Does anyone else feel an emotional burden to be "nice" at work? (Season of Sharing) I often find myself overthinking my communication with my coworkers and worrying if I'm coming off as passive-aggressive when I'm quickly responding to someone. It's exhausting to constantly…

Why is the discussion about salary considered awkward during the interview process? It is no secret that the hiring company is going to pay and that the primary reason the candidate is considering the job is to get paid. Why the reluctance? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Hello. I would love to get some different perspectives. Part of my job is to recruit and hire for a local government office. We are a small team, so any opening is difficult to carry. We had a new hire who became ill and asked to defer a start date. We did multiple times. After…

Tips for making nice with co-workers? I screwed up. I was having a conversation with an officemate and in our commiseration, I bashed an upcoming event (which I cannot attend due to a schedule conflict). The person planning that event overheard and is understandably upset. I have…

I was named manager of my department and told I was to be in charge of my 'realm'. All department managers get a say on the hiring of assistants for their departments and they even get to interview their future teammates. It was deemed necessary for me to also have an assistant.…

What to do when employees are obviously provoking management and intentionality picking to cause a leader to fail? I am witnessing this happen within the organization I work for and I am unsure how to stop it as a new HR professional. The manager has done nothing wrong. The…

Advice Needed: Office Culture I've been with the same company for about three years now. In the beginning, a huge focus was given to work life balance and employee appreciation (think monthly birthday lunches, events, team happy hours, group lunches, etc.) During the pandemic,…

Am I being promoted or pushed out? The context: I've been working in TV production for the last 7 years. Before that, I've changed a lot of jobs, so I'm a self-taught who started this career from scratch. For the last 4 years, I've been working on a very well-known TV project.…

I was recently laid off due to restructuring. I have hired a resume writer and a career coach to help me through this transition. Long story short, I returned to corporate America after a long break to raise my children. I had part-time jobs along the way, but went full time…

I’ve been waiting for an offer for a job I really want and finally got it but they decided to offer it as hourly instead of salary. Same money per hour as salary but something doesn’t feel right. Why would they change their mind at the last minute? I want the job, so should I…

What are your job description red flags? The things that make you automatically say "no way" and move on to the next listing? My sister is on the job hunt and I'd love to share some things she should look out for. JOIN THE SEASON OF SHARING: 1. Find three different members who…

Have a job interview for a director level position. This is the first time I’ve felt confident enough to apply and actually didn’t think I would get a call back for it but I’m very excited. However, although I am more than qualified for the role, I have a baby face, and look much…

How will I know if entrepreneurship is better for me than working a job? Hi everyone, I'm a senior technology manager in my mid-30s with over 11 years of experience under my belt. I'm about to move across continents to start a new life in Canada, and I've started job hunting to…

I just joined this company a few months back and I am now interested in a role in a different department. My move was honestly, an escape from a toxic environment. So the role isn’t exactly what I want to do and I joined the company with the intention of transferring to another…

I felt publicly shamed by my boss. I am a new employee and at one of our team meetings recently, my boss questioned why my project had issues and kept asking me questions on my approach including having dig up documents for her review at the meeting. The spotlight set on me for…

My boss is head of the company. I have 5 incidents of being treated wrongly, unfairly and am considering calling a meeting with them and HR. It’s been over a year of this and. I know as a leader and from my research, this is bullying at work. I want to say “I want to stay here…

I have a great role working for the head of our organisation. I went into it knowing that I would level up in terms of working with senior leadership daily (yes!) and get exposure across the business and leading projects (yes!). After 3.5 years I know it’s time to execute the…

Hi All! I'm in a new role at a mid-sized arts nonprofit. My job is in development, which fits my super social personality. The last few places I worked were pretty toxic, but I managed to find some comradery eventually with my coworkers. Here I feel lost and kind of lonely. I…

Tips on resigning during remote work? It seems really strange and it doesn't help that my manager is traveling for most of the rest of the year. My thought was to try and schedule a video meeting with him to let him know "in person" and then email him my resignation letter.…

Routinely Rewriting my Resume: What to include, does anyone really know? In the past year, I feel like I've changed my resume more than 100 times. I went from including a highlight section, from two to a single page, bullet points with key verbs, Word to PDF and my latest, result…