December 4, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments The Holiday You Didn’t Know You Needed — Improve Your HR Wednesday, December 11, is the first annual HR Festivus What is Festivus? Seinfeld writer Dan O’Keef created Festivus and made it part of the ... Read More
September 17, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker is upset that I didn’t tell her I’m pregnant — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I am just a few weeks pregnant (and not showing at all). I have only told the few people at work ... Read More
July 23, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments getting called a Nazi at work, coworker didn’t tell me he was applying for a promotion, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Getting called a Nazi at work I work for local government in a region ... Read More
June 12, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments employee never eats at work, office is angry I didn’t pay for a plane ticket after I resigned, and more — Ask a Manager It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee never eats at work I added a new (and wonderful) person to ... 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
March 31, 2024 Career Coaching 0 Comments Does Asking Why You Didn’t Get a Job Come Off as Desperate? By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter You never want to come office sounding desperate, but asking the question can be done with two ... Read More
March 26, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments I was promised a raise for doing a lot more work … and it didn’t come through — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I’m feeling bamboozled by how my compensation situation has shaken out. I am a non-exempt salaried employee and have been the ... Read More