It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker keeps snarking on the way I fold paper I work in a public library. One of my duties is to ...

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 past … and then updates ...

Last year, soon after I’d started a new job as a mid-level manager at a 30-person firm, I was surprised to get an email before the ...

I have been the direct supervisor of Bob since 2022, but I was also previously his supervisor in another position, I have worked with him ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss runs hot and cold I work in a mid-size non-profit as a fundraiser. I've been in this field for ...

One of the most popular "ask the readers" posts last year was on unusual but fun office traditions. Here's some of what got shared last year: • We had The ...

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 blusher. Whatever you're thinking when ...

Our team of seven has been working from home since the beginning of Covid. To keep up-to-date on projects, we have two weekly calls with ...

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the ...

I'm a manager of two employees, both of whom are salaried, not hourly. One of them -- who's younger, less experienced, more eager -- rarely ...

I am a manager at an office of 35 employees and everyone is fairly autonomous in managing their workload. We’re a pretty social and ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager wants to dumb down my writing After a long stint in academia, I took a position with a ...