Be proactive when confronted with workplace revenge
Worried that revenge infects your workplace? You can find out with a bit of sleuthing.
What to do when you love the job, but hate your boss
I don’t want to quit an otherwise great job, how do I handle working for a jerk? Or do I need to resign?
A new hire has turned your office dynamic into a soap opera. Here’s how to change the channel.
Workplace advice: When the line between work and personal life blurs for employees, managers need to say “enough.”
There’s a great job opening at my best friend’s company. It’s clear she doesn’t want me to apply.
Workplace advice: Just because someone is a good friend doesn’t mean they’re want to work with you. Here’s how to handle it.
Be careful of hidden agendas when catty co-workers ‘befriend’ you
Workplace advice: When a departing employee says you should watch your back, you’re either talking with a problem individual or you’ve landed in a dysfunctional workplace.
On owning your mistakes and letting a fired employee resign instead
Workplace advice: If you want to succeed as a small-business owner, you need to acknowledge and move past your mistakes.
Don’t let a hostile co-worker turn you into a jerk, too
Workplace advice: Negative, reactive individuals poison work environments by making others feel and act bad. But you don’t have to let them to do that to you.
I just sent a resume to potential employers and it had a typo. What do I do now?
A prominent typo can be a wrecking ball to job opportunity, but it doesn’t have to be. Also: My employee wants to telecommute. What’s the law?
I worked for bullies who won’t give me good references. So how do I get a good job?
Interviews count more than references, but if your self-confidence has grown shaky, you need to work on yourself first.
My employee is slacking off, but she’s always telling me about her rights. What are my rights as an employer?
Workplace advice: You shouldn’t need to worry about the possibility of a lawsuit or complaint to the extent that you hamstring your business or accept chronically low productivity.
My employee posted on Facebook about me — and not in a good way. Can I fire him?
Workplace advice: If you terminate this employee, he can sue or bring the matter before a regulatory agency. But that doesn’t mean he’ll win.
When an employee fired over porn at work tries blackmail
Workplace advice: Your ex-employee’s rights end where your right to fairly fire this employee begin — with a legitimate reason and based on credible evidence.