Alison Green

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This post, should I have more of a sense of humor at work? , They can joke around with each other, tease each other, and just generally interact with each other in that kind of lighthearted way. They can joke around with each other, tease each other, and just generally interact with each other in that kind of lighthearted way.

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Alison Green

MAY 8, 2024

He also is hyper-driven to come to work, dragging himself in despite the protests of his colleagues. He has gotten the rest of us sick over and over by coming in to work and refusing to go home — he’s a walking super-spreader. You cannot knowingly come to work while you’re sick. This is not optional.

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Government Insurance Manager 82

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I am a little nervous any time gender issues come up at work and feel like this situation is ripe to strike out with at least one of our female employees. The proposal was based on the assumption that some or all may not want to attend, but those that did want to could. But here is the catch — this would not be offered to the men.

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Sales Sales Benefits Manager 53

Alison Green

APRIL 8, 2024

She produced good results and was eager to learn, but she worked slowly, needed a lot of coaching, had little initiative, and there were complaints about finding her asleep or on personal calls. I have worked hard to become respected in my field, and I don’t want to vouch for her, but I also don’t want to keep her from jobs.

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Nonprofit Benefits Manager 76

Alison Green

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This post, update: my employee is freezing out a manager after he joked about King Charles , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer whose employee was freezing out a manager after he joked about King Charles (#2 at the link)? Right now, the two admin work for our department equally.

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Manager Administration 57

Alison Green

APRIL 28, 2024

Beyond egregious performance violations and the like, can an employer fire you for doing fine or decent work — but it’s not quite at the level they have in mind? To be clear, it’s not that this person was doing sub-par work; they just maybe weren’t as talented as their manager hoped they would be — or develop into.

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Manager Metrics Accounts 89

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I eventually emailed and said that I didn’t think it would be the right fit (partially because of the weird joke, but I also decided to stay in my current role). But I’m guessing that’s not a place where you want to work … and by withdrawing, you rightly screened that behavior out. I guess my question is … what?

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Sales Sales Recruitment Manager 72

Alison Green

JANUARY 2, 2023

This post, updates: coworker signed me up for a racist organization as a joke, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. My coworker signed me up for a racist organization as a joke. of a small nonprofit that does lots of good and important work in its niche. It’s the final day of “where are you now?”

Government 73

Government Nonprofit Manager Accounts 73

Alison Green

MAY 6, 2024

The context of when he does it comes across as playful/friendly, for example when saying hello upon first seeing me that day or while laughing after I made a joke. My boss hates babies, and I’m pregnant I have a good relationship with my boss and we work closely together. This has worked out really well. First, WTF?

Manager 89

Manager Inclusion Accounts 89

Alison Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This post, update: my company wants me to work Halloween and I’m a Halloween fanatic , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer last year who was a Halloween fanatic but their company wanted them to work on Halloween ? my company wants me to work Halloween and I'm a Halloween fanatic.

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Manager 79

Alison Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I have never given or received personal gifts at work and don’t want to start. Other questions I’m answering there today include: Inviting an hourly employee to a holiday party outside of work hours. I joked about a coworker's slowness -- and he overheard. A reader writes: My team has recently expanded.

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Manager 58

Peter Winick

JANUARY 18, 2024

I spend a majority of my time on the practicing side, uh, working in marketing and advertising. Marcus Collins Right now, going back to school to get my MBA, worked at Apple, moved to New York, ran digital strategy for Beyonce, and then really found a home in the world, in the world of advertising. I’m joking. But are you.

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Marketing Government Engineering Advertising 306

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you wondering how to prank your colleague at work? We have prepared a list of pranks you can use to make work fun and frolic. Using healthy and non-offensive humor at work helps to brighten up a regular, dull day at work. Practical jokes used by managers and co-workers help boost teamwork and functionality.

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Employee Engagement Benefits Inclusion Diversity 59

Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

It takes a lot of courage for anyone to speak against racial injustice at work. Despite globalization, it is still surprising that cases of racial injustice at work are rising. Do you consider the criminal justice system against racial injustice at work? Examples of Racial Injustice at Work. Employees making racial jokes.

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Diversity Inclusion Employee Engagement Education 52

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 9, 2023

She shares the six principles found in her book that can be worked on to better our own use of inclusive language. Today, I’m talking with Dr. Suzanne Wertheim, CEO of Worthwhile Research and Consulting in her work as a linguistic anthropologist. And she says, Wait, so how long have you been working on inclusive language?

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Inclusion Sales Sales Engineering 311

UVA Darden

MARCH 8, 2024

The company had worked hard to become a premier employer, able to recruit and retain top talent based on a workplace culture that prized excellence, candor, transparency and inclusivity. One counter-protestor’s sign reportedly read “I’m just here for the jokes.” When streaming entertainment arose, Netflix dominated.

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Inclusion Business Administration Diversity Assets 98

Alison Green

AUGUST 29, 2022

A reader writes: I work in retail and accept applications in person. Asking a coworker not to joke about suicide. This post, how can I tell a job applicant we rejected them for being rude? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Other questions I’m answering there today include: My vendor laid off my mother.

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Sales Sales Recruitment Manager 64

Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 22, 2020

The first asked, “How many people work for you?” I know that is an old joke, but it is told (and retold) because it contains an element of truth. One business owner was talking to another. The other shook her head, and replied, “About half of them.” If you want to make sure you wouldn’t […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 22, 2020

The first asked, “How many people work for you?” I know that is an old joke, but it is told (and retold) because it contains an element of truth. One business owner was talking to another. The other shook her head, and replied, “About half of them.” If you want to make sure you wouldn’t […].

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Alison Green

APRIL 10, 2024

Is the kiss emoji appropriate at work? This is a low-stakes question, but I keep wondering: Is the kiss emoji 😘 ever appropriate in work communication? Our work environment is fairly informal — few emails, but lots of Slack messages, so of course emojis are everywhere. It’s five answers to five questions.

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Manager Advertising 85

Alison Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Wendy works for a company that provides daycare, a perk for her. One day at work, she received a call claiming to be from Child Protective Services accusing her of abuse and neglect. Winnifred laughed over the “joke.” I’m being required to sing on camera for work. By all accounts, she seems to be a decent mom.

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Government Manager Accounts Benefits 76

Peter Winick

MARCH 21, 2024

He encourages individuals to continuously seek satisfaction and joy in their work while adapting to new challenges and acquiring new skills. So, you check off almost every box of the things that are of interest to me in terms of the work that I do in terms of author, speaker, advisor, academic, etc. So, he’s still in that vein.

Leadership Development 308

Leadership Development Education Marketing Manager 308

Alison Green

JULY 11, 2022

So you also don’t know that you can go to HR and ask for something very simple, like a schedule change so your abuser doesn’t know when you are and aren’t at work, and they’ll probably work it out with you. Obviously, this was terrifying — it was meant to be.

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Manager 67

Alison Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

whatever) and through working with this person (who also combines an unusually nasal voice with severe overuse of the condescending “Does that make sense?”), I’ve slowly come to hate it. It made me think of a coworker who has a deep addiction to the word “touch-base,” substituting it for “meeting” at every conceivable opportunity.

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Manager 77

Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A reader writes: I work in a nonprofit child care setting and the environment can be toxic at times. I truly love working here. You may also like: my employee keeps getting deadnamed by a coworker I have two bosses, my manager attends a notoriously bigoted university, and more do I wear too much black at work?

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Nonprofit Manager 72

Alison Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

My boss, a mid- to late- sixties woman who’s been smoking for years, has decided to move her all her gardening, weed included, into the office that I work alone in all day. For two years, I suffered from a debilitating condition that kept me unable to work. In short, this job is paying my family’s bills. What can I do?

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Engineering Nonprofit Manager Administration 65

Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The role of disruptive platforms Sometimes when there’s a new breakthrough technology, as with what is happening in AI, or the Apple vision Pro, or Web3, it’s simply enough that the product has a “it works” feature. The natural cadence of products will indicate to you the channels that are most likely to work.

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Marketing Scaling Advertising Travel 105

Alison Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It really sucks and while I’m incredibly proud of him for taking a stand, I hate seeing him give up something he worked so hard for. And to the commenters who said I sounded a bit ageist, I heard you and I’m working on it. They split up my work among 4 people. Thanks for the advice, Alison. I stuck to the 2 weeks!

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Travel Energy Manager Benefits 58

15Five

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Moderated by 15Five HR Business Partner Polly Stocks , the panel discussed what has been working well for them as they build a more strategic HR function. Somebody is going to be the best place to work; why not us?”. That’s the future of work… helping others feel fantastic about themselves through their work.”.

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Operations Performance Review Compensation Implementation 62

Alison Green

MARCH 6, 2024

Should an employee pay for damage to a work vehicle when it was his fault? He’s also been in two accidents in his work truck, most recently where he admits he side-swiped a tree because he was texting while driving. I’ve been seen as the “picky eater” and the butt of many jokes in social and family situations.

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Advertising Travel Manager Marketing 86

Alison Green

MAY 8, 2024

A patient threatened to hit me I work as a dental hygienist. I work hard to make sure my patients are comfortable. It is never acceptable to threaten to hit a health care worker who is doing their job, even in a joking way. I am working with you to make this visit as comfortable as I can. Here we go… 1.

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Manager Human Resources Nonprofit Benefits 77

Michael McKinney

MAY 24, 2022

Working with the brain, our ideas can gain faster acceptance and is the idea behind the Amplifii Method. But there are many other framing devices, too, including props, quotes, jokes, statistics, and even music.”. The frame and message without a tie-down are “like a joke without a punchline. But it does not build influence.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But I like to pretend) You’ll never regret spending time in SF If you work in tech, you’ll never regret spending 3-5 years in the Bay Area. The amazing thing about SF tech culture was that this worked! How does angel investing and VC work? Find your cult I sometimes joke that the Bay Area is ruled by cults.

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A/B Testing Metrics Retention Engineering 123

Vantage Circle

JULY 23, 2021

A hilarious list of funny work quotes that would be perfect for your workplace. Do you know that every chuckle or shared joke brings with it a slew of business benefits, according to research from prestigious schools like Wharton, MIT, and London Business School? The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work. Bill Gates.

Government 105

Government Education Manager Accounts 105

Alison Green

JULY 7, 2022

I had a work friend who got let go. But they chose to make him work the entire day with that hanging over his head. I mean, I’ve seen Office Space with the joke “do it Friday afternoon, less chance of an incident.” This post, why do so many managers do firings and layoffs at the end of the day? ,

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Manager 77

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 10, 2021

Microaggression can lead to a hostile work environment. Migresssions can create a toxic work environment, making it difficult for the victims to focus and concentrate on regular duties. People are often not aware of microaggression and perceive it as silly jokes, which makes the whole situation more difficult.

Diversity 52

Diversity Inclusion Recruitment Retention 52

Alison Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

“I work for a nonprofit that currently gets almost all of our funding from one donor, which means if she gets a bee in her bonnet about the way things should be done, we generally try to satisfy that wish. Somehow he asked if his date, who also worked at the plant, if she was his ‘lady on the side’ and she actually was!

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Manager Nonprofit Banking 83