my daughter has lost two jobs in one year, are laundry products included in office fragrance bans, and more by Alison Green on July 22, 2024 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My daughter has lost two jobs in one year My 44-year-old daughter has been fired from two different employment agencies in the last 12 months. The first time, the company did not give a reason. The second time, the company said budget cuts were the […] Read the full article →
weekend open thread — July 20-21, 2024 by Alison Green on July 19, 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: Hope, by Andrew Ridker. The ground shifts under each member of a family after one of them is caught falsifying data at work. Publishers […] Read the full article →
open thread – July 19, 2024 by Alison Green on July 19, 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 […] Read the full article →
manager thanked my husband for letting me work with them, how much exaggeration is too much on LinkedIn, and more by Alison Green on July 19, 2024 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. A manager thanked my husband for letting me work with them A department I work with organized a social dinner at a restaurant after work one evening. People brought their families and so I brought my husband. A manager I work with came by, so […] Read the full article →
should I interview for a job where the salary I want is technically possible but not likely? by Alison Green on July 18, 2024 A reader writes: Recently I have been looking for a new position because my current project was canceled due to a product decision. I heard of a company from a friend of a friend. She said it was a great place to work. I looked it up and there were positions available with my skillset […] Read the full article →
updates: the insecure coworker, an exciting cocktail, and more by Alison Green on July 18, 2024 Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Training a fragile, insecure coworker has become Too Much I really appreciated the advice, both from you and the commenters (and the permission to drop the rope that part of me was undoubtedly after). I realized after my letter was published that I’d left out a lot […] Read the full article →
let’s discuss napping at work by Alison Green on July 18, 2024 We saw a surprising number of stories about covert napping in last month’s thread about interns — which reminded me that we’ve had many stories about napping at work over the years, both covert and not-so-covert. There was the summer associate who put on pajamas and napped on top of her desk .. the intern […] Read the full article →
I smelled alcohol on my coworker, can you fire someone because their spouse is a politician, and more by Alison Green on July 18, 2024 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I suspect my colleague was drinking before our morning meeting I held a meeting late morning on Friday with my colleague, “Janet.” During our meeting, her behavior seemed fine, if even a little more level than her normal frenetic energy. During the meeting, we pulled […] Read the full article →
I’m attending a conference with a dude who won’t talk to me by Alison Green on July 17, 2024 A reader writes: I work in a niche role in a slightly less niche industry. At the beginning of the year, my boss (Jules) informed us that a new role was opening up on the team — team coordinator. The new role would be responsible for managing the day-to-day workload for the team, freeing Jules […] Read the full article →
update: can I speak up about the portrait of a child abuser in my office? by Alison Green on July 17, 2024 Remember the letter-writer who wanted to speak up about a portrait of a child abuser in their office (#2 at the link)? Here’s the update. A few days after I initially wrote in, I heard statements from my boss that made it pretty clear they wouldn’t support me speaking up about The Portrait. Shortly afterwards, […] Read the full article →