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This is “Where are you now?” All month long, and throughout December, on Ask a Manager I’ve been running updates from people whose letters were previously answered here. Here are four updates from previous letter-writers. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. 1. Adjusting to not having friends at work now that I’m everyone’s manager (#2 on link) I wrote about loneliness at work after being promoted to location manager about six months ago. Overall, I feel much more comfortable! Some of my employees were promoted or otherwise transferred to different…
If you’ve ever looked at an insurance quote and wondered, “Is it really worth it?”You are not alone. Liability and comprehensive policies can feel like an expensive secret, especially as your net worth grows and your risks change. In today’s episode, we explore the listener’s dilemma about rising liability and umbrella insurance costs, and we explore how to think clearly about protection, exposures, and the parts of your portfolio that can already be protected. Plus, we’ll also explain how changes in home risk, driver age and asset location change insurance strategies from year to year. From there, we take on…
This is “Where are you now?” All month long, and throughout December, on Ask a Manager I’ve been running updates from people whose letters were previously answered here. Here are three updates from previous letter-writers. 1. I’m drowning in information because of my coworker’s constant blabbering, and my boss won’t help So as it happened, by the time the post went up I had left the job and the field. But shortly after sending the letter, I sat down and described it to my boss exactly as I wrote it. He wasn’t blind, so even though he wasn’t exactly thrilled,…
It’s amazing enough that we invented language, this vessel of thought that shapes what it contains, that we raised it to our lips to drink to the world and tell each other what we taste, what it’s like to be alive in this particular sensorium. But then we passed it from our lips to our hands and shaped it so we could hear it with our eyes and see it with our minds, creating meaning from shapes and sizes for sounds. We take it for granted now, this temporary miracle permeating every foundation of our lives, and continue to employ…
For those with irregular or absent menstruation, the method suggests following the phases of the moon as a guide, starting with the follicular phase seed at the new moon and switching to the luteal phase seed at the full moon. While the lunar cycle is slightly longer than 28 days (per NASAThat’s 29.5 days), it provides a simple framework for mimicking a 28-day cycle.How is it supposed to work?Consuming certain seeds during different stages of menstruation is believed to provide nutrients that gently support hormone balance at the right time. Flax seeds contain lignans, plant compounds that may help support…
I can’t stand AI-assisted writing anymore. It’s all on Substack. It’s in my LinkedIn replies. it’s everywhere. Like a disease is slowly infecting our literary consciousness. I see it even from people who I am Know Not a bad writer. For example, a prominent figure in the wealth management field recently posted the following: Your dollar has lost 53% of its purchasing power over the last 30 years.This is not an anomaly.This is the system.Inflation is not just a number – it is a silent thief. There is nothing wrong with this message (I agree with it), but it is…
The holiday season is all about cheer and togetherness — at least that’s the idea. In practice, all those gifts, travel plans, and family reunions you look forward to may also be the things that make the stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s excessively disorganized.Even the most celebratory of people can feel depressed at this time of year, and there are many reasons for this – the financial stress of buying gifts; Social pressure to interact with coworkers, friends, family; And the countless activities that make the holidays magical. Furthermore, this season can be a painful reminder of those we…
How do we fire someone in an open-plan office? By Alison Green But 2 December 2025 There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. A reader writes: My company’s offices are completely open-plan, except for a few fish-bowl style, glass-walled conference rooms. There aren’t even dividers between desks, just one big room, so everyone can see everything that’s happening. Unfortunately, we have had to fire some people in the last year, particularly for not meeting performance targets (as opposed to misconduct or misbehavior). Typically, the laid-off employee gets the news in a…
This is “Where are you now?” All month long, and throughout December, on Ask a Manager I’ve been running updates from people whose letters were previously answered here. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember that letter-writer who felt guilty about retiring at such a difficult time for his coworkers? Here’s the update. First of all, I want to say wholeheartedly that I really valued all the advice given, and the various ways in which my anxiety about retiring was addressed helped me move forward and calm the guilt I…
taken from the vertical perspective, Kevin KrautgartnerImages of crashing waves capture the power and beauty of our oceans. Photographs taken off the coast of Western Australia capture the clarity and texture of the water and shoreline, where “wind, swell and underwater topography create the most powerful and visually striking wave formations I have ever encountered,” he says. Krautgartner’s latest series is titled Waves Ocean Force. Turquoise water swirls, sprays, rolls and washes over the sand, so precisely focused that the phenomenon appears almost abstract. The artist spends time planning and waiting for ideal weather conditions and swells to capture high-resolution…