Ask a Manager
Workplace advice that tells you what to actually say.
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Ask a Manager answers workplace questions with the thing most career advice lacks: exact scripts for what to actually say. Alison Green built the site on years of answering reader letters about awkward bosses, unfair coworkers, and confusing office norms.
The format is straightforward. A reader's workplace dilemma followed by direct, often blunt advice on how to handle it, frequently including suggested wording to use in the actual conversation. Useful for anyone facing a specific, uncomfortable workplace situation and unsure how to phrase the pushback.
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