February 2024

a coworker is harassing my neighbor (who is having chemo)

A reader writes: I live in a high-rise condo complex and work for a prominent and large (10,000+ employee) healthcare system. My condo complex has a listserv that gets sent to the 1,000 or so residents — unfortunately with very little moderation. Over the past few months, but particularly today, somebody who works at my […]

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my assistant keeps arguing with me

A reader writes: I’m a new manager. My assistant was close with the previous manager who I took over from, and it’s been a bit of a challenge creating a good relationship with her. Any time I make a decision for our team, she constantly asks why and she quite often says, “That’s not how […]

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weekend open thread – February 10-11, 2024

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: We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America, by Roxanna Asgarian. An infuriating, heartbreaking look at how […]

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open thread – February 9-10, 2024

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 […]

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update: I reported my boss’s boss for racism and now feel guilty

Remember the letter-writer who felt guilty about reporting their boss’s boss for racism? Here’s the update. I’ve switched careers from nonprofit program manager to home caregiver and haven’t looked back. The nonprofit I left is still alive and kicking. But they killed the program I used to manage, which actually made me feel less crazy […]

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