Question: The office manager just asked me for $20 for "my share" of the company party this Saturday. I felt too cheap to say "no," but I also wondered how I got into this. Last week when we were asked, "Who wants to go to the...
Read MoreQuestion: Two of my employees hate each other. One has worked for me for three years and is a hard worker though incredibly opinionated. We tangled early on, but when I let her know she couldn't disrespect me, she learned to zip...
Read MoreYou’re a good employee. You have ethics. Then, one day you realize your supervisor doesn’t. He’s worked out a deal where your company buys products from a company he and his wife own for project he oversees. This company...
Read MoreQuestion: I didn’t know we had a problem in one of our branch offices until I got a letter from an attorney. A terminated employee alleges she complained about porn on a co-worker’s computer and sexual jokes told by other...
Read MoreIs it time you pushed the reset button on your job? Thomas Edison did. When a fire in 1914 destroyed his laboratory, the 67-year-old Edison looked up from the ruins and told his grieving son, "All of our mistakes are burned up,...
Read MoreQuestion: I’m the chair of the board for a high-profile nonprofit organization. Our executive director (ED) is a task-oriented, “take no prisoners” individual. In the last year, he’s managed to tick off many board members, and...
Read MoreThe first time Wayne barked at Annette, she raised an eyebrow and asked, “Bad day? You’d prefer I come back later?” “Now’s as good a time as any,” he snarled. “You people push for this and push for that. You think you’re the...
Read MoreQuestion: I moved to Alaska to escape my past. I’ve moved like this many times before. I look for a small company that doesn’t check references and get a job. Then, it happens. Someone in the workplace won’t stop asking me...
Read MoreQuestion: When I returned from lunch last week, my manager stopped me from going to my office and ordered me into the conference room. When I asked, “What’s up?” he refused to answer, but instead brought in the human resources...
Read MoreQuestion "Steve's" resignation three months ago took me by surprise. He'd always told me how much he loved his job. Then one day he walked in with a resignation letter dated the prior week and said he was leaving by the end of...
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