Ask a Manager @AskAManager
Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work. askamanager.org Washington, DC Joined August 2008-
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weekend open thread – April 27-28, 2024 dlvr.it/T64JbY
open thread – April 26-27, 2024 dlvr.it/T63Kfd
my boss is resentful when I do well, contacting the company that fired my husband, and more dlvr.it/T621dq
friend drama may collide with job hunt dlvr.it/T618Cj
I’m flooded by job candidates calling for more info dlvr.it/T60xvM
I help mentor college students … and the current crop is really immature dlvr.it/T60kx7
should I correct a service person’s grammar, flower arranging as staff appreciation, and more dlvr.it/T5zQTs
can I ask to be reimbursed for my expenses in a driving-heavy job? dlvr.it/T5yWlt
your non-compete agreement is now illegal (or it will be in 4 months) dlvr.it/T5yKYf
my boss wants us to meet with a spiritualist to fix the negative energy in our building dlvr.it/T5y6kj
coworker is bitter that I wouldn’t play a game, employee has bad BO, and more dlvr.it/T5wmB3
have we changed our views about working from home? dlvr.it/T5vtb2
update: there’s nothing I can do about my nightmare workload … right? dlvr.it/T5vjK8
I feel overwhelming guilt about taking time off work dlvr.it/T5vTdD
I don’t want to participate in my office’s steps challenge, returning to a job I criticized, and more dlvr.it/T5t8cS
the noise complaint, the romantic violin, and other business trips gone awry dlvr.it/T5sGHV
former employee is lying about her job with me … to cover up her time in jail dlvr.it/T5s4cS
an employee showed up for a video training while lounging in bed and smoking dlvr.it/T5rsdZ
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Remembering I'd read etiquette books as a kid to understand how to be human. And realizing that I now I read @AskAManager for the same.
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It's wild to me how people will make a weird decision and then want the impacted person to get them out of the fall out. Nah. You made a decision as the decision-maker, so stand in that. Managers gotta quit being in their feelings when people take back power.
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