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I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. Coworker’s husband punched me after the Christmas party I was recently at an office Christmas party and our spouses were included. There was drinking. Everyone had a very nice time. On the […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My employee might give me drugs for Christmas I’m a manager of a the warehouse team at our company and earlier today a member of the sales team who reports to me […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. I think my employee’s emotional outbursts might be hormone-related I manage a business with eight employees, which includes one supervisor, Diane, who oversees the daily operations of most of the remaining staff. […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My director lied to HR about what I told him I’ve worked at my job for a little over two years. Six months after I started, my new boss Pam was hired. […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. I don’t want to be in the middle of my coworker’s crush Justin is a new coworker who just joined my small team and is in training for the same job I […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My coworker doesn’t follow her own fragrance ban I have a coworker who’s sensitive to smells. It’s so bad that our entire office is under a strict “no heavy perfume or scented […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My coworker is giving a colleague underwear in our Secret Santa My office organizes a Secret Santa. The guy who has the desk next to mine told me today that he got […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My boss sits at my desk and goes through my things I just started a new receptionist job with a very small company. This is my first time in any kind of […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. I have regular happy hours with only one of my staff members I manage a specialty niche team of four within a larger department that otherwise doesn’t have specific teams. My direct […]

I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. I sent an adversarial email — and replied-all I’ve seen plenty of articles about how to respond to someone who is unprofessional, but what do I do if I was the one […]