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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [I wrote an awful story about a coworker, and it’s following me around years later](#mctoc1) - [should I try to steal my old coworker’s job, are cotton clothes less professional, and more](#mctoc2) - [you should be giving your interns mock interviews](#mctoc3) - [managers still aren’t sure “working from home” means really working](#mctoc4) [][][] I wrote an awful story about a coworker, and it’s following me around years later Aug 11, 2020 10:59 am A reader writes: I hope you are willing to hear me out and offer some advice. Some background. I was molested as a child and worked as a prostitute at one time. That doesn’t excuse my behavior, but I feel I don’t have the best judgment. I moved to a very rural state to help […] You may also like: - [my husband got in trouble at work after I told his coworker to stay away from him]( - [our security guard slept with an employee, then asked her to pay him for it]( - [my coworker watches porn in our shared office]( [I wrote an awful story about a coworker, and it’s following me around years later]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] should I try to steal my old coworker’s job, are cotton clothes less professional, and more Aug 11, 2020 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I try to take my old coworker’s job? I quit my job last February. A coworker was promoted to my position. She was totally unprepared and unqualified, and I have been secretly helping her ever since. She contacts me almost daily with questions and […] You may also like: - [why can't I wear shorts to work?]( - [how much should I help this struggling recent grad?]( - [when is it time to leave your first job?]( [should I try to steal my old coworker’s job, are cotton clothes less professional, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] you should be giving your interns mock interviews Aug 10, 2020 01:59 pm A reader writes; My husband and I were having a water cooler chat in our kitchen today (we’re working remotely on different floors) and he mentioned something he’d been doing this week that I thought was brilliant. He’s a software engineering manager at a medium-sized division of a huge international corporation that does many things […] You may also like: - [I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code]( - [when Satan's intern comes to stay]( - [should I invite my lonely intern over for dinner?]( [you should be giving your interns mock interviews]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] managers still aren’t sure “working from home” means really working Aug 10, 2020 12:29 pm There have always been managers who don’t believe that “working from home” means doing real work. These are the managers who, before the pandemic, would flat-out deny requests to work from home or only begrudgingly approve them for the occasional “good reason,” like waiting at home for the cable guy. When vast quantities of people […] You may also like: - [what's reasonable for managers to expect of parents working from home?]( - [how productive should you be on a day you're working from home?]( - [how should managers handle snow days?]( [managers still aren’t sure “working from home” means really working]( 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](