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Work Advice: Is there a grown-up in the office? Nov 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. This week's questions focus on how to deal with unprofessional people in the office.
Work advice: Blowing the whistle on a racist retaliatorNov 11, 2012 12:00 AM
Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers.
Work advice: When should a worker drop the d-bomb? Nov 4, 2012 12:00 AM
Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. This week's is about equal pay.
Work advice: How to deal with pay inequity Oct 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers.
Work advice: A modest mouse gets no cheese Oct 21, 2012 12:00 AM
I am a new college graduate, and I have been bombing interviews. I have studied manuals on answering standard interview questions, but I am modest about my skills and capabilities. Are you supposed to be "dishonest" even if you are freaking out about whether you can perform the job?
Work Advice: If you played, you should get paidOct 14, 2012 12:00 AM
I was offered a low-paying job at a small business. Does the business owner still need to pay me? The owner asked me to stay for a year but said she’d understand if I left sooner than that for my “dream job.” on Wednesday of my third week at work, I received an offer from my actual dream job, which I’d interviewed for six weeks earlier. In that interview, I had said I could start ASAP, so I didn’t want to tell them I’d taken a survival job. I gave notice the next day that Friday would be my last day I went to work without a contract. I was paid at the end of my first week, and the next pay period ended on my last day. I really don’t know whether I deserve to be paid for those two weeks.
Work advice: Detail-oriented, yes; obsessive, no Oct 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. This week's question deals with how an employee should deal with a disrespectul email sent by a boss to a prospective client. The employee accidentally received the email and isn't sure if she should confront her boss.
Work advice: how middle managers can handle bosses who terrorize Sep 30, 2012 12:00 AM
Last week,workplace advice columnist Karla L. Miller explained how employees can deal with bullying bosses. This week, she'll look at how middle managers can handle bosses who terrorize their line workers.
Work advice: Managing your manager Sep 23, 2012 12:00 AM
I have an "old school" manager who manages via threats, intimidating emails and general bullying. Most of the time, he does this before a holiday weekend or a scheduled vacation. He seems to nitpick at someone whenever he needs a new target. Is there anything to protect those who deal with otherwise hostile situations at work?
Work advice: Disability reassurance for returning to work Sep 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Most of us don't have to think about how a disability could pre-empt or derail a career — but anyone could end up in thatr position. And someone in that position could end up anywhere. Just ask Kathy Martinez, assistant secretary for disability employment policy at the Department of Labor, who aided in this response.
How to convince your boss that you’re right Sep 9, 2012 12:00 AM
Work advice: Out of a work rut, into a financial one? Sep 2, 2012 12:00 AM
Society is straining at the seams with people who have been forced into life on the margins, with few options and fewer resources. And if you think job hunting while you're employed is a drag, imagine what it's like with bills piling up and no health insurance, Karla L. Miller writes in this week's Watercooler work advice column.
How to talk to inappropriately dressed co-worker Aug 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Work advice: How an overweight worker can deal with a workplace bully Aug 19, 2012 12:00 AM
Work advice: Is her career being mommy-tracked? Aug 12, 2012 12:00 AM
I have been an attorney in county government for the past five years, handling one type of litigation. I had practiced in that specialty for eight years, was the top attorney in that area and always received high praise for my work product and ethic. I went on maternity leave in January, returned mid-March and was "reassigned" to another department practicing an area of law in which I have zero experience.
Work advice: Follow a spouse working a temporary job? Aug 5, 2012 12:00 AM
Because of a great job opportunity for my husband, we are temporarily relocating to a small, Midwestern rural town for about a year. I am unable to keep my current job, so I am hunting for a job in this new area. At what point do I need to tell prospective employers that I will only be in the area for a short time? Should I mention it in the cover letter, in the interview or when an offer is extended?
Work advice: Curbing the curmudgeonly co-worker Jul 29, 2012 12:00 AM
I work in a university environment and share the reception area with a woman who constantly complains, loudly, behind the walls of her cubicle about every issue under the sun. What is the best way to handle her never-ending rants against delivery companies, incompetent people and life in general?
Work advice: What’s like got to do with it? Jul 22, 2012 12:00 AM
I recently transferred from a large, prestigious corporation to a small boutique shop. I am the only woman, except for our administrative assistant. She has a great deal of clout and is young, bright and attractive. I have tried to be friendly, but she seems to want nothing to do with me.
Work advice: Handling the delicate dances of acceptance, rejectionJul 15, 2012 12:00 AM
In this week's Watercooler advice column, Karla L. Miller tackles the question of if it's OK to bail on a job you just accepted for a better opportunity. She also answers a question about leaving a message for job candidates you're not going to hire.
When 'you look so young!' gets old Jul 8, 2012 12:00 AM
: I am a 37-year-old woman and a partner in a professional services firm. My problem, which is really only a problem in this context, is that I look at least 10 years younger than my age. Since my industry values experience above nearly everything else, I am constantly worried that my appearance conveys a lack thereof. I have tried dressing up, dressing down, more makeup, less makeup, different glasses, contact lenses — nothing works.