March 11, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker’s boyfriend hangs out at our desks to flirt — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in manufacturing, and I more or less have a desk job. My “office” is a clump of desks off ... Read More
March 6, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments are my longer hours unfair to my coworker? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in an office with two full-time employees, a manager, and 80+ contract employees. Jane, the other full-time employee, and ... Read More
January 8, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments I’m angry at my coworkers — can I refuse their apology? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I was out for a few days recently for personal reasons and came back to discover that two of my colleagues ... Read More
January 7, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments should I call out a vulture who takes way more than his share of food at meetings? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work at a small college, and part of my job involves working with new faculty. I have one new faculty ... Read More
January 6, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments coworkers are angry that we got rid of their smelly, fly-ridden compost bucket — Ask a Manager A reader writes: We have about 25 employees, and prior to Covid, we had a somewhat-contentious compost bucket under the sink in our staff ... Read More
November 20, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker’s constant interruptions make us all dread team calls — Ask a Manager A reader writes: Our team of seven has been working from home since the beginning of Covid. To keep up-to-date on projects, we have ... Read More
November 6, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my Gen X coworker is trying to “grandma” the Zoomers and it’s getting weird — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I am writing about a new coworker who has no concept of boundaries. “Hannah” is in her mid-40’s and is pretty ... Read More
September 17, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker is upset that I didn’t tell her I’m pregnant — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I am just a few weeks pregnant (and not showing at all). I have only told the few people at work ... Read More
September 16, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my “empath” coworker is kind of a jerk — Ask a Manager A reader writes: For about half a year now, I’ve had a colleague (let’s call him Dave) who has a few strange quirks. He ... Read More
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