Alison Green

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Alison Green writes the popular Ask a Manager blog and is the author of Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work.

My Receptionist Is Rude to People

My Employee Keeps Falling Asleep in Meetings

My Employee Can't Accept That His Work Is Bad

My Employee Is Bad at Taking Feedback

What to Do When Parents Call About Their Adult Children's Jobs

Should I Hire Family Members for My New Business?

Is My Employee Lying About Needing Sick Time?

What's the Best Time to Send Rejection Letters?

I Found Out My Employee Is Job-Hunting

My Employee Misses Too Much Work ... But Always Has Reasons

How Do I Escape Clingy Networkers at Events?

How to Tell an Employee I'm Not Promoting Him

My Employee's Work Is Bad...but He Gets a Ton of Public Praise

What Consequences Can Managers Enforce Instead of Firing Someone?

My Employee Keeps Complaining About a Colleague

My Employee Bothers Her Co-Worker With Constant Questions

When an Employee Is Too Sick to Call In Sick

My New Employee Argues When He's Wrong

My Employee Does Well Only After I Warn Her About Her Work

I Get Angry When Employees Make Mistakes

My Employee Keeps Pretending to Quit

What Are My Obligations to a Client When a Project Drags On?

My Employee Takes Out Her Stress on Colleagues

My Team Took Offense to My Social Media Post

What Great Bosses Say in Response to 'I'm Sorry' From a Late Employee

My Team Keeps Coming to Work Hungover

I Interviewed a Candidate Who Didn't Know What Was on His Resume

My Employee Is Dating a Client's Spouse ... and Other Ways Romance at Work Can Go Wrong

My Employee Is Always Playing on Her Phone

My Employee Spends Too Much Time Justifying Everything

My Shy Employee Wants to Use Email for Everything

My Employee Messed Up an Important Project

My Employee Is Angry That I'm Using a Baby Name She Wants to Use

My Employee Apologizes for Mistakes She Didn't Make

My Employee Is Too Cavalier About Mistakes

My Employee Wants Constant Praise and Support

How Can I Get Essential Info From an Employee Who's on Sick Leave?

Is My Team Culture Too Cliquey?

My Employee's Work Isn't Good -- but He's Having a Family Crisis

How to Reject an Internal Applicant