my new employee ran a background check on me and asked me about what he found by Alison Green on September 25, 2024 I’m off today, so here’s an older post from the archives. This was originally published in 2019. A reader writes: I started a new position recently and was promoted quickly to a management position. Great, I have a long supervisory background, looking forward to helping in a wider capacity. One of my direct reports is […] Read the full article →
LinkedIn is sharing your data with AI — unless you tell it not to by Alison Green on September 25, 2024 LinkedIn has a new practice of sharing your personal data to train AI — unless you specifically opt out. That includes your profile, your posts, and your videos. Without announcing it, LinkedIn apparently added a new data privacy setting last week that covers this, and they turned it on for everyone. If you want to […] Read the full article →
I got fired for attending a conference that I wasn’t invited to by Alison Green on September 25, 2024 I’m off today, so here’s an older post from the archives. This was originally published in 2017. A reader writes: I started working at my job eight months ago, not long after I completed college (thanks in part to your write-ups about cover letters, resumes, interview questions and job searching). A few months ago in […] Read the full article →
giving extra time off to people who get married, rejected me because I was late for the interview, and more by Alison Green on September 25, 2024 I’m off today. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. Giving extra time off to people who get married My friend got married this weekend, and she mentioned to me that her office gives her an extra week of PTO to use […] Read the full article →
my coworker apologizes All The Time — how can I get him to stop? by Alison Green on September 24, 2024 A reader writes: I work at a small public library and I have a coworker who is a very naturally anxious person. He apologizes for every little thing, whether it’s his fault, not his fault, or not something that could possibly be anyone’s fault. I feel like I hear him say “I’m so sorry” with […] Read the full article →
should I promote an employee who doesn’t get along with coworkers? by Alison Green on September 24, 2024 A reader writes: I am a general manager of two quick service restaurant locations. Running two locations has left me stretched very thin. Last September, I lost my assistant general manager, who helped me with all the day-to-day to make sure things ran smoothly at both stores. Now enter my employee Abby. Abby is a […] Read the full article →
I’m intensely jealous of my coworker by Alison Green on September 24, 2024 A reader writes: I am extremely jealous of my coworker, and I have no idea what to do about it. My coworker, let’s call her Lacy, and I started in the same entry-level position around the same time (Lacy started a few months before me). We’re similar in age and, while Lacy graduated from a […] Read the full article →
my coworker was penalized for things I never said, junior employee keeps interrupting me, and more by Alison Green on September 24, 2024 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker was penalized for feedback from me, but I never said those things Recently, during my coworker Wendy’s performance review with her management team, she was denied a raise and demoted on paperwork to someone “still developing” instead of being listed as “meets/exceeds expectations.” […] Read the full article →
this one weird trick cured my burn-out by Alison Green on September 23, 2024 In last week’s question about burning out doing work that you love, I wrote this: I used to think the cure for burn-out was lots of downtime and relaxation — and sometimes it is — but what’s worked better for me personally is regularly using my brain for something completely different. Otherwise you’re just wearing […] Read the full article →
no one likes corporate team-building by Alison Green on September 23, 2024 A corporate “hiking retreat” made headlines last month when a participant was left stranded overnight on a 14,230-foot mountain. The employee was on a day-long “team-building” hike, and he was left behind after the rest of his colleagues made it down the mountain safely. Emergency responders found him stranded in a gully the next day. […] Read the full article →