Termination without warning Asking for a friend: recently my friend was let go with no notice or anything. She logged in to here email/accounts today and saw that she had be removed from everything. She called her employer and they mentioned she was terminated and hung up. She is…

How do you handle wearing too many hats for your role? I am the lead marketer for a midsize company. I feel like I can not focus on any one thing because we are such a lean team. These are the things I “own” in my role: -Overseeing marketing strategy across all our product lines…

What is the best, most effective way to ask for a raise? In talking with others and researching jobs at my level it is clear that I am underpaid. I handle the workload of about 3 people and do far more than my job title and pay grade call for. I feel like with the work I perform…

Has anyone gone from working for a well-established organization (with thousands of employees) to a startup (of under 20)?! I'm having a hard time adjusting to the lack of structure. Everything is so different and the things I have to do are not clear now. I'm the only one…

I am trying to make a career change... I worked in the restaurant industry for almost 18 years. When the pandemic hit, I decided to return to school for my MBA. I graduate next month, yay! I have interviewed for HR positions and found that although I have full-cycle recruiting…

What resources do you all use to learn or improve your skills? Do you use assets within your company? Do you use online resources? How do you decide which skills you should learn or upgrade? Let's share some knowledge! As I mentioned in my comment on a post, when trying to find…

How do you like to show kindness to coworkers & colleagues?

I have a client with whom I have a contract specifying payment in 30 days. (I'm on retainer). Every month, I have to go looking for payment. They always pay, but seem to have interpreted the contract to read, "after 30 days, this invoice can be treated like a timecard that gets…

I am ughh... I am at my wits end with a coworker. The other day I was in a meeting with my boss, and she comes over because she can hear us ( mind you the door was closed) and barges in. She admits she can hear us and wanted to hear our convo. My boss said nothing to her. I find…

I recently joined a new company after taking a few months off to give myself a mental health break. When I joined the company, our team was relatively new, so we had the opportunity to do a skills assessment and ensure everyone's responsibilities aligned with their previous…

My manager frequently belittles and talks down to me in front of coworkers. I work on a 2-person team and am often looped into all the meetings my manager is in. Often in the meetings my manager does the following: Explicitly calls me out and says “so to explain and distill this…

Communicating boundaries around self care Some are: I'm scheduling more "me time" and not overbooking myself." "Let's take a break from this conversation then continue it later." "When I care for myself I'm able to show up as my best self" "I'm making more time for things that…

Dont forget to fill your own cup You deserve happiness

HR asked for feedback on interview process post-rejection. How do you respond to that? The interview process was long and annoying and after several weeks I was rejected so I felt like it was a giant waste of time and getting my hopes up for no reason. But I obviously would…

I’m on the verge of giving up on the idea of being hired in my field because of my age. I’m working on adjusting to the idea of just getting a local job that will at least cover my basic bills. I’ve been job searching for more than 2 years and I think it’s time to let go of the…

Hi everyone, So I work for an awesome company, with an awesome culture. However, I am currently a manager in under a sr manager who has a much more hands-on (bordering on micro managing) approach to managing than I do. After eight months of really not being allowed to do much of…

Honestly, working moms, how do you do it? I'm sure plenty of new moms relate but, I'm struggling to juggle my worlds. I actually love what I do and my employer (for the most part), but I'm increasingly aware of how much of my time and attention it takes. I feel like I'm…

I need to step up at work, no idea how Hi Ladies! Turning to you for wisdom. I recently had a conversation with my boss about me taking more responsibility at work, just running with the ideas and not checking in with him along the way. I agree, however I’m not sure how. Due to…

Anyone Else Grieving Pre-Covid 19 Life? I’ve really been struggling with my mental health this year and realized that I think I’m mourning my old life. In the last three years I lost three family members (to cancer), my beloved dog, and while I love being remote it is strange…

I’ m looking for some suggestions on how to best respond to or ignore a co-worker who makes statements I find offensive? I do not want to escalate anything, but I would prefer not to have to hear it. One example is she has said on several occasions that people who work for the…