April 22, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments I’m working for my parents’ company — and my colleagues are being jerks — Ask a Manager A reader writes: Through a bit of misfortune, I had to fall back on working at the company my parents own, in order to ... Read More
April 21, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker’s constant babbling is drowning me in info, and my boss won’t help — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I’m an admin in a small office, with a centrally located desk. One of my coworkers, Miranda, literally never stops talking. ... Read More
April 15, 2025 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker makes absolutely everything about herself — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in a department of nine people. We all get along well, but I’m struggling with how to handle my ... Read More
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