updates: the awful workload, the extra sick days proposal, and more December 13, 2023 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 three updates from past letter-writers. 1. I asked my boss for help with my workload, but she didn’t come through First I want to thank you […]
update: I’m unprofessional and not detail-oriented — but I still need to earn a living December 4, 2023 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 called “I’m unprofessional and not detail-oriented — but I still […]
updates: telling my boss I’m a bad fit, the offer letter, and more November 9, 2023 Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Can I tell my boss I’m a bad fit for my job? Thanks so much for posting my letter; reading it back to myself, and seeing it through the eyes and perspective of others really helped me to establish what I was hoping to get out of […]
employee had drugs in her desk, I sent an embarrassing message to a group Slack, and more October 25, 2023 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I go over my boss’s head about an employee who had drugs in her desk? I work in an office that is separated in two sections. My section (Group A) has 15 employees and the other section has 35 employees, and then we have the […]
my employee got hit on while staying with a coworker, colleagues keep joking about a team member’s height, and more October 17, 2023 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee got hit on while staying in a coworker’s home I have an employee, Andrea, who works remotely, but came into our office for a week of training. Originally she said she would not need a hotel as she would be staying with a […]
updates: the new job insurance problem, the awful second-in-commands, and more October 12, 2023 Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. My new job’s insurance doesn’t cover my medication I am the person who wrote in about the company not covering Wegovy when it was on the formulary list they gave me during the interview process and I would not have taken the job if I had known […]
did my positive response to negative feedback make my boss worry I missed the point? October 5, 2023 A reader writes: Last year I started a new job doing exciting work at a great company. Unfortunately, in the first few months several things made my performance crater. I got Covid the weekend before I was supposed to start and struggled with brain fog for months, insurance stopped covering the medication I took for […]
I didn’t get hired because I wasn’t “high energy” enough, telling a coworker to rein in their aggravation, and more September 29, 2023 It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. I didn’t get hired because I wasn’t “high energy” enough I interviewed with a start-up recently and I think it went well: the standard recruiter call, the hiring manager call, then a call with a would-be colleague who I’d work in parallel with. The day […]
can I ask my boss for feedback about how I’m doing? September 20, 2023 A reader writes: I am fairly new to the workforce. I’ve been at my current job for close to two years and I cannot shake the feeling that I’m bad at it. Rationally I think there are parts of it that I am indeed not-so-great at; rationally I think there are parts that I’m decent […]
my coworker keeps saying he’s my boss … he’s not August 16, 2023 A reader writes: I am having a really weird situation at work. This guy who I became good friends with recently, having just started working with him — Edward — has suddenly taken to saying things like, “So you know most people here think I’m your boss.” The other day it was, “I’m not into […]