May 30, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments how do I work for an insecure boss who thinks I’m spreading rumors about her? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: A few weeks ago, my boss mentioned that she’d been hearing rumors about herself and said if I was the one ... Read More
May 22, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments our boss is being a jerk about bereavement leave for miscarriages — Ask a Manager A reader writes: My company recently updated our bereavement policy. While reviewing it in our company-wide staff meeting, a staff member asked if a ... Read More
May 17, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments boss keeps asking for rides home, I’m not allowed to have any personal items on my desk, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss keeps asking for rides home I work in my company’s marketing department. ... Read More
April 30, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my boss told me to meet weekly with my coworker … but my coworker won’t do it — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I have a coworker, Jim, who is in the same department as me, and our work sometimes overlaps. We are both ... Read More
April 26, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments my boss is resentful when I do well, contacting the company that fired my husband, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. The better I do, the more resentful my boss gets I’m a manager in ... Read More
April 24, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments my boss wants us to meet with a spiritualist to fix the negative energy in our building — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I work at a small nonprofit and recently the employee with the longest institutional knowledge just left her position because of ... Read More
April 18, 2024 Career Coaching 0 Comments The Interview With a Former Boss By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter How do you treat an interview with a Former boss? Do you do anything different? 9 Ways ... Read More
April 18, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments should I ask my boss why I was their second choice for my job? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: For the last nine months, I’ve been doing a (paid) internship at a foundation that is aimed at recent graduates looking ... Read More
April 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments coworker said his boss kneed him in the groin, I feel unappreciated, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker said his boss kneed him in the groin This is a bit ... Read More
April 3, 2024 advice about your boss 0 Comments I think my boss was a cheerleader in another life — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I know it’s strange to complain that my boss praises me too much — but she does, and it’s getting on ... Read More