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April 30, 2025

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does HR-mandated manager training ever fix bad bosses?

A reader writes: Does HR-mandated manager training actually work, ever? I had a director whose behavior veered week-to-week from overbearing to toxic to straight-up ...

April 23, 2025

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my new manager is upset I didn’t tell her I was pregnant when I interviewed — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently interviewed for and accepted a job as a nurse at the very small hospital in my very small midwestern ...

April 8, 2025

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my team received a suspicious text — and we wonder if our boss sent it as a way to secretly gain info — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: This one’s weird. I would love your thoughts, if you can. Some of my coworkers and I got a text from ...

here are the 10 best questions to ask your job interviewer — Ask a Manager

August 21, 2024

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I’m worried a wedding vendor will complain about me to my boss — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: This starts with my wedding. To make a very long story short, my wedding dress alterations were a complete disaster. The ...

June 26, 2024

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do I have to refuse to use first names because my manager won’t? — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I just started with a new organization three months ago. I was hired to lead a newly-formed team. In case it ...

May 30, 2024

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how do I work for an insecure boss who thinks I’m spreading rumors about her? — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: A few weeks ago, my boss mentioned that she’d been hearing rumors about herself and said if I was the one ...

May 22, 2024

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our boss is being a jerk about bereavement leave for miscarriages — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My company recently updated our bereavement policy. While reviewing it in our company-wide staff meeting, a staff member asked if a ...

April 24, 2024

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my boss wants us to meet with a spiritualist to fix the negative energy in our building — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work at a small nonprofit and recently the employee with the longest institutional knowledge just left her position because of ...

April 18, 2024

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should I ask my boss why I was their second choice for my job? — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: For the last nine months, I’ve been doing a (paid) internship at a foundation that is aimed at recent graduates looking ...

April 16, 2024

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why don’t bosses realize people will leave if they’re not treated well? — Ask a Manager

A reader writes: A buddy of mine just quit her job, and her boss, a truly evil person, countered with a raise and a ...

Category: advice about your boss

does HR-mandated manager training ever fix bad bosses?

my new manager is upset I didn’t tell her I was pregnant when I interviewed — Ask a Manager

my team received a suspicious text — and we wonder if our boss sent it as a way to secretly gain info — Ask a Manager

I’m worried a wedding vendor will complain about me to my boss — Ask a Manager

do I have to refuse to use first names because my manager won’t? — Ask a Manager

how do I work for an insecure boss who thinks I’m spreading rumors about her? — Ask a Manager

our boss is being a jerk about bereavement leave for miscarriages — Ask a Manager

my boss wants us to meet with a spiritualist to fix the negative energy in our building — Ask a Manager

should I ask my boss why I was their second choice for my job? — Ask a Manager

why don’t bosses realize people will leave if they’re not treated well? — Ask a Manager

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