November 27, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments Thanksgiving eve open thread — Ask a Manager Thanksgiving / Holiday Gathering Conversation Topics! If you are like me and sometimes struggle to come up with things to talk about with folks ... Read More
November 26, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments the bacon monitor, the baby boom, and other tales of holidays at work — Ask a Manager Over the years, readers have submitted a tremendous number of amusing stories about holidays at work. Here are some of my favorites. 1. The ... Read More
November 25, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments the boat party rations, the cook-off vote theft, and other food stories from work — Ask a Manager All this week to get us in the holiday spirit, I’m going to be featuring holiday work stories readers have shared here in the ... Read More
November 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – November 22, 2024 — Ask a Manager I’m finishing up my final internship hours for my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (I will hold an LPC license when all is ... Read More
November 22, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments my boss hates that I blush a lot, I messed up a major project as my internship ended, and more — Ask a Manager It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss hates that I blush a lot I have always been a chronic ... Read More
November 21, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments how do I network without being too transactional? — Ask a Manager A reader writes: I have a networking/recommendations question. My company’s been acquired and I’m worried about impending layoffs. I’ve been thinking about a return ... Read More
November 20, 2024 advice about your coworkers 0 Comments my coworker’s constant interruptions make us all dread team calls — Ask a Manager A reader writes: Our team of seven has been working from home since the beginning of Covid. To keep up-to-date on projects, we have ... Read More
November 19, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments job application is fixated on high school academic performance — Ask a Manager A reader writes: What do you make of employers asking job applicants about their high school performance? Besides the fact that I barely remember ... Read More
November 18, 2024 ask the readers 0 Comments the Rolodex hoarder, the used tea bags, and other stories of territorial behavior at work — Ask a Manager Last week we discussed territorial behavior at work and here are 12 of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The Rolodex I worked with ... Read More
November 15, 2024 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – November 16-17, 2024 — Ask a Manager You need a playground or the equivalent. That’s what worked for us when we were kids: repeated low-intensity time adjacent to each other. No ... Read More