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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [I was difficult at my last job, and it’s standing in my way now](#mctoc1) - [colleagues want favors for their families, coworker has profane outbursts, and more](#mctoc2) - #mctoc3 - [my employer doesn’t pay us for time spent waiting for assignments](#mctoc4) - [update: my new employee keeps tagging us in negative social media posts after we’ve told her to stop](#mctoc5) [][][] I was difficult at my last job, and it’s standing in my way now Jun 02, 2020 10:59 am A reader writes: I recently quit a job which I excelled at technically, but professionally I struggled. The best way to put it is that I was incompatible with my newly appointed manager. My frustration with that manager led to many inappropriate comments that I made in front of him and a couple of other […] You may also like: - [should I tell my boss I know I've been a jerk and I'm getting therapy?]( - [am I the office jerk?]( - [you don't get to choose your references]( [I was difficult at my last job, and it’s standing in my way now]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] colleagues want favors for their families, coworker has profane outbursts, and more Jun 02, 2020 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker swears angrily during the day My cubicle is next to a person who swears a LOT during the work day. I assume it’s frustration with his computer, but a least a couple times an hour I’ll hear an onslaught of expletives coming from his […] You may also like: - [my coworker drops F-bombs all day long]( - [is this recruiter way too intense, or is it just me?]( - [potential employer sent me weirdly patronizing "interview tips" before the interview]( [colleagues want favors for their families, coworker has profane outbursts, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] Jun 01, 2020 09:31 pm Some links. Please read. Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not To White Organizational Leaders, Silence is Violence: Here’s What You Should Do Now Ways Companies Can Act (a thread) 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality You may also like: - [should I ask my employer to take down a Blue Lives Matter flag?]( - [the ethics of firing racist protesters]( - [how to push a project forward when you don't have any authority]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my employer doesn’t pay us for time spent waiting for assignments Jun 01, 2020 01:59 pm A reader writes: I am an hourly employee who is thankfully still employed during the pandemic. Since we’ve been working from home, we’ve been told that we are to enter into our timesheets only the amount of time we work on tasks. Basically, if a task takes us two hours, we track that and that’s […] You may also like: - [my company charges us PTO when we work from home while sick]( - [can salaried employees be required to fill out a timesheet?]( - [how late can you call employees at home, dealing with abusive customers, and more]( [my employer doesn’t pay us for time spent waiting for assignments]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] update: my new employee keeps tagging us in negative social media posts after we’ve told her to stop Jun 01, 2020 12:29 pm It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose new employee kept tagging the company and coworkers in negative social media posts even after they told her to stop? Here’s the (amazing) update. […] You may also like: - [my new employee keeps tagging us in negative social media posts after we've told her to stop]( - [can I address an employee's social media use on sick days?]( - [when your company wants to hijack your social media accounts]( [update: my new employee keeps tagging us in negative social media posts after we’ve told her to stop]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2020 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](