my boss said sick days aren’t something you can announce in advance by Alison Green on August 17, 2021 A reader writes: This issue came up years ago and is long resolved but I’ve always been curious for your take. At the end of a workday, I was feeling awful. My chest and stomach were in knots. It was a stress reaction, not a contagious illness, but nonetheless I felt awful. That was a […] Read the full article →
my company isn’t enforcing its vaccine mandate by Alison Green on August 17, 2021 A reader writes: My employer announced a vaccine mandate (with a waiver process) several months ago. That made me feel quite confident about returning to work in the office. Now the deadline is upon us. It’s not clear what will happen with people who have not gotten vaccinated or arranged for an exemption by the […] Read the full article →
how do I manage an employee who doesn’t need the job? by Alison Green on August 17, 2021 A reader writes: I have a very small company with only two employees plus my business partner and my wife, who does the accounting. The most senior of my two employees is Jean, whose husband is a very highly paid professional and her family is wealthy. Before working for me, she dabbled but had never […] Read the full article →
I got Covid at work and my company won’t cover my sick time, horrible new coworker wants to be friends, and more by Alison Green on August 17, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I got Covid at work and my company won’t cover my sick time I’m fully vaccinated, have been since March. I follow all CDC recommendations and am immunocompromised, so I take all of this very seriously. I’m an in-person medical provider who was exposed to […] Read the full article →
how can I tell our boss we’ll all quit if we can’t work from home? by Alison Green on August 16, 2021 A reader writes: We are a small office, just 10 people, and our boss is discussing when we’ll go back to the office and what that looks like for flexibility. He was against work from home before the pandemic, but we went fully remote during the pandemic and ended up having the best year we’ve […] Read the full article →
I re-hired an employee … who promptly quit again by Alison Green on August 16, 2021 A reader writes: An employee’s resignation has changed my opinion of her dramatically and I’m not sure if I’m being unfair. Can you help me recalibrate my instincts? An employee on my team, “Ariel,” was originally hired for a different team, working under “Ursula.” Due to Ursula’s micromanagement — complaints everyone else working under her […] Read the full article →
my awful former boss works at the new job I’m about to start by Alison Green on August 16, 2021 A reader writes: With your advice, I recently landed a new job in a pandemic-affected industry after a year of doing a bridge job after my old job was eliminated during the pandemic. My first job after grad school six and a half years ago was for an incredibly toxic unit of the largest, most-respected […] Read the full article →
my dog barks on work calls, how far out can I schedule an interview, and more by Alison Green on August 16, 2021 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My dog barks during work calls I’ve just started a new job and we’re all working from home. I have a little dog, but when he barks (which isn’t very often) he has such a deep and loud bark and I live in a small […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – August 14-15, 2021 by Alison Green on August 14, 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: A Good Family, by A. H. Kim. When a wealthy pharma exec is sent to prison, her sister-in-law steps in to help with the kids … […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on August 13, 2021 It’s your Friday good news! 1. I’ve been reading AAM for years, and put all your advice into practice when it came to improving my resume/cover letter and preparing for the interview (behavioral questions!). And, most of all, for the first time I truly understood both how an interview can be a two-way street, and what […] Read the full article →