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Ask a Manager Contents: - [how to turn down a job offer](#mctoc1) - [my employee takes over meetings with endless monologues and no one can get a word in](#mctoc2) - [required to jump in the pool to get a day off, recovering from over-sharing, and more](#mctoc3) [][][] how to turn down a job offer Jul 06, 2021 12:29 pm This post, [how to turn down a job offer]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. You spend most of your time on a job search hoping for an offer, but sometimes you might end up wanting to turn a job down. Maybe the salary is too low, even after you tried to negotiate it, or maybe the boss seems like a hopeless micromanager, or maybe the role doesn’t focus on […] You may also like: - [interviewer declined my meeting invitation for the interview that she set up]( - [should I negotiate a job offer on the spot or ask for time to think it over?]( - [how to decline men's help carrying things at work]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] my employee takes over meetings with endless monologues and no one can get a word in Jul 06, 2021 10:59 am This post, [my employee takes over meetings with endless monologues and no one can get a word in]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. A reader writes: I have an employee who is a great worker. His attention to detail is impeccable. He puts in the hours needed to get the job done. As for work product, I have zero complaints. The problem comes on conference calls and meetings. For lack of a better description, he has diarrhea of […] You may also like: - [my boss is smothering the hell out of me]( - [my coworker overheard me trash-talking her]( - [my klutzy, unpolished boss is like a bull in a china shop]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] required to jump in the pool to get a day off, recovering from over-sharing, and more Jul 06, 2021 12:03 am This post, [required to jump in the pool to get a day off, recovering from over-sharing, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employees had to jump into the pool to get the holiday off My relative works in property management and sent me a video last Wednesday of them and their coworkers jumping into the apartment complex pool in their uniforms. The property’s owner had sent them […] You may also like: - [wearing a bikini on a work trip with board members]( - [with teen employees, where's the line between reprimands and firing? (and a niece weighs in)]( - [I think my coworker is lying about having a sick kid]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. 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](