here’s a huge discount on the Ask a Manager job-searching bible by Alison Green on February 20, 2020 Looking for a job? Once a year, I offer a big discount on my my e-book, How to Get a Job: Secrets of a Hiring Manager, and it’s happening now. Use this discount code today for a massive 40% discount off the regular $24.95 price: newjob If you’ve ever wished that you could look into the brain of […] Read the full article →
my favorite posts of the decade by Alison Green on January 1, 2020 It’s the end of the decade. Here are 20 of my favorite posts of the 2010’s. My favorites of the weird My coworker wants us to call her boyfriend her “master” Because come on. A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (and the update) Because total ridiculousness so rarely gets such […] Read the full article →
most popular posts of 2019 by Alison Green on December 31, 2019 Here are the posts that interested people the most this year, via two lists: the most viewed posts and the most commented on posts. Most viewed posts of 2019: 10. I’m distracted by my coworker’s very visible cleavage 9. Here’s a real-life example of a fantastic cover letter 8. What’s the worst case of helicopter […] Read the full article →
vote for the worst boss of 2019 by Alison Green on December 16, 2019 It’s time to vote on the worst boss of the year! We’ll crown the worst boss of the year later this week, based on your votes … so please vote below. (Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. EST Wednesday night.) Who was the worst boss of 2019? Read the full article →
all of my 2019 book recommendations by Alison Green on December 12, 2019 All year long, I’ve made a weekly book recommendation when kicking off the weekend open thread. These aren’t work-related books; they’re just books I love and think everyone else should read. Sometimes they’re books that I’m in the middle of reading, and other times they’re just long-standing favorites. Here’s the complete list of what I’ve […] Read the full article →
35 gifts for every type of employee on your team by Alison Green on December 3, 2019 If you’re the boss and want to buy your staff holiday gifts, you might be struggling to decide what to get people. Last year New York Magazine asked me to create a gift guide for bosses buying gifts for employees — and people liked it, so this year they asked me to update it. Some […] Read the full article →
grown women are not “girl bosses” by Alison Green on November 27, 2019 To all the marketing people who keep emailing me pitches where they call grown women “girl bosses”: This is gross and sexist and you should stop. They’re women, not girls. And the default for “boss” is not male. “Boss” covers all genders. You don’t need to modify it with gender, just like you wouldn’t (one hopes) […] Read the full article →
interview with an office admin in the adult industry by Alison Green on November 14, 2019 I recently started talking with someone on Twitter who sent me an amusing story about her work in the adult industry, and I of course had more questions I wanted answered so she kindly agreed to let me interview her, and here’s our conversation. (She also comments here as Carrie Oakie.) Tell us a little […] Read the full article →
where are you now? (a call for updates) by Alison Green on November 4, 2019 At the end of each year, I publish a slew of “where are they now” updates from people whose questions I answered here in the past. In past years we’ve had several hundred each December and it was amazing (and has let me take most of the month off, so thank you). If you’ve had your […] Read the full article →
going on vacation with my company execs when I’m covered in tattoos by Alison Green on October 1, 2019 A reader writes: Recently, I won a company-wide award that comes with a paid vacation to an exotic location along with all the other employees who won and most of our executives. The goal is to provide an opportunity for high performers to mingle with the executives and a week of all expense paid gifts, […] Read the full article →