me talking about office dress codes in the summer, flip flops, and that biting letter by Alison Green on July 17, 2017 I was on public radio’s Marketplace this weekend, talking about what to wear to work in the summer, flip flops, and what to do when someone is dressed wildly inappropriately for the office — including a story about leather shorts. And we talked about remote work and last week’s letter about biting too. You can listen here: Read the full article →
the Ask a Manager book is coming by Alison Green on June 21, 2017 Y’all, I wrote a book. ASK A MANAGER: Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work will be published by Random House/Ballantine next spring. The book — which is nearly all new content that you haven’t read here — takes on more than 200 difficult conversations […] Read the full article →
me, talking about new grads (Marketplace), the difficulty of perfect responses (Quartz), and more by Alison Green on June 12, 2017 I’m excited to announce that I’ll be appearing on Marketplace regularly to talk about work — which really couldn’t make me happier unless someone also decided to make me the new host of the Splendid Table. I was on the show this this weekend, talking about how new grads can find a job, bad advice from […] Read the full article →
how to deal with weird interview questions by Alison Green on May 19, 2017 I’m quoted in this Lifehacker article about how to deal with weird questions in job interviews. One point I wanted to stress to the interviewer is that there are two categories of these questions: (1) brainteasers like “how many golf balls can you fit into an airplane?” where the interviewer wants to hear you problem-solve out loud, […] Read the full article →
me, talking about hugging at work (Wall St. Journal) and job interviews (Marketplace) by Alison Green on April 24, 2017 I’m quoted in this Wall St. Journal piece, talking about hugging at work. My advice: “Huggers feel they’re really good at judging when someone wants a hug, but based on what the nonhuggers are saying, they’re wrong about that.” And this weekend, I was on public radio’s Marketplace, talking about job interviews. My segment starts at 6:11. Read the full article →
me, talking about favorite past letters and more by Alison Green on April 3, 2017 If you like advice columns, I think you will like Hannah and Matt Know It All, a very fun podcast where Hannah and Matt re-answer questions from other advice columns and field new questions too. I joined them for this week’s episode, where we talked about: some of my favorite Ask a Manager letters, including the person […] Read the full article →
listen to me on the Mo’ Money podcast by Alison Green on September 30, 2016 I talked to Jessica Moorhouse for her very fun Mo’ Money podcast. We talked about what Ask a Manager is all about, why it’s better to just be a normal person in interviews, bringing up money with your interviewer, how to deal with difficult coworkers, and that letter about the employee who was casting magic curses […] Read the full article →
on the weirdness of writing an advice column, getting the other side of the story, and more by Alison Green on July 13, 2016 Part 2 of my roundtable at The Billfold with other advice columnists is here. (Part 1 is here if you missed it.) This time, we talk about the times acquaintances of letter-writers have contacted me with The Other Side of the Story, who we get advice from ourselves, how inherently weird it is to write an […] Read the full article →
I talked to Second City! And the Billfold! And it was fun! by Alison Green on July 12, 2016 I’m interviewed on Second City’s podcast! Host Kelly Leonard is a ridiculously good interviewer (which makes sense — this is Second City, after all). We talked about my own bad bosses, aggressive huggers, and lots more. I even share a story about marriage. Please listen to it here! (Or in iTunes here.) Also today, I’m in an advice columnist roundtable at […] Read the full article →
I’m on the Dear Prudence podcast! by Alison Green on June 21, 2016 I love Slate’s Dear Prudence advice column, and I am a huge fan of their new Prudence, Mallory Ortberg, so my head basically exploded when Mallory asked me if I wanted to come on their new podcast and answer questions with her. We answered a bunch of (non-work-related!) questions from Mallory’s readers, including one about friend […] Read the full article →