June 11, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments angry ex told my boss I’m a drug addict, manager lets employee insult me, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. An angry ex emailed my boss saying I’m a drug addict I had a ... Read More
June 7, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments husband’s boss didn’t tell me about his medical episode, asking about starting time, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My husband’s boss didn’t alert me when he had a medical episode My husband ... Read More
June 5, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments did my boss reject me just so she could hire a friend, my employee lives in her cubicle, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Did my boss reject me just so she could hire a friend? Late last ... Read More
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