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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [ask the readers: what have you seen go wrong while living or traveling with coworkers?](#mctoc1) - [my manager bombards me with email, coworker takes too much food at meetings, and more](#mctoc2) - [should I be this emotionally drained by managing?](#mctoc3) - [how to deal with an angry, disruptive coworker](#mctoc4) [][][] ask the readers: what have you seen go wrong while living or traveling with coworkers? Jun 28, 2018 10:59 am Earlier this year, I told the ridiculous story of the intern house I was in charge of, and how the interns living there made tea for a burglar, who then robbed them when they left to go to the beach. I want to know your own tales of ridiculousness that you witnessed or perpetrated while living with […] You may also like: - [we give our interns free housing — and there are problems]( - [I’m supposed to share a house with five coworkers for a team retreat]( - [update: my mom keeps sending me job postings even though I’m happily employed]( [ask the readers: what have you seen go wrong while living or traveling with coworkers?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like ask the readers: what have you seen go wrong while living or traveling with coworkers? on Facebook]( [][][] my manager bombards me with email, coworker takes too much food at meetings, and more Jun 28, 2018 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager sends me a barrage of emails within minutes of each other My manager will send me multiple emails on the same item and it’s driving me insane! If she has questions on a project, she will send three separate emails with a different […] You may also like: - [my coworker follows up on emails in person if he doesn’t get an instant response]( - [my coworker announced she’ll only check email twice a week]( - [update: job candidate called me four times in one day]( [my manager bombards me with email, coworker takes too much food at meetings, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like my manager bombards me with email, coworker takes too much food at meetings, and more on Facebook]( [][][] should I be this emotionally drained by managing? Jun 27, 2018 01:59 pm A reader writes: I’ve been with my company over a decade. We are a manufacturing environment. I started as an analyst and worked my way up to manager and then senior manager, leading a team of warehouse operators and administrative staff, about 40 headcount altogether. I love my job and I love my company, and […] You may also like: - [how do you deal with having to fire someone?]( - [I reported my sexist team to HR — and now they’re doing a much bigger investigation than I wanted]( - [I’m hypersensitive to criticism — how do I fix this?]( [should I be this emotionally drained by managing?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like should I be this emotionally drained by managing? on Facebook]( [][][] how to deal with an angry, disruptive coworker Jun 27, 2018 12:30 pm This week on the Ask a Manager podcast, I talk to a guest whose coworker’s behavior is disruptive and unsettling. She’s already talked to her manager and HR about it, but the problem is continuing and she’s wondering where to go from here. The show is 24 minutes long, and you can listen on  Apple […] You may also like: - [my employee constantly cries when things don’t go her way]( - [my coworker keeps demanding I say “please”]( - [how can I get my coworker to stop talking about God?]( [how to deal with an angry, disruptive coworker]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like how to deal with an angry, disruptive coworker on Facebook]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2018 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. Our mailing address is: Ask A Manager askamanager.orgWashington, DC 20002 [Add us to your address book](//askamanager.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=e3ab10e0da70e9f121f037e2b&id=46df0f75a7) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](