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 22, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments Play the Scene You’re In — Improve Your HR One of the things I love about Improv is ridiculous physical comedy. Big hand gestures, ridiculous yoga poses, and eye rolling are designed to ... Read More
April 21, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments 5 Things Every Leader Can Learn From Pope Francis — Improve Your HR Pope Francis passed away this morning in Rome at 7:35, marking the end of a papacy that influenced far more than just the Catholic ... 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 18, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – April 19-20, 2025 — Ask a Manager weekend open thread – April 19-20, 2025 by Alison Green on April 18, 2025 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d ... Read More
April 18, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments This Grocery Chain Had an Employee Arrested for Stealing $110 Worth of Food. Here’s Why They Handled It Wrong — Improve Your HR James, a deli worker at Meijer, the midwestern supermarket chain, stole a fruit cup and some chicken. Over a few months, that added up ... Read More
April 18, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – April 18, 2025 This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post ... Read More
April 18, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments getting out of a fancy work lunch due to allergies, photo of a coworker doing a Nazi salute, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Excusing myself from a fancy work lunch due to allergies I have severe food ... Read More
April 17, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments how can I make our vacation policy as fair as possible? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I am the director of a small, public-facing unit. We have a full-time staff of 10 and several part-time workers. I ... Read More
April 17, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments Why a New Employee Dress Code is Part of a Brewing Turnaround at Starbucks — Improve Your HR “I’ve never cared what my barista is wearing when she hands me my drink and my breakfast.” “This will make a big difference. A touch of professionalism goes ... Read More