August 27, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker won’t use women’s names — Ask a Manager A reader writes: This is a weird low-stakes thing. I work in a small government office and we have a guy working here who’s ... Read More
July 10, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments an industry colleague is lying to me about a dispute we had years ago — Ask a Manager A reader writes: Six years ago, I was vice president of the board of a national advocacy body (Org A) that had a long-standing, ... Read More
July 8, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker REALLY doesn’t like me — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in a small office (less than 15 of us). There’s pretty low turnover so most of us have been ... Read More
July 2, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker disrupts meetings and explodes or freezes us out if she’s angry — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work on a four-person core team, and we have a standing weekly meeting that is required of every team in ... Read More
May 15, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker stabs office furniture with a knife and no one thinks it’s a big deal — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I am dealing with a bizarre situation at work and could use some advice on how to proceed. My coworker, Charlie, ... Read More
May 1, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments I’m caught in the crossfire of my coworkers’ petty complaints about our company — Ask a Manager A reader writes: The company that I work for has made a few changes recently, prompting disgruntlement from coworkers in my four-person department. We ... Read More
April 30, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my boss told me to meet weekly with my coworker … but my coworker won’t do it — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I have a coworker, Jim, who is in the same department as me, and our work sometimes overlaps. We are both ... Read More
April 22, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments an employee showed up for a video training while lounging in bed and smoking — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in a low-level supervisory role for a social service agency. Most of our employees work remotely and are issued ... Read More
April 15, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments when your awful coworker is the boss’s kid — Ask a Manager when your awful coworker is the boss’s kid by Alison Green on April 15, 2024 There are a lot of perks to being the ... Read More
April 10, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker doesn’t like it when I set boundaries on conversation topics — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in an artistic field, which leads to a much more casual environment amongst coworkers and a lot of time ... Read More