This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. 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 posts. Book recommendation of the week: Funny Story, by Emily Henry. When a librarian’s fiancé leaves her for his long-time...

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 readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to...

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m off today. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. Ouija board decor at work I share an office with two other coworkers who seldom see — I work nights, they work days/my days off — so I don’t know them well....

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Last month’s salary survey received more than 13,000 responses. You can view all the responses in a spreadsheet that you can sort by industry, job, location, and more. However, that’s a lot to sort through so reader and data analytics professional Angelique Dawkins created graphs...

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter from a librarian asking how to deal with a cleaner whose use of speakerphone disrupted everyone around her (#2 at the link)? Here’s the update. First of all, thank you for your suggestions and the comments from readers who offered help. To clarify, Patsy had...

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Let’s discuss the best, worst, and weirdest office decor you’ve ever seen. Have you had a coworker who moved so much stuff from home into their office that it felt like an overcrowded living room? Had so many plants that entering their cubicle was like entering a rainforest? Worked...