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.

How Do I Give Feedback in an Open Office?

How Can I Avoid Business Contacts Who Just Want to Pitch Me?

How to Manage an Employee Who Rambles

My Staff Keeps Contacting Me When I'm Off Work

My Employee Keeps Changing Her Appearance During the Workday

Can You Give an Employee Time to Find a New Job Before They're Fired?

I'm Constantly Worried About My Employees Quitting

My Employee Wants Flexible Hours ... but Her Job Doesn't Allow It

How Do I Manage a Great Employee Who Finishes Everything Ahead of Schedule?

Can I Tell Clients I Don't Talk on the Phone?

Help, I Need to Fire a Volunteer!

How to Turn a Request for Free Help Into Paid Consulting

My Employees Have Been Mocking a Coworker Behind His Back

Can HR People Have Friends at Work?

When a Difficult, Pushy Employee Is Right

Can I Rescind a Job Offer Immediately?

I Rehired an Employee Who Quit Again Right Away

My Employee Won't Speak to Me

My Senior Staffer Is Crossing Lines With Junior Employees

Should I Give a Reference for a Terrible Employee?

My Employee Constantly Talks About Not Wanting to Be at Work

My Employee Keeps Working Unauthorized Overtime

My Boss Hasn't Talked to Me in Months

My Co-Worker Treats Me Like a Child

I Was Rejected After a Manager Saw My LinkedIn Profile

My Freelancers Don't Turn In Their Work on Time

My Co-Worker's Stress Is Stressing Me Out

Should You Connect With Strangers on LinkedIn?

How to Leave an Unproductive Meeting

My New Employee Keeps Complaining About Missing Her Kids

Asking to Use the Boss's Limo and Other Tales of Unprofessionalism

When an Employee Lies About Having a Sick Child

My Employee Says I Can't Stop Her From Leaving Early

Are Employees Obligated to Speak Up When They're Unhappy?

My Employee Doesn't Work Enough Hours

When Your Terrible Intern Is a VIP's Son

When an Office Prank Goes Terribly Wrong

Tales of Ridiculous Job Interview Mishaps

My Employee Barely Speaks to Me

How to Get Team Buy-In for an Unpopular Change