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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [an employee is putting magic curses on her coworkers](#mctoc1) - [update: how can I be more assertive at work?](#mctoc2) - [I couldn’t participate in team-building, coworker with an eating disorder, and more](#mctoc3) - [update: I’m a finalist for a job where it sounds like people work a ton of hours](#mctoc4) - [updates: the work note left on a grave and more](#mctoc5) [][][] an employee is putting magic curses on her coworkers Dec 27, 2017 11:59 am I’m on vacation this week, so here’s a reprint of one of my favorite letters of all time. A reader writes: I’ve recently been contacted by a supervisor in our company who has heard that one of his subordinates has been regularly “cursing” both him and his daughter (who also works for our company). By […] You may also like: - [my coworker treats me like his assistant]( - [listen to me on the Mo’ Money podcast]( - [do I really have to wear a Halloween costume to work?]( [an employee is putting magic curses on her coworkers]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like an employee is putting magic curses on her coworkers on Facebook]( [][][] update: how can I be more assertive at work? Dec 27, 2017 10:59 am Remember the letter-writer asking about how to be more assertive at work, especially in the face of sexism? Here’s the update. I realized, after reading your reply and the comments, that I was letting my self worth get too caught up in feeling like I wasn’t standing up for myself, and then beating myself up […] You may also like: - [update: people think I’m my boss’s assistant — but I’m not]( - [my employee insinuated I was having an affair … with my husband]( - [update: my insecure coworker keeps spying on me and trying to one-up me]( [update: how can I be more assertive at work?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like update: how can I be more assertive at work? on Facebook]( [][][] I couldn’t participate in team-building, coworker with an eating disorder, and more Dec 27, 2017 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss planned team-building activities that I couldn’t fully participate in I work for a very small company with no HR (I know). We don’t regularly go into the office, only a few times a year for meetings. My boss planned a (non mandatory, but […] You may also like: - [I’m being penalized for not participating in monthly athletic events at work]( - [my company is making us do mandatory sessions with a pushy, rude gym trainer]( - [my office is going overboard on team-building activities]( [I couldn’t participate in team-building, coworker with an eating disorder, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like I couldn’t participate in team-building, coworker with an eating disorder, and more on Facebook]( [][][] update: I’m a finalist for a job where it sounds like people work a ton of hours Dec 26, 2017 01:59 pm Remember the letter-writer who was a finalist for a job where it sounded like people worked a ton of hours? Here’s the update. As I described in my letter, I was really uneasy about the situation. Shortly before you published my letter, the employer and I had a scheduled follow-up conversation where I was up-front […] You may also like: - [update from the reader who found out she was pregnant right after starting a new job]( - [update: we can be fired if our friends and family don’t follow the company’s religious values]( - [update: my coworker was arrested for DUI and hasn’t told our employer]( [update: I’m a finalist for a job where it sounds like people work a ton of hours]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like update: I’m a finalist for a job where it sounds like people work a ton of hours on Facebook]( [][][] updates: the work note left on a grave and more Dec 26, 2017 12:30 pm Here are updates from five people whose letters were answered here this year. 1. My coworker keeps asking his wife for input on our projects I think my coworker figured out based on our ignoring his wife’s input that we weren’t going to listen to it, because he hasn’t since tried to do that again! I […] You may also like: - [update: my boss made me leave a work note at a grave]( - [updates: the Christmas lunch, the fired boss, and more]( - [5 more updates from letter-writers on how things turned out]( [updates: the work note left on a grave and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like updates: the work note left on a grave and more on Facebook]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2017 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. 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