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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Weird thing just came up at my work that I'd be curious to hear you weigh in on. I work at a university that is 100% ...