Karla L. Miller
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Work advice: How to handle an employee who keeps making basic mistakesMar 01, 2024 12:54 pm - Q: I’m in charge of fundraising at a small nonprofit. One of my supervisees needs improvement in working independently and producing higher-quality work. He sends me mate...
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Office holiday parties are transformed this yearDec 22, 2020 1:13 pm - To put it mildly, no one feels much like celebrating 2020. Between public health, economic and unemployment crises, office holiday parties - which face mixed reactions i...
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When a business owner dies without a succession plan, everyone is thrown into turmoilDec 08, 2020 9:18 am - Q: I work for a very small luxury travel agency that was already suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The owner of the company recently passed away, and we are heartb...
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You deserve a work-life balance, even if you're child-free in a pandemicNov 17, 2020 5:29 am - Q: I'm the reader who wrote about being a weary child-free worker in a federal workplace where parents were being allowed full pay for reduced hours. Many of my co-worke...
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Worker resents having to pick up slack for working moms and dadsNov 04, 2020 5:30 am - Q: Our federal workplace, under the Cares Act, permits parents to work 75% of their hours (30 hours/week, any days or times) for the same pay. I'm glad not to lose my te...
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I'm a first-responder and now, it seems, a COVID-19 'long-hauler'Oct 27, 2020 6:57 am - Q: I work for my state government as a first-responder, interacting daily with unmasked members of the public who would cough on me while showing symptoms. Despite havin...
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I think my old boss is sabotaging my job searchOct 17, 2020 9:25 am - Q: I quit my job last year after a new boss took over. We had numerous disputes, she threatened to terminate me, and I decided it would be best to leave. I've had over 2...
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Our co-workers had coronavirus, but our boss never told usOct 08, 2020 6:40 am - Q: Two people in our five-person office have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Our boss found out over the weekend, but didn't tell us until we found out from o...
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My co-workers won't wear face masks and it's stressing me outSep 29, 2020 6:24 am - Q: I recently started an entry-level job at a small nonprofit after two months of being unemployed. We work with students, and masks are strictly enforced for them. In m...
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Young, scrappy and hungry ... for promotionSep 14, 2020 12:54 pm - Q: I work at a global nonprofit that hires a lot of recent college graduates from around the world. They are "the best and brightest" and have great careers ahead of the...
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