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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [the swingers, the fist fight, and other stories of holiday chaos](#mctoc1) - [update: job searching with autism (an update 7 years in the making!)](#mctoc2) - [update: I’m terrified of making mistakes at my first job](#mctoc3) - [update: how do I reconcile my heart and my brain when making big career decisions?](#mctoc4) [][][] the swingers, the fist fight, and other stories of holiday chaos Dec 25, 2019 12:00 pm Earlier this month, I asked you to share your funniest office holiday stories. Here are eight of my favorites … in addition to, obviously, the greatest office holiday party story of all time. (Note: Some of these are mildly NSFW.) 1. The laps “First proper job, aged 18, in the UK where the drinking age is […] You may also like: - [the best office holiday party date story of all time]( - [the come-hither pirate and other stories of office holiday mayhem]( - ["I will confront you by Wednesday of this week" and other holiday stories]( [the swingers, the fist fight, and other stories of holiday chaos]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like the swingers, the fist fight, and other stories of holiday chaos on Facebook]( [][][] update: job searching with autism (an update 7 years in the making!) Dec 25, 2019 07:01 am It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. More than seven years ago, I printed a letter from a reader whose son is on the autism spectrum. He was years away from working age, but she […] You may also like: - [ask the readers: how to succeed at work when you're not neurotypical]( - [how can I prepare my teenager for the workforce?]( - [the weird world of interviewing teenagers]( [update: job searching with autism (an update 7 years in the making!)]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like update: job searching with autism (an update 7 years in the making!) on Facebook]( [][][] update: I’m terrified of making mistakes at my first job Dec 24, 2019 01:59 pm It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who was terrified of making mistakes at her first job? Here’s the update. First off, I would like to send a GIANT thank you to […] You may also like: - [my manager wants me to take more responsibility for my mistakes]( - [I'm terrified of making mistakes at my first job]( - [how do I recover from a huge, fireable mistake at work?]( [update: I’m terrified of making mistakes at my first job]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like update: I’m terrified of making mistakes at my first job on Facebook]( [][][] update: how do I reconcile my heart and my brain when making big career decisions? Dec 24, 2019 12:29 pm It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who’d had a late-term pregnancy loss, had lost interest in her job, and fantasized about quitting her job and moving to Spain for a few […] You may also like: - [interviewing while pregnant -- but I'm not the mother]( - [can I bring a baby to a networking coffee?]( - [I'm frustrated that my employee didn't want the post-baby flexibility I arranged for her]( [update: how do I reconcile my heart and my brain when making big career decisions?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like update: how do I reconcile my heart and my brain when making big career decisions? 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](