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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

I am a middle manager who works with an employee I’ll call “John.” John does not report to me, but there are scenarios in which I ...

I'm a fairly experienced manager, but I've only been managing my current team for a few months. I've been in a couple meetings with one ...

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