Ask a Manager

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked with the LA Times about talking to your boss about mental health. I talked with the Review of Journalism about advice columns. I talked with Vox about people who don’t do any work at their jobs. This piece in Medium analyzed data […]

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked with British Vogue about what to do if you’re being laid off. The BBC referenced the AAM letter from the person who got in trouble for wearing the same dress every day. CBS News referenced the AAM letter from the person whose […]

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked to Money about whether you should use Chat GPT to write your cover letter. I talked to Vox about what to do before, during, and after a layoff. Quartz covered the AAM letter about the boss who was pushing people to share […]

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked with Bloomberg about the rocky start to the new New York City law requiring pay transparency in job ads — and told them that some employers’ attitudes toward the new law seem like “a deliberate f-you to the law, and thus to […]

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked with The Guardian about the new rules of the office, including dealing with office chairs; burping, farting, yawning, or sneezing during meetings; and asking to work flexible hours. I talked with Cosmopolitan about how to deal with job rejection. Marketplace referenced an […]

Here’s some coverage of Ask a Manager in the media recently: I talked to Vogue about complaining at work. Salon featured Ask a Manager in an article about office lunch thefts. I talked to Popsugar about the bad workplace behavior on Selling Sunset. I talked to Lizzie O’Leary about how to know if you’re paying […]

I talked to the New York Times about that letter from the manager angry that her employee dared to ask to be paid — and whether something is changing out there. I talked to the Washington Post about how people don’t want to wear bras to work anymore. I talked to the Washington Post about […]

I’ve mentioned here before that my mail changed drastically when the pandemic started, and stayed changed until very recently. I normally receive loads of letters about all the ways that working with other people can be annoying — whether it’s the coworker who takes all his phone calls on speaker phone to the reliably disgusting […]