In last week's question about burning out doing work that you love, I wrote this: I used to think the cure for burn-out was lots of downtime and ...
A corporate “hiking retreat” made headlines last month when a participant was left stranded overnight on a 14,230-foot mountain. The employee was on a ...
I am a stay-at-home mom of very young children. My husband works from home one day per week, occasionally two. When he works from home, ...
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employee wants us to pay for an Uber when they have to work late A member of our team does not have a ...
It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Trainer had religious messages on his presentation screen I attended a multi-day training a few months ...
I work at a small company and my team is even smaller: it's just me, two people who report to me, my boss (until yesterday), and the much ...
I'm attending a professional conference this week and it struck me that super long conference schedules are not something I've seen ...
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Everyone at my new job loves my high school bully I'm an actor and just started rehearsals for a play.
Last week we talked about times when banding together as a group and speaking up at work resulted in change. Here are eight stories you shared. 1. The ...
It's the Thursday "ask the readers" question. A reader writes: I was recently attending a departmental meeting when I realized that -- through a ...
I'm a team lead with a ridiculous problem. This January, a coworker who reports to me, Diana, said she thought it would be great if she ...
I have only told the few people at work who need to know, as I’ve had a rocky first trimester and needed some time to deal with pretty terrible morning sickness. The people who know are as follows: my ...