my boss removed me from a work trip because I’m a woman by Alison Green on May 23, 2022 A reader writes: I work for a government organization that is a subset of county government. In this organization, very rarely, employees may be sent on trips to pick up items that cannot be mailed. These trips vary from one hour to eight hours round trip. Last week, my department had one of these trips, […] Read the full article →
my male coworkers are insisting on taking “period leave” by Alison Green on May 9, 2022 A reader writes: I’m a manager in an overseas office of an American company. About two-thirds of our employees were hired locally, with the remainder (mostly managers) having relocated from the United States. Under local law, women are allowed one day off per month to care for menstrual symptoms. Women wishing to use this benefit […] Read the full article →
my boss is angry that I couldn’t work while I was sick with Covid by Alison Green on March 21, 2022 A reader writes: I am hoping you can help me get some perspective on a recent situation between me and management at my company. I have shared this story with a few different people and everyone has a different opinion. Here is the background: Three years ago, I was hired at my current company to […] Read the full article →
my boss says he can’t hire me at his new company because he’s attracted to me by Alison Green on November 9, 2021 A reader writes: I’m a woman who works for a large company in my field, on a fairly small team. I’ve always felt like I’ve gotten along great with my (male) manager and my coworkers. It’s always been professional, no socializing outside of work, but I’ve enjoyed working for my manager. About a month ago, […] Read the full article →
my coworker accidentally sent me a recording making fun of me by Alison Green on October 27, 2021 A reader writes: My coworker sent me a five-minute voicemail. She had inadvertently recorded herself talking about me, making fun of me and laughing at my appearance. She also promised the person she is speaking to that she will show them my picture later. Laugh laugh laugh. After listening to the message, I sent a […] Read the full article →
our head of security took upskirt photos of an intern by Alison Green on October 13, 2021 A reader writes: Curious to hear your take on a situation that came up a long time ago at a previous workplace. Shortly out of college, I got a job working for a nonprofit cultural institution that had a fair share of unpaid interns working across the organization. Our head of security had a reputation […] Read the full article →
our employee forged the owner’s signature on his mortgage documents by Alison Green on September 27, 2021 A reader writes: I have a remote medical billing job that I have been doing for the last seven years. The owner of the billing company, John, is a wonderful person who goes above and beyond for me and for his two other employees who are on-site. For context, I have run a highly successful […] Read the full article →
the sick call with sound effects, the cheesecake, and other stories of triumphs over jerks at work by Alison Green on August 19, 2021 Last week we had the agony of mortification, and this week we have the ecstasy of triumph! I asked you to share stories of times when you triumphed over a jerk at work, and here are 11 of my favorites. There were so many good stories that a part 2 is coming next week! 1. […] Read the full article →
a friend of my ex-boyfriend verbally attacked me at work by Alison Green on August 4, 2021 A reader writes: I have been working for a large corporation for a few years now. Recently, Joe started a new job here; he is a friend of an ex-boyfriend I recently broke up with (and who is still bitter about the breakup, although I’ve moved on). I got a new office space today and […] Read the full article →
interviewer badmouthed me to my references because I didn’t want to “harness the power of QAnon” by Alison Green on July 28, 2021 A reader writes: After 15 years as a nonprofit executive director, I’ve struck out on my own as a nonprofit consultant. While much of my business is word-of-mouth and comes to me, I do sometimes throw my hat in the ring for positions I see posted online. One such position was for an organization that […] Read the full article →