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Ask a Manager Contents: - [update: household employees keep ghosting me](#mctoc1) - [ask the readers: let’s talk about unions](#mctoc2) - [exec keeps asking what we’ve learned today, coworker wants too much help, and more](#mctoc3) - [companies offering to pay for abortion travel: genuine help or performative stunt?](#mctoc4) [][][] update: household employees keep ghosting me Jul 14, 2022 12:29 pm This post, [update: household employees keep ghosting me]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. Remember the letter-writer whose household employees kept ghosting her? Here’s the update. Hello! Things did _not_ get better, but maybe this can serve as a warning / dose of drama for your other readers? Like (I think) many parents with kids under 5 in a pandemic, we went through the winter “surge” by seeing no one […] You may also like: - [my employee wants to work from home without child care for his baby forever]( - [have your kids take notes at your meetings, and other weirdly out-of-touch advice for the quarantine]( - [do I have any recourse when an employer ghosts me?]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] ask the readers: let’s talk about unions Jul 14, 2022 10:59 am This post, [ask the readers: let’s talk about unions]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: It looks like we’ll be setting up a union collective at our institute to help the overall union push for better conditions this bargaining cycle. On one level, I’m keen and I think it’s long overdue — for example, I’ve been in this industry (academia/research) […] You may also like: - [my company made a counter-offer to keep me -- and now is attaching strings to it]( - [can I refuse to do a self-assessment?]( - [how do I balance my labor shortage sympathy with annoyance at the inconvenience it causes?]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] exec keeps asking what we’ve learned today, coworker wants too much help, and more Jul 14, 2022 12:03 am This post, [exec keeps asking what we’ve learned today, coworker wants too much help, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. New exec keeps asking, “What have you learned today?” I work for a small company, which is going through changes and the CEO has brought in additional executives. They seem nice, and there’s one who is very personable, but she likes to ask probing questions […] You may also like: - [how to tell an employee he needs to figure some things out himself]( - [my coworker relies too much on my help]( - [my coworker is too personally invested in her job]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] companies offering to pay for abortion travel: genuine help or performative stunt? Jul 13, 2022 01:59 pm This post, [companies offering to pay for abortion travel: genuine help or performative stunt?]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. A reader writes: I’m sure you’ve seen the policy releases from large companies promising employees and their dependents reimbursement if they are in a state that has banned abortion and they need to travel out of state to obtain one. How do you see the impact on this in terms of medical privacy? On the […] You may also like: - [my coworker says we shouldn’t hire women of child-bearing age, new colleague lied about his name, and more]( - [grown women are not "girl bosses"]( - [should I consider a job that requires 75% travel?]( [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 © 2022 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](