I had to quit a job because of aggressive nesting geese by Alison Green on October 17, 2023 A reader writes: I’m writing about a past situation that I still think about. I used to work in retail as a high school junior from August to March. I live in the midwest, where geese are pretty common in the spring. What was weird about this one though was that it decided to nest […] Read the full article →
my employee doesn’t think we’re doing enough about bears at work by Alison Green on January 10, 2023 A reader writes: Okay, I’m going to sound like a strange Canadian lumberjack stereotype here, but I had a question come up in my workplace about bear safety and when it’s reasonable to refuse work in bear country for occupational health and safety reasons. The safety hazard is “potential bear encounters” but I feel like […] Read the full article →
update: coworkers only ask me about ducks by Alison Green on December 31, 2019 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. Remember the letter-writer who took care of her company’s ducks and that’s all anyone asked her about? Here’s the update. It’s been almost a year since I wrote […] Read the full article →
coworkers only ask me about ducks, adult facts in a work presentation, and more by Alison Green on January 11, 2019 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. People only ask me about the ducks I work with I’m in the lower-middle level of food service establishment with a couple hundred employees. Last year, I started a side project where I got us a small flock of ducks for fresh eggs and general […] Read the full article →