I’ve signed up to participate in my office’s gift swap, where everyone is supposed to bring a wrapped gift and we’ll each pick one to ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker keeps snarking on the way I fold paper I work in a public library. One of my duties is to ...

Over the years, readers have submitted a tremendous number of amusing stories about holidays at work. Here are some of my favorites. 1. The thief and the hero At a temp secretarial job back in the day ...

All this week to get us in the holiday spirit, I’m going to be featuring holiday work stories readers have shared here in the past … and then updates ...

Last year, soon after I’d started a new job as a mid-level manager at a 30-person firm, I was surprised to get an email before the ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss runs hot and cold I work in a mid-size non-profit as a fundraiser. I've been in this field for ...

I have been the direct supervisor of Bob since 2022, but I was also previously his supervisor in another position, I have worked with him ...

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the ...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss hates that I blush a lot I have always been a chronic blusher. Whatever you're thinking when ...

One of the most popular "ask the readers" posts last year was on unusual but fun office traditions. Here's some of what got shared last year: • We had The ...

I'm a manager of two employees, both of whom are salaried, not hourly. One of them -- who's younger, less experienced, more eager -- rarely ...

Our team of seven has been working from home since the beginning of Covid. To keep up-to-date on projects, we have two weekly calls with ...