Ask a Question If you have a question you’d like to see answered here, send it to askamanager@gmail.com. I can’t answer every question that I receive, but I answer as many as I can get to. Questions that are over 600 words have less chance of being answered. Exceptions are sometimes made for fascinating questions.
So if you’re not sure what the hell your manager is thinking, or how to ask for a raise, or whether you might be in danger of getting fired, or what to do if a coworker keeps stealing your lunch … ask away. Some of my biases — I believe the whole point of managing is to get things done. Everything else follows from there.
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manager uses employees’ photos for AI-generated images, should an employer help if you’re burned out, and more the wooden blocks, the meeting “host,” and other weirdly outdated office practices update: the admin is policing my soda consumption how should I explain why I’m leaving my job when the answer is horrible/messy/shocking?
Plus, here are my favorite posts, my books, some ways to connect, and instructions for asking a question.
Here’s a look back at my favorite posts of all time… Bad employer behavior: when your manager won’t manage can your employer do that? probably — but you can still discuss it what to do when your employer is breaking the law Advice on getting what you want from work: how to make your boss […]