my younger employee doesn’t know professional norms by Alison Green on August 1, 2022 A reader writes: I’m a 30-year-old female manager. We recently hired a new employee who is 25 who came highly recommended and will be building out a role that we haven’t had filled in years. Despite the fact that our age difference isn’t large, I am kind of amazed by the generational difference between us […] Read the full article →
how to deal with a client who’s always late by Alison Green on August 1, 2022 A reader writes: I run a professional services consulting business. I work from home and all of my clients are elsewhere, so our meetings are always over the phone or Skype. For the most part, I love my clients, but one of them has a chronic problem with being late or simply blowing off our […] Read the full article →
candidate showed up in-person for a Zoom interview “to demonstrate their interest” by Alison Green on August 1, 2022 A reader writes: As part of my job, I’m responsible for hiring processes for director level positions. We first conduct a phone screening, then a Zoom interview, and then pay for finalist candidates to visit our city for the the final round of interviews. Recently, following the phone screenings, I scheduled Zoom interviews with our […] Read the full article →
hostile assistant won’t do their job, booking a luxury hotel for business travel, and more by Alison Green on August 1, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Hostile assistant abuses coworkers and refuses to do their job I am one of a team of three working remotely in a director’s office. Ron is the chief of staff, I’m his deputy, and Beck is the executive assistant. We work closely with about 20 […] Read the full article →