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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [I want to quit … but if I leave, my project will die](#mctoc1) - [my employee fired someone whose mother had died the night before](#mctoc2) - [I shaved my head and now my coworkers think I have cancer, I don’t want to take time off, and more](#mctoc3) - [people keep asking me for meetings that could just be an email](#mctoc4) [][][] I want to quit … but if I leave, my project will die Feb 02, 2021 12:29 pm This post, [I want to quit … but if I leave, my project will die]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. A reader writes: I am a creative team lead at a floundering startup. This is the worst-run workplace I have ever seen. There are two people above me, our CEO Lorna and her general manager, Ignatius. Lorna is not a bad person, but she has a tendency to not tell the whole truth and to […] You may also like: - [employee sent out photos of a coworker's stoma bag -- what should I do?]( - [my boss is a notorious liar, and he yells too]( - [my coworkers think I'm flirting with them]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my employee fired someone whose mother had died the night before Feb 02, 2021 10:59 am This post, [my employee fired someone whose mother had died the night before]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. A reader writes: I have a manager who works for me, Ezra. He has an employee, Fergus, who has been having performance issues and has been verbally reprimanded as well as had his performance issues documented with HR. While Fergus is a very intelligent and respectful person, he simply does not possess the skills needed […] You may also like: - [employee's dad called to see if we had "properly briefed him" on his travel]( - [my staff collaborates so much that I can’t evaluate their work individually]( - [how can I keep my star performer, without being able to pay or promote him (while his less competent coworker…]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] I shaved my head and now my coworkers think I have cancer, I don’t want to take time off, and more Feb 02, 2021 12:03 am This post, [I shaved my head and now my coworkers think I have cancer, I don’t want to take time off, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I shaved my head and I think my coworkers think I have cancer A few months into lockdown, I was extremely fed up with my overgrown hair, had a little bit too much to drink one evening, and buzzed my hair. Even though it looks […] You may also like: - [I exposed myself at work because my coworkers didn't believe I had cancer]( - [my coworkers complained that the look of my breasts post-mastectomy is making them uncomfortable]( - [my coworker responds to all problems with "at least you don't have cancer or an eating disorder"]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] people keep asking me for meetings that could just be an email Feb 01, 2021 01:59 pm This post, [people keep asking me for meetings that could just be an email]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. A reader writes: I’ve read your post on actually making meetings useful (among many others!), but need advice on how to make clear that I’d always prefer an email to a meeting, every dang time. I work in the arts in a very part-time role that ballooned out during the pandemic. The organization is a […] You may also like: - [you need some meeting norms, so that your meetings stop sucking]( - [our meetings are being ruined by dogs and a toddler]( - [how can we keep involving our laid-off staff in our work?]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2021 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](