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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [open thread – December 11-12, 2020](#mctoc1) - [company fired employee for being unhappy, asking about dress code in an interview, and more](#mctoc2) - [updates: rehiring a bully, finding the F word on a form, and more](#mctoc3) - [update: can my husband’s employer constantly record all the conversation in our house?](#mctoc4) - [do I really need to set personal goals after a terrible year?](#mctoc5) - [all of my 2020 book recommendations](#mctoc6) [][][] open thread – December 11-12, 2020 Dec 11, 2020 11:00 am It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * […] You may also like: - [important questions: how could a vampire keep his true nature hidden at work?]( - [how do I tell employers I was fired for a video I put on YouTube?]( - [here's a bunch of help finding a new job]( [open thread – December 11-12, 2020]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] company fired employee for being unhappy, asking about dress code in an interview, and more Dec 11, 2020 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My company fired a great employee because she was unhappy This morning I received notice that a colleague had been let go and would no longer be working for my organization starting immediately. The employee who was fired was, at least in my opinion, exceptional. […] You may also like: - [are you obligated to speak up when you're unhappy at work?]( - [my boss and I agreed to plan my exit from my job -- what should that look like?]( - [should we have "employee of the year" awards?]( [company fired employee for being unhappy, asking about dress code in an interview, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] updates: rehiring a bully, finding the F word on a form, and more Dec 10, 2020 04:59 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. Here are four updates from letter-writers. 1. Should I hire a bully back? At my manager’s request, I interviewed my former problem employee after she submitted an application […] You may also like: - [what's the best way to handle friends who apply for jobs where they'd be working with me?]( - [my employee lies and says other people's work is her own]( - [should I hang my degree in my office, employee invited a toxic guest to our holiday party, and more]( [updates: rehiring a bully, finding the F word on a form, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] update: can my husband’s employer constantly record all the conversation in our house? Dec 10, 2020 03:29 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 whose husband’s employer was constantly recording all the conversation in their house? Here’s the update. I’m the wife who wrote in about my husband’s company […] You may also like: - [can my husband’s employer constantly record all the conversation in our house?]( - [my husband’s employer is killing our marriage, applying to a company for a third time, and more]( - [my boss asked coworkers if my husband has violent tendencies]( [update: can my husband’s employer constantly record all the conversation in our house?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] do I really need to set personal goals after a terrible year? Dec 10, 2020 01:59 pm Warning: contains mention of suicide and other traumas. A reader writes: 2020 has been a rough year in so many ways for me. There was COVID — which let me stay home and work, and it was really more of a blessing for that than for so many others, which I feel a bit guilty […] You may also like: - [how should I talk about my cancer diagnosis at work?]( - [I exposed myself at work because my coworkers didn't believe I had cancer]( - [I now manage the guy who hired me -- and I'm afraid he might quit over it]( [do I really need to set personal goals after a terrible year?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] all of my 2020 book recommendations Dec 10, 2020 12:29 pm All year long, I’ve made a weekly book recommendation when kicking off the weekend open thread. These aren’t work-related books; they’re just books I like, mostly fiction. Sometimes they’re books that I’m in the middle of reading, and other times they’re just long-standing favorites. Here’s the complete list of what I’ve recommended this year (maybe […] You may also like: - [what to say if an interviewer asks about your favorite books or movies]( - [how to answer when an interviewer asks "what do you do outside of work?"]( - [is it rude to shut someone's office door if they're being loud?]( [all of my 2020 book recommendations]( 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](