My department had a manager, Beth, who spiraled into a drug addiction crisis post-Covid. The details of how that happened and how long it ...

Over the course of my career, I’ve read probably tens of thousands of cover letters. (And yes, that’s as boring as it sounds.) What I’ve learned from ...

Warning: contains mentions of a suicide threat. A reader writes: I had an insane boss situation a few years ago that still lives rent free in my head and ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Is it unprofessional to ask to change desks because you don’t like someone? Two years ago I started a ...

Bloomberg cited Ask a Manager in a piece about election stress in the workplace. I talked to Fast Company about how to know if you should turn down a promotion. The New York Post also quoted me on out ...

I wrote you way back in 2021 when I was trying to decide whether or not to stay in the family business, and in 2024 I sent you my update.

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker constantly derails meetings I have a coworker, Mary, who does not know how to stay on ...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. How to tell an employee his pants are too revealing I need some guidance! We have a new high school ...

If you’re like most people, you struggle with preparing for job interviews and feeling confident going into interviews, so I have a free guide to help you. Just enter your email address into the ...

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The rules for weekend open threads: • Unlike every other post on the site, the weekend posts are no work, no school. • The purpose of the weekend threads are for relatively light discussion. Comments ...

This is a transcription of the Ask a Manager podcast, episode 9: “What Should Salary Negotiation Sound Like?”. Alison: We have a letter this week on a topic that I think a lot of people wonder about – ...