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You can find posts from 2025 below, or find earlier years here: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2025 January January 2025the file poacher, the reluctant apology, and other stories of jerks getting their comeuppanceI talked to Vulture about Severancemy coworkers have way more money than me … and they constantly expect me to shell out cash for meals and giftstouchy-feely team-building, are job search gimmicks less popular now, and moremy “on-site” coworker is never on-siteis it OK to nap at work?do I have to share my story on a “women in industry” panel?should conjoined twins receive one salary, daily meetings with my boss, and moreweekend open thread – January 25-26, 2025open thread – January 24, 2025my partner is angry about how I handled harassment, venting to employees about managers above them, and morehere’s an example of a great cover letter from a career changerupdates: the musician with a day job, the required email greetings, and morelet’s discuss jerks getting their comeuppancewhat to do about a terrible workplace when you can’t leave, employee keeps writing in her pregnancy journal at work, and morecan I cut short a whole day of horrible, rude interviews?can I ask employees to stay late during busy times?I don’t want to babysit my brother in my officemy employees can’t move on after I yelled at them, boss found out I’ve been hiding mistakes, and morethe cheap flights, the bursting jacket, and other stories of malicious compliancemy company is a great place to work … for everyone but memy coworker accused of me of deliberately snoring to keep him awake on a work tripjob candidate’s name is a slur, exec is marketing a job as a “roommate opportunity,” and moremy coworker keeps demanding I say “please”my employer fined me $90 for being latewarning an intern about a bad manager, former colleague is running a scam, and moreweekend open thread – January 18-19, 2025open thread – January 17, 2025CEO shared family trip photos after announcing budget cuts, new hire aggressively compliments our work, and morecan I tell clients not to bring in sick kids?Ask a Manager on Blueskylet’s discuss malicious compliancecoworkers are bouncing on yoga balls on Zoom calls, paid parental leave but only for women, and moremy friend has terrible judgment, and I’ve encouraged itshould we offer severance to a belligerent, hostile employee?our CEO is demanding we return to the office but people don’t want to — and I’m a manager stuck in the middleHR person secretly helped her mom get hired, coworker is identifying herself as a psychologist when she’s not, and moreemployer wants me to write 30 essays before they’ll even consider my applicationmy employees’ juice cleanses are disrupting their worka fellow conference attendee was a jerk on the airplanepolitely avoiding sitting by a loud coworker, colleague asked me to lead a project and then went silent, and moreemployee runs to work and drips water and mud everywhere when he arrivesjunior employee sends rude emailsmy new boss told me not to take all my PTO each yearmysterious visitor won’t leave our cafe, correcting coworker’s Spanish mistake, and moreweekend open thread – January 11-12, 2025open thread – January 10, 2025how can I convince a new job to let me work from home, staff gets ready to leave before the end of their shift, and morehow to ask “did you get my gift?” without sounding like you’re fishing for a thank-youupdate: my new boss treats me like his assistant … which isn’t what I was hired fordid a haircut ever change the way you were treated at work?coworkers can’t believe I’m not wearing a coat, asking to work remotely after getting a tattoo, and moreI’m angry at my coworkers — can I refuse their apology?should employees use sick time for doctor’s appointments?I think my disastrous ex-employee is co-opting queer identityboss constantly talks about her personal finances, coworker is addicted to her phone, and moreshould I call out a vulture who takes way more than his share of food at meetings?how much time can I ask for to consider a job offer?my vegan coworker is upset about getting non-vegan gifts three years in a rowasking my wife not to attend a work dinner, coworker’s fidget rings are distracting me, and morecoworkers are angry that we got rid of their smelly, fly-ridden compost bucketmy employee is too accommodatingmy boss’s wife cheated on him in front of me, and now he’s icing me out at workour office banned couches, axe-throwing at the company holiday party, and moreweekend open thread – January 4-5, 2025open thread – January 3, 2025coworker keeps telling people she’s my boss, suspicious jewelry, and moreupdates: martial arts at work, coworker hates me, and morehow to fight for your job in a “hunger games” scenariohow should I decorate my office?coworker’s “people I need to hit” list, director sent around a photo of my messy desk, and morecoworker keeps making minor corrections to my work, CEO wants us the company logo on our butts, and more