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If you watch the Golden Girl in reruns a few times (I watch it in the background), you notice more and more errors. These moments are more “trip you up…

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other…

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. CEO is making two finalist candidates have dinner with him at the same time Wondering if you can tell me…

A reader writes: I work in an office with two full-time employees, a manager, and 80+ contract employees. Jane, the other full-time employee, and I both support the contract employees…

NB: all groups within a protected class are protected. the CLASS is what is protected (sex, race, orientation), not any one specific group in that class (women, Black people, gay…

Someone in the comments asked what can federal employees do to prepare. Here are some things that my colleagues and I have been doing. 1. Go into your eOPF and…

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Was talking about a march for science too political for work? I’m hoping you can help settle a disagreement a…

Last week we talked about shared space / hot-desking horror stories and here are 10 of my favorites that you shared. 1. The torn-down sign We have a bank of…

I finally quit so now I can update. One of the details I was obfuscating before was that we’re both student workers in our 20s at a post-secondary institution. Unfortunately,…