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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [how is your company supporting employees with kids right now?](#mctoc1) - [I’ve found your new personal shopper](#mctoc2) - [we start meetings with “words of essence,” leaving right after a bonus, and more](#mctoc3) - [are people judging me for looking scruffy at work?](#mctoc4) - [update: our employer wants to cut our pay — retroactively](#mctoc5) [][][] how is your company supporting employees with kids right now? Aug 27, 2020 10:59 am It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: In this time of Covid and virtual school, what are your readers’ companies doing, if anything, to help with childcare issues? I work in HR at a manufacturing facility and our production workers are essential. We are trying to come up with creative ways to […] You may also like: - [our library staff have all been reassigned to do childcare for county workers]( - [have your kids take notes at your meetings, and other weirdly out-of-touch advice for the quarantine]( - [can I get unemployment if I quit due to health issues?]( [how is your company supporting employees with kids right now?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] I’ve found your new personal shopper Aug 27, 2020 10:00 am And now a word from a sponsor… I like to buy clothes for myself, but I find myself buying the same type of thing over and over (my closet is a sea of navy tops), so I was intrigued by thredUP’s Goody Boxes — a try-before-you-buy service that acts as your own personal shopper. They […] You may also like: - [is it okay to wear designer clothes to a job interview?]( - [is it weird to start dressing like my boss?]( - [I want to complain about an annoying customer who works at the store next to ours]( [I’ve found your new personal shopper]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] we start meetings with “words of essence,” leaving right after a bonus, and more Aug 27, 2020 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. We start every meeting with “words of essence” and personality types What do you think of a CEO who starts every executive team meeting with each person reciting their name (as a way to “own” their words), their “word of essence” (a word you use […] You may also like: - [what’s the ideal personality type for a manager?]( - [should you add IQ or Myers Briggs to your resume?]( - [I'm being asked to take the Meyers-Briggs test as part of applying to a training program]( [we start meetings with “words of essence,” leaving right after a bonus, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] are people judging me for looking scruffy at work? Aug 26, 2020 01:59 pm A reader writes: I have two bachelor degrees, am in my mid-50s, and work in the public sector. The money isn’t great but I enjoy what I do. I recently heard someone mention that their boss dressed “poorly” and had grey hair, while they themselves “dressed like a professional woman who made X amount should.” […] You may also like: - [does my new job expect me to wear expensive designer clothes?]( - [is it unprofessional to wear the same clothing item twice in a work week?]( - [do women have to wear makeup to look professional?]( [are people judging me for looking scruffy at work?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] update: our employer wants to cut our pay — retroactively Aug 26, 2020 12:29 pm Remember the letter-writer in April whose company was planning to cut their pay retroactively? Here’s the update. Thank you again for answering my question. The feedback from you and the commenters was both helpful and insightful! As expected, layoffs happened the day before you published my letter. We lost almost a quarter of our workforce, […] You may also like: - [our employer wants to cut our pay -- retroactively]( - [managers pushing us to work harder while we wait to be laid off]( - [where did I go wrong in this interviewing process?]( [update: our employer wants to cut our pay — retroactively]( 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](