March 4, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments The Very Weird End of Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting — Improve Your HR Who owns that business? That should be an answer that is easy for any business to provide. After all, don’t all employees know who ... Read More
March 3, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments how normal is it to help your partner in their job? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I have a senior role in a large architecture and engineering company, and my partner is an academic. I sometimes ask ... Read More
March 1, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – March 1-2, 2025 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
February 28, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – February 28, 2025 — Ask a Manager Hi all, I posted a few weeks ago about turning a job offer down solely on the basis of having a bad feeling about ... Read More
February 28, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments my mom answered my phone and yelled at my boss, staff grumbling about sales team’s “perks,” and more — Ask a Manager my mom answered my phone and yelled at my boss, staff grumbling about sales team’s “perks,” and more — Ask a Manager my mom ... Read More
February 27, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments is it a red flag if a team has a group text? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: Do you think it’s a red flag when a team in a smaller company immediately drops you into a group text ... Read More
February 26, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments How to Get People to Do Things For Free — Improve Your HR Do you need someone to do something for you for free? I get lots of requests to do things for free. Sometimes, I say ... Read More
February 26, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments can you fire someone for being racist? — Ask a Manager can you fire someone for being racist? by Alison Green on February 26, 2025 A reader writes: Recently, my company hired someone who was ... Read More
February 25, 2025 being the boss 0 Comments employee doesn’t eat, then gets hangry and irritable — Ask a Manager employee doesn’t eat, then gets hangry and irritable by Alison Green on February 25, 2025 A reader writes: I own a business and recently ... Read More
February 25, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments 5 Reasons I Love Elon Musk’s Request for Five Things, and 1 Reason I Hate It — Improve Your HR The Associated Press called it an “extraordinary request,” but it’s certainly not extraordinary. In fact, it’s incredibly ordinary for employees to report what they are ... Read More