I have recently chosen to step down from a managerial position to a part time position at a company that has many more men than women, and is not an inclusive or diverse workplace. The women who used to be members of my team are not getting appropriate credit or consideration of…

Is asking about my job security ever in my favor? If my department can't show success, I want to ask my manager if my job could be laid off due to this. I understand anything they say won't matter, if a company wants to or needs to lay off people, they will. However, would asking…

A prospective employer responded to an interview experience I posted on Glassdoor a year ago. The company said, “Woah. Thank you for sharing your experience in details!” What is this prospective employer trying to say or convey here?

Feeling drained by a temp agency..need advice. So, I signed up with an education-based temp agency a few months ago, due mainly to desperation and not knowing what direction to go in my life at that particular time. I had a bad feeling about this company but not a lot of…

I started a new job with a new company a little over a year ago. Not once during the interview did the recruiter, hiring manager, or interviewers communicate that the company's policy is not to give yearly raises. Since every company I have ever worked for has always giving…

How do I get out of being their secretary, when my title is engineer? I'm a year into my job after graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. They started me off with taking notes for meetings. I assume this was to get me familiar with what was going on, but no one ever…

I am a director at a nonprofit, and I've started to let myself think that maybe it's just not for me. I've worked hard to get here, and spent my whole career moving up, up, up through the natural progression of the sector. It's a big step to admit that what I've been working so…

I recently had my one-year performance review and received a 3/5 rating. All comments were positive, and all feedback I've received before now has been positive. During the meeting, I didn't agree with one aspect of the rating where I was being rated for something that was not…

I applied for an internal position. I had an initial screening interview with the recruiter who said she was advancing me to the next round and that someone would call me to schedule. When I didnt get a call after a week had passed, I reached out to the recruiter who said she…

I am in the process of interviews to get a new job, which will enable me to leave one that I truly don't enjoy. I know that I will receive one of the three jobs for which I am presently being considered, but in the field I am in it takes quite a long time to get through this…

Don't discount the value of bad interviews; they can be helpful in the future. Last week I had one of the worst interviews in my career. I spent so much time preparing for it that I was visibly shaken after it ended. I was so frustrated with the whole process but arranged an…

Our company has announced several recent appointments for jobs that were never posted internally. None of the jobs went to women. How can I challenge management on 1) the lack of internal postings, and 2) the lack of diversity?

Do you feel like personality tests like DISC would be helpful in finding my way to the right career path? I’m 45 and feel like I’m supposed to be doing something more important. I am now an office manager for a small company. I don’t want to work for just a check. I really want…

I completed my MBA in 2022 from an ivy league and started my first job (ever) as a product manager(non tech) at a telecommunications and media company. However I am not being given enough work. I feel I am not learning enough. I talked to my manager about it but he wasn't…

About five years ago, I found myself overwhelmed by life and holding a fairly important position in a midsize company. I reported to the CEO. I tried to negotiate for assistance in the form of either an assistant, reduce duties, etc. but my boss just yelled at me until I was in…

Missed 3 deadlines First deadline was missed because brief was provided at 2 hours near the end of work day. Deadline was the next day morning. I have urged my supervisor to brief me early, however they still briefed me late. I was not able to stay up the night to complete the…

How do I take a step back? I have been in the workforce for almost 15 years all in marketing, though I would categorize myself as a generalist with a focus on helping companies with their go-to-market strategies I have a wide range of skills. I have two young children and left my…

I’m a nurse manager for a busy hospice team. One of my nurses has been with Us for close to 30 years. She is not grasping fundamental charting & documenting, critical thing and common sense in certain situations. Her attention to detail is just not there. Seems like what I’ve…

Nothing seems to work with the job search Ok, I need some help here. Trying to escape a truly toxic work environment I started looking for a job about 3 months ago. I did a lot of research on how to update my LinkedIn profile - read articles, took training led by recruiters,…

Any experience with work place illness? How do I report this? So, I started a job several months ago and got sick 4 weeks after I started. I thought it was an isolated event until now. Every week I would come home feeling as if I had a viral infection, flu or Covid. My test would…