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Weekly Off-Topic Thread 08/28/23 - 09/03/23. Discuss things that aren't snark on AaM. Work questions are okay as long as they'd be an "ask the readers" question on AaM, but consider posting them at r/askmanagers instead. I came in hot to trot to get August closed out practically immediately! And then my QB needs updated and my dingleberry IT ...From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York magazine's work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There's a reason Alison Green has been called "the Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward ...18 votes, 18 comments. 3.8K subscribers in the AskaManagerSnark community. Snark sub for readers of the Ask a Manager blog.It can be less ambiguous, sure, but saying that this type of accuracy and clarity in language is "inclusive," basically cheapens the word. Inclusivity, in its current usage, is about accuracy, but, at the heart of it, is about ensuring that marginalized or under-represented groups are not overlooked or made to feel unwelcome. In terms of language, it means not using general, broad words to or ...Just saw this when surfing for a random subreddit to entertain myself and it reminded me of the person who was doing all the wacky stuff to try and…It is appallingly irresponsible to travel and risk others health under these circumstances. To Do List* August 14, 2022 at 1:46 pm. It is not selfish to want those things. It is absolutely, horrifically, unacceptably selfish to ACT on those wants and risk the health of others when you know you are Covid positive.It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss shakes hands with men, but fist-bumps with women. My manager does this thing that annoys me but I don’t know if I should address it or just let it go. Whenever he says goodbye to my male colleagues, he shakes their hand. Whenever he says goodbye to me (or any of my female ...Potates is starting a thread about floors. Hers are always dirty. She doesn't know why. She only ever swiffers (2X a day). I think that answers the question.my employee is snarky and rude. by Alison Green on April 19, 2018. A reader writes: I recently started a new job and learned through my manager that a person on the team had interviewed for the role I was offered. This is a new position that was formed as part of a restructure and from what I understand, the person who applied felt he was a ...Here are some of the most jaw-dropping letters: 1. "A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me." "My food is always really, really spicy. I just love it that way. Anyway, I was ...The issue isn't that all homeless people are inherently dangerous. The issue is the idea that women should put ourselves in potential harms way and/or ignore that something may be dangerous in order to avoid being "privileged" or appearing biased.Ask a Manager Weekly Thread 05/15/23 - 05/21/23. Last week's post. Background info and meme index for those new to AaM or this forum. In the open thread about a sibling asking about keeping in contact with their military serving sibling: Snoozing not schmoozing* May 20, 2023 at 12:06 pm If your sibling isn’t very communicative, they may see ... A lot of people also freak out in a similar way whenever wearing shoes in the house comes up. Like yes, I understand the concern over tracking in crud and keeping floors clean, and of course cultural preferences, but I'm also not going to freak out about there maybe being microscopic traces of gunge on the floor. Just thinking a few nights where I've had trouble going to sleep how hopeless things seem to be with the job market and life in general. It's hard not to resent how the market has gotten absolutely flooded because of all the layoffs and how everyone is trying to switch jobs because they don't want to go to an office or whatever is bothering them.Discuss things that aren't snark on AaM. Work questions are okay as long as they'd be an "ask the readers" question on AaM, but consider posting them at r/askmanagers instead.Holy shit. I wonder if Alison will delete this: . I regret trying to love my physically and emotionally abusive narcissist mother, i regret trying to call out my emotionally and physically abusive child rap!st narcissist father, i regret trying to love my pedoph!le brothers, i regret getting into 3 physically and/or emotionally abusive relationships, i regret being passive aggressive to fake ...From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York magazine’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice …my abusive former boss is still contacting me to beIf the LW takes Alison's crappy advic See more posts like this in r/AskaManagerSnark. subscribers . Top posts of September 30, 2021 ... Weekly Off-Topic Thread 01/16/23 - 01/22/23. Discuss things that See more posts like this in r/AskaManagerSnark. subscribers . Top posts of February 15, 2021 ...She's stuck in her late 90s/early 2000s mentality, not just around feminism, but culture generally. Her blog policy of assigning she/her to managers is one example. In the early 2000s, this was basically a positive--not making the outdated assumption that the boss is a man, being encouraging of women in the workplace, etc. In 2022, it's almost ... 3.4K subscribers in the AskaManagerSnark community. Snark sub for read

More posts from the AskaManagerSnark community. 28. pinned by moderators. Posted by 4 days ago. Ask a Manager Weekly Thread 02/07/22 - 02/13/22. 28. 728 comments. share. save. hide. report. 21. Posted by 2 days ago. unstable foundations-- why AAMs comment rules are terrible, and how they could be fixed.The more measured option is to just bring it to the attention of whoever in your office is in a position to do something about it. Since you don't have HR, that might be an admin who manages the space, a manager, or someone else, depending on how things work in your office. 3. Our intern thinks my job is to find them tasks.April 30, 2022 at 8:12 pm. As someone who works in marketing and PR at a bank…. " their determination to be on the leading edge about everything financial while also maintaining personal relationships with their customers". That sounds very much like a canned talking point. Ask a Manager*. April 30, 2022 at 8:20 pm.... AskaManagerSnark. 1 point. ·. 10th Jul 2021. It's interesting that you and your sis have such a different sense of what is and isn't appropriate to expect from ...

Ask a Manager Weekly Thread 11/01/21 - 11/07/21. Last week's post. Background info and meme index for those new to AaM or this forum. I felt the need to preserve this. From what I can tell, this isn't the same as the week-long retreat from the letters the other morning. Seems like maybe a day-long thing?Many insurance plans do not cover abortion. Also, they have to deem the care necessary and important. So, in order for insurance to cover this it needs to be unavailable in the place where the employee lives AND something that the insurance would otherwise cover AND it needs to be something that’s a pretty big deal.…

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