it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on September 9, 2022 It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I’ve had a full-time career for about 13 years, working different jobs in that time, and working my way up in terms of knowledge/title/pay. My most recent job wasn’t the best company or the most challenging job, but the pay was great for what I was doing, I was […] Read the full article →
open thread – September 9-10, 2022 by Alison Green on September 9, 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 →
too much driving, belt bags at work, and more by Alison Green on September 9, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I’m worn out by the weekly driving for a new assignment Recently, my supervisor assigned me to make weekly trips to another destination that is approximately 1.5-2 hours away from my home each way for the next six months to a year. My organization is […] Read the full article →
how can I tell my boss I work better when she’s not here? by Alison Green on September 8, 2022 A reader writes: I’m a junior level employee in a small-ish business. I only have about a year of experience in full-time work, but worked a lot throughout college. I also have ADHD and was diagnosed almost two years ago. My job is a lot of layered tasks—some things to be done ASAP, some to […] Read the full article →
updates: the ominous recruiter, interviewing with Covid, and more by Alison Green on September 8, 2022 Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Recruiter made ominous comments about my current job (#2 at the link; first update) I’m back again with a much nicer update. I sort of regret my last update. I wrote it from a very emotional place shortly after we received the bad news. When I read […] Read the full article →
how can we help teams feel connected when people are working remotely? by Alison Green on September 8, 2022 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m in a development/leadership training cohort, tasked with coming up with an online library/toolkit around creating greater feeling of connection (think engagement and team-building activities designed for both in-office and hybrid teams). I’m curious to hear from readers what their organizations have done to promote […] Read the full article →
the organization will fall apart if I quit, how rare are nice coworkers, and more by Alison Green on September 8, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. If I quit my job when everyone else is quitting, the organization will fall apart I am the executive director for a small nonprofit with three staff. One of the staff members, “Abby,” has been there for 10 years and is in a leadership position. […] Read the full article →
my male colleagues wait for me to set up all our meetings (even meetings I’m not in) by Alison Green on September 7, 2022 A reader writes: I am a senior manager at a nonprofit. I am also female. I do not have an assistant. Increasingly I have noticed that my male colleagues at other organizations or divisions, equal to me in stature (and even people I consider close friends), are deferring to me to schedule meetings for them. […] Read the full article →
the employee who quit via cod and other dramatic resignations by Alison Green on September 7, 2022 When you quit your job, the process is usually pretty mundane — a meeting to deliver the news and a discussion of how to wrap up items you’re working on — but occasionally a resignation is more memorable. A while back, I asked readers to share the most dramatic resignations they’ve witnessed. Over at Inc. today, […] Read the full article →
how can managers spot people who are working two full-time jobs at once? by Alison Green on September 7, 2022 A reader writes: I read your column about an employer who found out their new hire was working two jobs at once. This is becoming surprisingly common, with some people working as many as four jobs at once. We have been burned by this several times, costing us key partnerships and customers due to lack […] Read the full article →