weekend open thread – June 18-19, 2022 by Alison Green on June 17, 2022 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: Counterfeit, by Kirstin Chen. Rules-follower Ava Wong gets swept up into her college friend’s luxury handbag counterfeit scheme. It’s both a crime caper and an exploration […] Read the full article →
update: do I need to make coffee and tea for coworkers when I don’t drink it myself? by Alison Green on June 17, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer asking if they needed to make tea and coffee for coworkers when they didn’t drink it themselves? Here’s the update. I […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on June 17, 2022 It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I wrote in a little over a year ago about asking for a pay increase and title change based on work I had absorbed. You did not publish that but responded personally. I took that advice and got a 5% increase at the time with the seed planted that […] Read the full article →
open thread – June 17-18, 2022 by Alison Green on June 17, 2022 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions 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 take your questions to […] Read the full article →
panel member doesn’t realize I’m an expert, favorite work potluck dishes, and more by Alison Green on June 17, 2022 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Panel member thinks I need remedial resources when I’m actually an expert I’m a young-looking professional who recently had to present to a panel of community members. The context of the panel is that they have to approve something that my client needs approved. Most […] Read the full article →
updates: volunteer’s mom hangs out in our office, coworker wants us to pay for things we never agreed to, and more by Alison Green on June 16, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Volunteer’s mom is hanging out and distracting an employee (#2 at the link) This was a […] Read the full article →
updates: should I tell my boss I’m job-hunting, the LinkedIn monitor, and more by Alison Green on June 16, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Should I tell my boss I’m job hunting? (#3 at the link) I’ve got an update […] Read the full article →
update: my coworker says I bullied her … should I tell her boss she needs more of a backbone? by Alison Green on June 16, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose coworker said she was bullying her, and who was wondering if she should tell her boss that the coworker needed […] Read the full article →
update: my boss says he can’t hire me at his new company because he’s attracted to me by Alison Green on June 16, 2022 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager! All this week and next, I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer whose boss said he couldn’t […] Read the full article →
I love running my own business but it’s killing me by Alison Green on June 16, 2022 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I have been running my own brick-and-mortar business for the past seven years. This business was a dream of mine, and I am lucky enough to say that it has been successful. We currently have two part-time employees to help with the growing number of […] Read the full article →