my employee shouted “F*** you!” at a coworker — but he was provoked by Alison Green on April 6, 2022 I’m off today. Here’s a post that was originally published in 2017. A reader writes: I’ve been a manager at my company for nearly 10 years, but only with my current team for about six months. My role is hectic, and at the insistence of my own manager I am regularly required to attend meetings […] Read the full article →
coworker is pregnant with my boss’s baby, rejection email insulted me, and more by Alison Green on April 6, 2022 I’m off today to deal with family stuff. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My coworker is pregnant with my boss’s baby I’ve run into a strange situation that honestly borders on a soap opera storyline. I’m an personal assistant and […] Read the full article →
when does an employer burn a bridge with an employee? by Alison Green on April 5, 2022 A reader writes: I have heard a lot about not burning bridges when you leave a company. When can it be considered that a manager or a company has burned a bridge with an employee? I recently left a job. I was hired almost two years ago, and at that time I was hired as […] Read the full article →
my boss wants me to do her dirty work by Alison Green on April 5, 2022 A reader writes: I switched to a new team at my company last year, working on a project that was understaffed until several of us were recently brought on. One of my teammates, Joe, staffs a work area that heavily intersects with mine — on which he is supposed to operate fairly independently. Soon after […] Read the full article →
how much money do you make? by Alison Green on April 5, 2022 It’s hard to get real-world information about what jobs pay. Online salary websites are often inaccurate, and people can get weird when you ask them directly. So let’s take some of the mystery out of salaries. It’s only been a year since our last salary survey, but with so much job churn and changes in […] Read the full article →
promotion was announced on April Fool’s Day, fired employee’s LinkedIn says she still works for us, and more by Alison Green on April 5, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My promotion was announced on April Fool’s Day I was promoted last Thursday. At first my boss acted as though I had done something wrong, starting the conversation with, “This is the part of the job I don’t like to have to do.” She then proceeded to let […] Read the full article →
my coworker keeps bringing me “problems” that aren’t problems … and they’re definitely not HER problems by Alison Green on April 4, 2022 A reader writes: Is there a polite way to say, “It’s not your problem anymore?” I’ve been dealing with the worst coworker I’ve ever had (I’ll call her Emily) for the past two months, and last week, she turned in her letter of resignation. Emily had a very spotty work history, but my manager thought […] Read the full article →
my employee complains about her coworker but doesn’t want me to step in by Alison Green on April 4, 2022 A reader writes: One of my employees, Kelsey, has been with the company for just over one year. She sits next to an employee, Lorraine, who has been here for 15 years. They seem to get along most of the time, but Kelsey comes to me on a weekly basis and says that Lorraine does […] Read the full article →
my boss makes me sign personal contracts for every rule he implements by Alison Green on April 4, 2022 A reader writes: Recently my significant other told me that his boss frequently makes him sign personal “contracts” at work. These are not contracts through his (very well known luxury car brand) employer, but a quickly typed Word document with a few sentences. The most recent ones he was given stated, “I will work every […] Read the full article →
older coworker makes divisive comments about age, language tensions, and more by Alison Green on April 4, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My older coworker makes divisive comments about age Your recent post about a coworker talking about being older got me thinking about an issue I have always had with my team. There tends to be a lot of talk about age from the older members […] Read the full article →