my employee is passing off ChatGPT lists as his own ideas by Alison Green on November 13, 2023 A reader writes: I am an experienced designer and I lead (but don’t directly manage) teams of young engineers. Dan (who has two years of experience) has recently been assigned to our team and sat in on a meeting where other members were sharing testing results of new ways to “automatically perform X,” which is […] Read the full article →
my new hire didn’t tell me she’s pregnant — can I fire her? by Alison Green on November 13, 2023 A reader writes: After four weeks on the job, my new employee has told me she is almost five months pregnant and did not say so at the interview because she’d been told that no one would employ her. I feel lied to. Do I have any rights on this issue? Can I terminate her […] Read the full article →
how can I support my Black employee who doesn’t want me to report anything, and other questions about race by Alison Green on November 13, 2023 I’m thrilled to welcome back Michelle Silverthorn to answer readers’ questions on race. Michelle is the founder and CEO of Inclusion Nation. A recognized keynote speaker on inclusion and belonging, she speaks on hundreds of virtual and in-person stages every year and her interactive e-learning suite, Inclusion LAUNCH, is in use by organizations across the world. […] Read the full article →
coworker won’t stop talking about death, are my interview questions too hard, and more by Alison Green on November 13, 2023 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker won’t stop talking about death I work on a team where keeping up with the news is a very important component of our jobs. We are all assigned to different areas of the news, so one of us works on business news, one […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread – November 11-12, 2023 by Alison Green on November 10, 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: Hello Beautiful, by Ann Napolitano. A boy raised by distant parents grows up to marry one of four daughters from a warm, tight-knit family, but […] Read the full article →
it’s your Friday good news by Alison Green on November 10, 2023 It’s your Friday good news! I was job hunting for a few months, largely because I was vastly underpaid for my qualifications, experience, and the work I was doing. After months of radio silence, I got an email from HR for one of my applications to set up an interview. One thing I want to […] Read the full article →
open thread – November 10-11, 2023 by Alison Green on November 10, 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 →
I was fired for offending coworkers, interviewing someone with a visible squishmallow collection, and more by Alison Green on November 10, 2023 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. I was fired for talking to coworkers about their experience as immigrants At lunch one day in our company cafeteria, I sat down with my supervisor, who had just returned from China to visit her family, and my coworker, a new naturalized U.S. citizen, originally […] Read the full article →
can I ask my manager to fire my coworker? by Alison Green on November 9, 2023 A reader writes: Today my supervisor had a meeting with everyone about our recent employee survey because she was upset and surprised with the results. Our survey has us on average lower than other sections in things like job satisfaction, safety, stress levels, happiness, diversity, working together as a team, etc. She wants to address […] Read the full article →
updates: telling my boss I’m a bad fit, the offer letter, and more by Alison Green on November 9, 2023 Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Can I tell my boss I’m a bad fit for my job? Thanks so much for posting my letter; reading it back to myself, and seeing it through the eyes and perspective of others really helped me to establish what I was hoping to get out of […] Read the full article →