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It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. 1. My best friend is […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. 1. My neighbor, her nephew, […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer asking if she could do anything about an aggressive-driver […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. How do I tell coworkers I’m married when they don’t think I am? (#2 at the link) Your advice was […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. 1. An industry colleague is […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. In 2018, I printed a letter from someone asking whether they should […]

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer asking whether to tell an employee she needed to […]

Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Is it rude to read in the car on work trips? I have a happy update. I have been using your “I’m having trouble hearing from back here, shout out if you need me” language — so simple. I am not normally an e-book reader but found […]

Remember the letter-writer whose new employee ran a background check on them and asked them about what he found? Here’s the update. Imagine my surprise when I opened the blog today to find you had re-released my letter! I felt an update was owed to the commentariat. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated […]

Remember the letter-writer whose boss wanted them to do early-morning and evening meetings so he could attend from his vacation? Here’s the update. My question was posted a couple months after I wrote in, toward the end of my boss’s “vacation,” but I ended up doing some of what was recommended. The particular issue I […]