 into a dismal job market. The only things I had lined up were abroad, so of course they all became impossible. Disappointed and uncertain about what to do next, I applied for every job that […] Read the full article →
open thread – March 26-27, 2021 by Alison Green on March 26, 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 →
colleague won’t leave me alone after my former employee died, lunches with a strictly kosher employee, and more by Alison Green on March 26, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My colleague won’t leave me alone after my former employee died I have been employed at my company for three years, although I spent one summer in college interning for this organization. One year ago, I transitioned from a supervisory role to my current role in […] Read the full article →
my boss sent me work questions while I was in the hospital by Alison Green on March 25, 2021 A reader writes: A few weeks ago I had a bizarre experience with my usually great boss, and I’m not sure if I handled it right. I had a medical emergency over the weekend and ended up having an emergency appendectomy on Sunday morning. (Side note: ouch.) Sunday evening, while recovering in the hospital, I […] Read the full article →
Ask a Manager in five languages by Alison Green on March 25, 2021 1. All the foreign editions of the Ask a Manager book! Top row: U.S., UK, Poland. Bottom row: Ukraine, South Korea, China. 2. Separately, an announcement: When you are reading a letter in the archives that later had an update, you will now see a note at the bottom of the post with a link […] Read the full article →
what’s the best networking experience you’ve had? by Alison Green on March 25, 2021 So many people hate networking — they worry it feels slimy, they don’t quite know how to do it, or it just makes them uncomfortable. It doesn’t help that most of us have had run-in’s with bad networkers. So let’s talk about good networking. What’s the most satisfying or useful networking experience you ever had? How […] Read the full article →
my company is way too positive, my boss won’t let go of a months-old disagreement, and more by Alison Green on March 25, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My company is skin-crawlingly positive I am lucky to work for a wonderful company in a full-time capacity since I stopped being a college adjunct over two years ago. I love my company and the people that I work with and would never consider leaving. […] Read the full article →