Mortification Week: the haunting, the scone, and other stories to cringe over by Alison Green on August 10, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ve been revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here’s the final installment — 14 more mortifying stories people have shared here over the years. 1. The haunting Many years ago, I was 18, working for Disney on a college program as a Custodial […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the fake accent, storm warning, and more by Alison Green on August 9, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 15 more mortifying stories. 1. The mistake I once told a colleague in my field (“John”) that “it was great to hear” of another colleague (“Dan”)’s recent death … which was NOT AT […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the creepy playhouse, the inexplicable insult, and other stories to cringe over by Alison Green on August 9, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 14 mortifying stories to kick off today. 1. The kitty playhouse This situation still makes me cringe. My first professional experience after college was a national service position, which meant we were poorly […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the cat race car driver, the terrible headline, and more by Alison Green on August 8, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 13 more mortifying stories. 1. The typo, part 1 I used to hire for call center-type work and got an applicant once who, when talking about their previous experience, said that at an […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the hangover, the French onion soup, and other stories to cringe over by Alison Green on August 8, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 13 mortifying stories to kick off today. 1. The hangover The company I worked for had an annual 3 day “retreat” 4 hours out of the city. On the second night I drank […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the accidental overture, the misplaced wink, and more by Alison Green on August 7, 2023 It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 12 more mortifying stories to enjoy. 1. The accidental overture UGH back in the day, I had my work e-mail and home e-mail feed into the same e-mail client (yeah yeah, I know, […] Read the full article →
Mortification Week: the terrible misunderstanding, the cat serenade, and other stories to cringe over by Alison Green on August 7, 2023 Welcome to Mortification Week, where we’ll be talking all week about how we’ve mortified ourselves at work. To start us off, here are 12 stories people have shared here (or submitted via email) about work moments they now cringe over. 1. The misunderstanding My now husband and I met as coworkers. When we started dating, […] Read the full article →
let’s talk about your mortifying moments at work by Alison Green on July 13, 2023 It’s almost time for Mortification Week 2023, and in preparation we need to hear your stories of mortifying experiences at work — yours or other people’s. Maybe you mistakenly emailed erotica to your team …or flashed your entire team during a video call … or gave a person two noses in an interview Photoshop test. […] Read the full article →
I accidentally sent my team erotica, mumbling boss, and more by Alison Green on September 22, 2022 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I accidentally sent my team a graphic paragraph of erotica I write erotica as a hobby. The other day, I was in a Zoom meeting with my boss and several coworkers. My boss didn’t have the link handy for a shared document that we were […] Read the full article →
I flashed my entire team during a video call by Alison Green on August 17, 2022 A reader writes: I would love any and all advice on this because I’m sincerely lost on what to do. To preface this, I do have a privacy camera cover which makes this mistake even more avoidable. I work remotely and during a morning meeting with our entire team, I noticed an incessant knocking at […] Read the full article →