March 25, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments coworker wants to withhold PTO as punishment, religious gifts for colleagues, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker wants to withhold PTO as punishment We have a series of educational seminars ... Read More
March 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – March 23-24, 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
March 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments An Introduction for HR Pros — Evil HR Lady Have you been scared to try ChatGPT? Or maybe you’ve been playing with it and you wonder if you should use it to help ... Read More
March 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – March 22-23, 2024 — Ask a Manager I am going anon for this, but to my knowledge most universities don’t do personalized rejections. I have only ever done that with internal ... Read More
March 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments coworker is taking credit for my work when she applies for jobs, scam job offer, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker is taking credit for my work when she applies for jobs I ... Read More
March 21, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments how do I stop myself from getting overly attached in the application process? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I was in law school, but between middling grades and some very personal issues, have since decided to pivot to paralegal ... Read More
March 21, 2024 Comstock 0 Comments Can Someone Work Two Full-Time Jobs? — Evil HR Lady We just discovered that one of our full-time employees (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday) has been working another full-time job. The job isn’t for a ... Read More
March 21, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments the complaint about a new hire, the colleague who doesn’t do any work, and more — Ask a Manager Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. We got a complaint call about a new hire before she started Thanks so much for ... Read More
March 21, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments let’s talk about kindness at work — Ask a Manager I graduated college right before the ’07/08 financial crisis. I had no practical experience/internships and didn’t find an office job; I fell into service ... Read More
March 21, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments my boss is upset I went over her head, I overheard damaging gossip, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I went over my (bad) manager’s head and she’s upset I work in a ... Read More