asking job candidates to go scent-free, baggy clothes at work, and more by Alison Green on May 23, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Asking job candidates to follow our scent-free policy at interviews I know you’ve covered scent-free office policies in the past, and that usually has to do with employees who are already working in the office. What about applying that same policy to candidates who are […] Read the full article →
giving extra time off to people who get married, how to end networking conversations, and more by Alison Green on May 22, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 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 in the year which she got married. (The idea behind it being that […] Read the full article →
coworker whispers a daily affirmation to me, do I have to tell people I met with about my strep throat, and more by Alison Green on May 21, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker whispers a daily affirmation to me I work in a fairly open plan corporate setting. A new colleague joined another team about a month ago, and passes my station daily on his way to see his boss. Every single morning he briefly stops, […] Read the full article →
my boss wants me to be her assistant, what to wear in a casual office, and more by Alison Green on May 20, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Our office assistant left and now my boss wants me to do her job I work for a small company (<8 people) founded by my boss, Cersei. I am an associate and I primarily do client-facing project management and data analysis work. I am also […] Read the full article →
filling the time when you don’t have any work, a recruiter asked me to lie, and more by Alison Green on May 17, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. What should you do to fill the time when you don’t have any work? A coworker and myself are arguing about this. Our boss doesn’t really care, as long as all the work gets done in the day. Here’s the hypothetical situation: you are on the […] Read the full article →
coworker keeps making minor corrections to my work, using info from recruiters to negotiate salary, and more by Alison Green on May 16, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker keeps making minor corrections to my work I am experiencing a weird feedback situation at work and don’t know how to handle it. One of my coworkers, Jane, frequently corrects me on how I’m doing my job. It will be small things, like […] Read the full article →
can I have a drink before a work flight, fasting during team lunches, and more by Alison Green on May 15, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I have a drink before a work flight? I work for a large state government agency, and I travel often for my job. We most often drive rental cars, but in some cases we fly. One of my fairly frequent trips involves flying home […] Read the full article →
taking notes on an iPad during an interview, the poo police, and more by Alison Green on May 14, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Can I take notes on an iPad in an interview? This happened to me two years ago, but I’m still not sure what to make of it. I had signed up for government-sponsored interview training, where they teach you how to prepare for an interview […] Read the full article →
my boss told me to be friendlier to my ex-BFF, interviewer seemed uninterested in me from the start, and more by Alison Green on May 13, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss told me to be friendlier to my ex-BFF I work in a tiny company (three people, including me) that rents office space from a slightly larger small company (15-20 people). I sit on a four-person desk in an open plan office with three […] Read the full article →
my office is obsessed with my professional athlete fiancé, I don’t have career goals, and more by Alison Green on May 10, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My office is obsessed with my professional athlete fiancé My fiancé plays professional baseball for the city in which we currently live. He is on a minor league team, which means that he makes less than minimum wage and might not ever be awarded a […] Read the full article →