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updates: interviewing while visibly pregnant, LinkedIn exaggeration, and more

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update: can I suggest that my employee rethink her career path?

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daughter’s manager complained to me about her work, boss jokes about me having work “suitors,” and more

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update: I’m worried that my boss and HR are laying a paper trail to fire me

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updates: the cancelled promotion, the difficult friend, and more

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update: my boss and I share an office with a volatile jerk

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I didn’t show up for an interview I didn’t know about, coworker showed up at my house when I wasn’t there, and more

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weekend open thread – December 27-28, 2025

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open thread – December 26, 2025

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my ex works at my new job, I’ve fired my new employee before, and more

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the best office holiday party date story of all time

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the identity of the hometown hero is revealed

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update: how do I adjust to returning to the office after working from home for 5 years?

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update: my manager posted a “wall of shame” of people who didn’t volunteer to work more

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my employee wants to know where I am at all times, wedding drama, and more

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updates: the accidentally linked nudes, taking religious holidays as flex days, and more

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update: employees are being cruel to a gross coworker

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update: my new employee feels excluded on a well-meaning but cliquey team

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why haven’t I heard back after my interview?

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update: my new boss told me not to take all my PTO each year

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