I'm off today. This was originally published in 2017. A reader writes: Every month, my work has a “pep rally" where the whole staff gets together to ...

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I work in retail. Today, a coworker was out, which prompted my boss to go over the policy for calling out sick. She explained that ...

Remember the letter-writer whose boss wanted them to do early-morning and evening meetings so he could attend from his vacation? Here’s the update. My ...

I'm estranged from my father, who was a truly terrible emotional abuser -- maybe physical too, if you consider "kick child out of car for ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee thinks I’m sending “secret messages” about how much time off she has I'm a new manager ...

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I'm writing a column for later this month about the ways Halloween at work can go wrong and want to hear your stories. Did your coworker get fired for ...

I am a first-time manager of a virtual team, and one of my direct reports works from home 100% of the time. On a recent call, this ...

I'm the assistant manager of a workplace where my partner also works. In fact, we met there -- when I started working here, we were both ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Writing group member won’t stop talking and we can’t get any work done I work at an academic ...