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Ask a Manager Contents: - [updates: the pay cuts, the terrible ex-friend, and more](#mctoc1) - [what can I do in my current job to help the environment?](#mctoc2) - [awful HR person is married to the owner, can I push my start date back to the fall, and more](#mctoc3) - [Mortification Week: the declined offer, the obscene amigurumi, and more](#mctoc4) [][][] updates: the pay cuts, the terrible ex-friend, and more Jul 21, 2022 12:29 pm This post, [updates: the pay cuts, the terrible ex-friend, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Do I have to tell my boss where I’m going when I quit? I wrote in back in March asking if it was okay to lie about who your new employer is to your problematic boss who is known to reach out to future employers to try […] You may also like: - [our employer wants to cut our pay -- retroactively]( - [my office says we can keep working from home if we take 5% pay cuts]( - [job-searching advice for a teenager on the autism spectrum]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] what can I do in my current job to help the environment? Jul 21, 2022 10:59 am This post, [what can I do in my current job to help the environment?]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m wondering if anyone out there has experience with successfully uniting their mundane job with fighting for the environment? I work full-time in tech, want to stay here, and really love my job —but at the same time, I feel a constant, deep pull toward […] You may also like: - [why do offices say they’re “fast-paced” when they’re not?]( - [my new coworker can't handle our new-agey woo environment]( - [my coworker won't stop complaining about work]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] awful HR person is married to the owner, can I push my start date back to the fall, and more Jul 21, 2022 12:03 am This post, [awful HR person is married to the owner, can I push my start date back to the fall, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. HR person yells and calls people names — and is married to the owner The owner’s wife holds the HR position at our company. There’s been an opening for an HR generalist, but every time someone is hired, they stay for 3-4 months and then […] You may also like: - [staff says safety rules "make them feel contagious," owner pretends not to be in meetings, and more]( - [I work at a boarding school and my partner can't visit during the week because we're unmarried]( - [I walked in on the company owner having sex in his office]( [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Share on Tumblr]( [][][] Mortification Week: the declined offer, the obscene amigurumi, and more Jul 20, 2022 01:59 pm This post, [Mortification Week: the declined offer, the obscene amigurumi, and more]( , was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 17 more mortifying stories people have shared here over the years. 1. The declined offer I interviewed for an internship in college. I really didn’t want the internship, but I needed it to […] You may also like: - [when your job interview is at a restaurant where you can't eat anything on the menu]( - [I accidentally hugged the CEO]( - [if I don't accept calendar invitations, will people assume I won't be at meetings?]( [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](