thongs at work, the best interviewing order, and more by Alison Green on June 14, 2024 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Thongs at work The other day, while I was at a healthcare facility where they do both clinical visits and operations, I saw a female employee walking by me, wearing her perfectly-acceptable scrubs, who was clearly an operating room doctor or nurse. For whatever reason […] Read the full article →
update: my coworker watches a daycare livestream all day by Alison Green on June 13, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose coworker watched a daycare livestream all day? Here’s the update. I took your advice to mention it to management because we randomly had a […] Read the full article →
update: all the men I work with go on an annual camping trip together, and women aren’t allowed by Alison Green on June 13, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer whose male coworkers all took an annual camping trip […] Read the full article →
update: can I do anything about a senior-level colleague who doesn’t do any work? by Alison Green on June 13, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Can I do anything […] Read the full article →
I’m a terrible procrastinator by Alison Green on June 13, 2024 It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’ve recently realized something about myself: even though I am a high perfomer with glowing reviews from bosses and coworkers, I am a terrible procrastinator. But instead of procrastinating by doing nothing, I find other things that is of lesser importance but still need doing. […] Read the full article →
I don’t want to bake for my coworker, needlessly cruel layoffs, and more by Alison Green on June 13, 2024 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Is this method for layoffs needlessly cruel? I am writing this email while sitting at my work computer even though I am off contract and not being paid for my time. My college announced a month ago that they will lay off half our workforce […] Read the full article →
updates: our admins hate all the coffee I buy the office but they insist I have to keep trying, and more by Alison Green on June 12, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Our admins hate all the coffee I buy the office, but they insist I have to keep trying I chickened […] Read the full article →
update: my coworkers complain I’m violating the dress code, but I’m not by Alison Green on June 12, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day — there’s more to come. Remember the letter-writer whose coworkers complained she […] Read the full article →
I don’t want to help rude networkers by Alison Green on June 12, 2024 A reader writes: I’ve been in my industry for eight years now. From the outside, it’s a very cool area to work in (and mostly it is…) and it’s definitely more on the map as a career path than it was when I started. Lots of grads are very interested in a job like mine, […] Read the full article →
update: I was rejected because I told my interviewer I never make mistakes by Alison Green on June 12, 2024 It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer who wondered if he was rejected because he told […] Read the full article →