Career & Professional Growth

firing someone after years of underperformance, coworker keeps falling asleep, and more

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. How do I fire someone humanely when management ignored years of underperformance? I’m a manager at a small…

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Julia Falk

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how do I interview with the person I would be replacing?

A reader writes: I have recently made it to the second round of interviews for a role I’m very interested in. The conversation is with the person who is leavin…

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Lucia Vega

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coworker threatened me and HR isn’t doing anything, telling someone they need editing, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker threatened me and HR isn’t doing anything Last fall, a coworker made an inappropriate comment towa…

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Chai de Paris

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the eye drops, the flusher, and other ridiculous requests made of assistants

It’s Administrative Professionals Day! Last week we talked about the most ridiculous requests you’ve seen made of assistants, and here are 17 of my…

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should I give job candidates a way to contact me?

A reader writes: Some colleagues and I have a question on interview etiquette from the interviewer side that we can’t agree on. If you give someone a job inter…

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2d ago

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should I recommend someone who I was told something very bad about?

A reader writes: Years ago, I got to know Fergus, the head of a local organization I worked with through my previous job. Fergus eventually left the organizati…

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jordan af

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how to convince employees to care about showing up, coworkers keep running my team’s work through AI, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can we convince employees to care about showing up to work? Part of my job involves working with season…

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Chai de Paris

4d ago

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weekend open thread – April 18-19, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend p…

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Sam Wilson

6d ago

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how do I handle being off my game at work because of a medical situation?

A reader writes: About a year ago, I got prescribed a CPAP machine. Very important for, you know, supplying oxygen to my brain while I sleep, but one doozy of…

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Lucia Vega

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