weekend open thread – April 8-9, 2023 by Alison Green on April 7, 2023 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: Small Admissions, by Amy Poeppel. A grad student whose life is falling apart takes a job as an admissions officer at a private school […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on April 7, 2023 It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I was working as a data analyst job for a few years before the pandemic hit. It was my first “real job” and I thought it was great at first, but I slowly realized that I was not in a good long-term place. It was (is) a small company. […] Read the full article →
open thread – April 7-8, 2023 by Alison Green on April 7, 2023 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 →
my employee tears down other people, why can’t I work remotely if everyone else does, and more by Alison Green on April 7, 2023 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My employee tears down other people’s work to make themselves look better I’ve been having difficulty coaching one of my employees. This is their first office job and they are having difficulty understanding appropriate conduct in this environment. Lately, they’ve been criticizing others’ work to […] Read the full article →
I can’t get out of low-level admin work by Alison Green on April 6, 2023 A reader writes: I have a bachelor’s degree relevant to my field and seven years of work experience, about six years of which is in the same job function that I have now. I’m 29 and in my third job out of college. I am in an entry level marketing job (as I also was […] Read the full article →
updates: I had to stay in a horrible hotel on a team-building trip, and more by Alison Green on April 6, 2023 Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. I had to stay in a horrible hotel on a team-building trip I am the letter writer who had to stay at a horrible hotel on a team-building trip. I am happy to report that I have a new job! When I wrote my original letter, I […] Read the full article →
let’s talk about layoffs — how to prepare and the fall-out afterwards by Alison Green on April 6, 2023 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I have a question I’m hoping you can ask your readers. The tech industry is going through massive layoffs right now and it’s a pretty stressful time for those of us who are 35 and under, who didn’t go through the Dot-Com Bubble or were […] Read the full article →
my car was nearly stolen from work twice, mentioning my kids in my cover letter, and more by Alison Green on April 6, 2023 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My car was nearly stolen from work twice in six months I’ve worked at a nonprofit for nearly a year. In October, our department moved across town to a building on a campus we own. Another department has been working from this campus and they […] Read the full article →
update: my mentor falsely accused someone of sexism on my behalf without my knowledge by Alison Green on April 5, 2023 Remember the letter-writer whose mentor accused someone of sexism on her behalf and without her knowledge? Here’s the update. (Note: To follow the timeline, it helps to know the original letter was received in early February and not printed until March.) I want to thank you again for responding to my question! By the time […] Read the full article →
my new employee fell asleep in a meeting by Alison Green on April 5, 2023 A reader writes: I have a new employee who started this week. So far she seems great. But we were just in a kind of boring but important meeting with internal colleagues and she kept nodding off to sleep. She was trying to fight it, but it happened multiple times. Is this something I should […] Read the full article →