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 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread — July 6-7, 2024 — Ask a Manager Well, I don’t have any actual conventions, but I have had a number of cats with various reasons for their names. I will be ... Read More
July 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – July 5, 2024 — Ask a Manager Complaining… I’ve been at my software job for 3 years. I’m fully remote, and semi-client facing (zoom calls). I’ve had colorful hair for over ... Read More
July 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments my coworkers are in a self-help cult, I pretended I’m allergic to bees, and more — Ask a Manager I’m off today. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. I ... Read More
July 4, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments 4th of July open thread — Ask a Manager I was saving this for a weekend thread, but this post might be around for a while, so I’ll post here. I have two ... Read More
July 3, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments the burnt bagel, the excessive candor, and other reply-all email catastrophes — Ask a Manager It’s the day before a long weekend and I expect traffic to plummet, so to send you off into the holiday with something fun, ... 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
July 1, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments the new alphabetization scheme, the identical twin caper, and other stories of summer internships — Ask a Manager Last week we talked about summer interns, and these are 12 of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The bookshelves Best ever intern was ... Read More
July 1, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments addressing the root causes, not the symptoms — Evil HR Lady Rage applying may be a new term, but the practice certainly isn’t new–even though some are claiming this is a “Gen Z phenomenon.” It’s ... Read More
June 28, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread — June 29-30, 2024 — Ask a Manager I always say that the moment I became an adult was the end of my 1st week at college, two or three weeks before ... Read More