It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I tell my boss he’s taking on too much? My boss is overworking himself. He is the executive director of our small team (only three of us, including him, but we serve a pretty large school district) and has been in the position for […]

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26.06.2025

should I give people a heads-up before their coworker is fired? - Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am working with HR to let someone go. The person is directly involved in a number of active cross-functional projects. Typically terminations in our organization are communicated post-event, but I feel like I will be blindsiding several team members. The termination shouldn’t be a major surprise as this individual has had […]

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26.06.2025

the completely fake project, the company-wide nap schedule, and other stories of summer interns - Ask a Manager

Earlier this month, we talked about summer interns, and here are 12 of my favorite stories you shared. (Note that we are laughing with these interns, not at them. We have all been this young and inexperienced at some point.) 1. The disappearance We had an intern go missing in a large U.S. City, away […]

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26.06.2025

should I tell my boss about my coworker's heart attack at work? - Ask a Manager

A reader writes: A month ago, my coworker had a heart attack at work. As a woman, her symptoms didn’t fit the standard “clutch your chest, and your left arm hurts.” Her vision suddenly doubled out of nowhere. I offered to walk her to the ER (we work next to a hospital), and she declined. […]

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my boss takes on too much, an impossibly slow coworker, and more - Ask a Manager

should I give people a heads-up before their coworker is fired? - Ask a Manager

the completely fake project, the company-wide nap schedule, and other stories of summer interns - Ask a Manager

should I tell my boss about my coworker's heart attack at work? - Ask a Manager

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