September 6, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – September 7-8, 2024 This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like ... Read More
September 6, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – September 6, 2024 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
September 6, 2024 Comstock 0 Comments Am I Too Aggressive, or Is My Accuser Being Sexist? — Improve Your HR After working in HR for 30 years, I was told today that I was “too aggressive” and that I came across as if I ... Read More
September 6, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments a dog-sitting job gone bad, delayed approval for time off, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My neighbor, her nephew, my kid, and her dogs My question has to do ... Read More
September 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments does posting sob stories on LinkedIn hurt your job search? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work in a field that has been heavily affected by layoffs in the past year. I have been lucky and ... Read More
September 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments Why I’m Retiring My ‘Evil HR Lady’ Brand After 18 Years–and What’s Next — Improve Your HR “Evil HR Lady” and “Improve Your HR” are both about HR, but my approach to HR has changed over the years. When I launched ... Read More
September 4, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments my coworkers are engaged but one of them is cheating … with my boss — Ask a Manager Thank you so much for responding to my question. I couldn’t really respond to any of the comments on your post, but I read ... Read More
September 3, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments how to respond when someone’s manager makes them apologize to you — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I was reading one of your recent posts where you mentioned you don’t believe in forcing adults to apologize in a ... Read More
September 3, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments Why Wells Fargo’s Loss Doesn’t Require a New Policy — Improve Your HR Something horrible happened recently at a Wells Fargo office. A woman, Denise Prudhomme, died and nobody noticed. Headlines emphasize that no one noticed for four days, but keep ... Read More
September 2, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments Labor Day open thread — Ask a Manager I am struggling with managing a subordinate as a manager. While this is not my first time managing people as part of my work ... Read More