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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [do you miss your office?](#mctoc1) - [manager buys me gifts, my rude email got forwarded, and more](#mctoc2) - [does it look unprofessional to draw in meetings?](#mctoc3) - [my employee resigned but now isn’t leaving](#mctoc4) [][][] do you miss your office? Sep 24, 2020 10:59 am We often think of working from home as a perk (you can work in sweats! with a cat in your lap!), but with so many people switching to remote work because of Covid, lots of them have discovered they don’t much like it. Part of that is because of the circumstances, of course: we’re in […] You may also like: - [how much privacy should you expect in meetings when everyone's working from home?]( - [how productive should you be on a day you're working from home?]( - [how should managers handle snow days?]( [do you miss your office?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] manager buys me gifts, my rude email got forwarded, and more Sep 24, 2020 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. A manager who wants to hire me keeps buying me gifts A manager in a different department who I believe I have a great working relationship with can’t keep staff in her department. She wants me to leave my department and work in her department […] You may also like: - [can a manager and employee vacation together?]( - [my manager won't manage and tells us to "police our own ranks"]( - [how can I hire good candidates to work in a dysfunctional environment?]( [manager buys me gifts, my rude email got forwarded, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] does it look unprofessional to draw in meetings? Sep 23, 2020 01:59 pm A reader writes: I am a college student in my low 20s, two years in to my absolute dream job. I work for a medium-sized nonprofit that functions as an umbrella organization for six branches. I am the first assistant to one of these directors, and I’ve known her for years. The executive director (my […] You may also like: - [our meetings are being ruined by dogs and a toddler]( - [when I overhear speaker phone conversations, is what I overhear fair game to share?]( - [can I knit during work meetings?]( [does it look unprofessional to draw in meetings?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my employee resigned but now isn’t leaving Sep 23, 2020 12:29 pm A reader writes: I recently took over as manager for a small team. One of the employees on the team, Jane, announced that she was leaving and had a new job lined up. Jane’s replacement was hired but before she could start, there were some problems with Jane’s new job. This is no fault of […] You may also like: - [after an employee died, her team has driven off anyone we hire to replace her]( - [I accidentally flashed my team during a video call]( - [throwing a grandmother shower for a coworker, boss's new ideas go nowhere, and more]( [my employee resigned but now isn’t leaving]( 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](