This is a low-stakes question, but I'm curious if anyone else is bothered by open-office floor plans (or otherwise very visible work ...

Remember the letter-writer whose new employee ran a background check on them and asked them about what he found? Here’s the update. Imagine my surprise ...

It's the Thursday "ask the readers" question. A reader writes: I have ADHD and learning disabilities. I suspect I have autism too. I just got into a new ...

Last week, we talked about broken systems that for some reason become sacred and cannot be changed. Here are some of my ...

I started a part-time voluntary position a couple of months ago. There are reporting lines, annual appraisals, etc. just the same as a ...

I have a question about a point that is now, thankfully, moot. My previous manager, Rufus, wasn’t an especially ethical ...

I work for a small company (less than 50 people) and Jane has been with us for about four years. She came with a lot of ...

About a year and a half ago, I hired a person (Catelyn) with more than seven years of management experience to manage a long-standing ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee says I'm triggering their unresolved trauma I have a question as to how to manage a direct ...

Last night around 11 pm, my husband suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to email someone back about a meeting request, and was ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker does extreme sports whenever she’s out sick I have a coworker ...

Several past coworkers have reached out to me on LinkedIn asking about a job posting at my company. The only thing is ...