Advice please! I was working in a job I loved. Then I was asked to move to a different job (same company). I was told the job was perfect for my skills. The new job was terrible and I was slowly marginalized. I was replaced by someone with less than a third of my experience. Then…

There has to be a Boundary to Say No to a Project, Right?! I am honored to say someone from leadership asked me to present payroll processing procedures and payroll compliance at an Upper Management Meeting. This includes directors and executives above. Many directors do not…

Federal employee doing work for a higher grade level position and not getting compensated for it I have been working for my agency for several years at the a mid grade level, and I have occasionally filled in for somebody at the next level up when that position has been vacant…

Started a new company a year ago. Since then there have been layoffs and department closures. I myself do not feel stable. My employee resigned and is going to the previous company I was terminated from. I am concerned he will gossip about me. I still am hurt over the termination…

My boss wants me to make him a thought leader. Help! I am a career Executive Assistant. In my current role, I work at a really small startup doing a lot of operations/HR work in addition to EA duties. I'm kind of like a Chief of Staff without the pay - for my role, I'm definitely…

Advice on how to handle a very condescending co-worker. I work with a woman who is an admin to our boss, we are both his direct reports, but she thinks she is my boss because she works so closely with our boss. Our roles are not intertwined except for our boss. Lately, she has…

My imposter syndrome with a hint of fear kicking in I accepted a position outside my past experience.I'm excited about a new role but the fear that they could have someone better is eating away at me everyday as I approach the start date.I was told that they wouldn't have hired…

Reference Checking I interviewed for a position that I am really excited about and the company has asked for my references. This is great news, however they requested that I provide a minimum of 5 references, with at least 1 being my most recent supervisor. My problem is that I…

Drained and traumatized. I was working at a company and loved my job until new management came in, followed by another wave of new management, and again. The turnover in management happened four times in about a year and a half. By the end of my tenure, I didn’t know what was…

Question for the group. Years ago, I hired a career coach in my 20s to help me with a career change (before this was popular). But I haven’t used a career coach, resume writer, etc ever since. I’ve been fortunate to have a great career but feel ready for another career change…

6 months into a new job, and it is not a good fit, and it would be best for me to leave - it's not a good cultural fit... The problem is that my last job before this one also only lasted 6 months. That role ended up being downgrade (title and how it was described to me were…

So I got written up not a surprise really as my boss has been riding all over me every single day. I reported the whole leadership team to hr because of some terrible incidents that occurred. So though I’ve done nothing wrong, they are trying to get rid of me. Is it better to…

I work remotely from home and so do most of my co-workers. We talk via TEAMS. I am relatively new to the company. I am having trouble connecting with my coworkers. They joke with each other, privately message each other and generally keep in the loop. However, I am not really in…

I need advice. I’ve been at my job for about 3 months and I don’t know that it’s for me or if I’m just dramatic. It’s an industry I was previously in and burnt out on hard. The company is super small and they tell me constantly how happy they are to have me and that me being…

Well I got a long term contract job after being let go from a job after seven weeks. How do you recommend I move forward I get over the last experience and not allow it to spill into my current role?

I've been uncomfortable at my place of work since my last promotion. Honestly thought the grass was greener on the other side, however it's been almost 2 years and I hate my role. I expressed my concern with my manager and he throws textbook managerial lingo at me. I feel so…

What can be done? After accepting an offer for employment, some of the background check information was completed on behalf of the soon to be employee. The Employer prefilled certain aspects of the application incorrectly but has not sent over a new background check application.…

So I've been out of full-time work for nearly 9 months after my department was let go late last year. I'm a graphic designer, and things have been rough where I live, but now, I finally have had some serious bites, and a few offers. The one I am accepting—it's in the marketing…

Question about re-applying for the same job Hi, FBG-ers! Last fall I was recruited for a high level position in an organization similar to mine, but in a city where I used to live. I was very excited about it, and even made it to the "they'll fly me in for f2f interviews"…

Is this now the new trend? I’m in my mid 50’s, I don’t look my age and have done well in sales my entire career. I’ve been looking for a new job but it seems like most companies are either paying very low base + commission or straight commission nowadays. To top it off, they’re…