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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [how do you avoid burnout when your work is under-funded and emotionally draining?](#mctoc1) - [my employees finish my sentences, my interviewer left me alone while she ran errands, and more](#mctoc2) - [my employee keeps editing my work — and it feels like a power play](#mctoc3) - [what’s wrong with being chilly at work?](#mctoc4) [][][] how do you avoid burnout when your work is under-funded and emotionally draining? Jan 24, 2019 10:59 am It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m in my tenth year of working in an elementary school, not as a classroom teacher but in a role that is still certified and student/teacher/parent-facing. My school and district serve a suburban community of mixed income…we have some very white collar, professional families, as […] You may also like: - [I let someone push my employee around and now it’s a mess]( - [a teacher we employ forged vaccination paperwork for his child]( - [a coworker is using Google Translate to cheat, sheet masks at work, and more]( [how do you avoid burnout when your work is under-funded and emotionally draining?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like how do you avoid burnout when your work is under-funded and emotionally draining? on Facebook]( [][][] my employees finish my sentences, my interviewer left me alone while she ran errands, and more Jan 24, 2019 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employees finish my sentences I’m a manager to a team of four at a mid-sized marketing agency. For the most part, my team is great — they’re dependable, intelligent, and they genuinely care about the work we’re doing. My problem is that I have […] You may also like: - [is it okay to turn down a job in the middle of the interview?]( - [my entry-level employee gave me a bunch of off-base “constructive criticism”]( - [my employee uses constant jargon, unpleasant coworker wants to have lunch together, and more]( [my employees finish my sentences, my interviewer left me alone while she ran errands, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like my employees finish my sentences, my interviewer left me alone while she ran errands, and more on Facebook]( [][][] my employee keeps editing my work — and it feels like a power play Jan 23, 2019 01:59 pm A reader writes: I am a relatively new manager who is quite a bit younger than my employees (I am mid-30s, my employees are late 40s/early 50s.) One employee has developed an annoying trait of “doctoring” all my documents that I send out. For example, if I write a policy and procedure for one of […] You may also like: - [my employee keeps making a show of editing my work — and it’s obnoxious]( - [how can I help an employee who has no attention to detail?]( - [my employee lies and says other people’s work is her own]( [my employee keeps editing my work — and it feels like a power play]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like my employee keeps editing my work — and it feels like a power play on Facebook]( [][][] what’s wrong with being chilly at work? Jan 23, 2019 12:30 pm A reader writes: I’ve been reading your blog and listening to your podcast for a while. There are a number of times you describe certain things as coming off as “chilly” in some of your answers. It clicked for me while reading your response to the letter writer who didn’t want to interact with small […] You may also like: - [saying “how are you?” feels inauthentic to me]( - [coworkers keep commenting on how quiet I am]( - [how can I get my quiet, introverted boss to open up?]( [what’s wrong with being chilly at work?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like what’s wrong with being chilly at work? on Facebook]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2019 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]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](