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#879: “I want to hang out with my cool former coworkers but NOT my toxic...
Dear Captain Awkward, I was just fired after less than a year at a toxic job. I was vomiting from anxiety on a semi-regular basis… it was awful. My team and peers were amazing, but my relationship with...
View ArticleGuest Post: #1170: Battling Furlough Depression (Advice for keeping it...
This letter came in last week, and a lovely blog reader who will now be known as “The Girl Sparky” helpfully volunteered to tackle the “sudden unemployment” part of the question. Her answer is below...
View Article#1179: “My mother-in-law is about to become my coworker.”
Hey Cap, My mother in law has been out of work for some time and really needs a job, she’s applied to a lot of places and not gotten any calls. She has very specific work experience, work in this field...
View Article#1198: “How do I deal with work burnout and make my partner* happy?” (*My...
I’m putting this one behind a cut. A Letter Writer is dealing with some major work burnout and anxiety, and mentions disordered eating (bulimia) and childhood abuse including sexual abuse in passing...
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May Answers of Varying Length to Short Questions: Part 2 of 2
Continued from the previous post to give me more time to think and help you rest your scrolling fingers. Click below the jump for: Not automatically taking on new volunteer responsibilities when others...
View Article#1202: “My friend proposed moving into a shared office, I said yes and made...
Dear Captain Awkward, I am a psychotherapist, and a friendly colleague who is also a psychotherapist said she would like me to take a room in a three-room office she was acquiring. This plan didn’t...
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September 2019 Short Questions: Part 1
Patrons of the blog have sent in short questions. Surprising nobody, I have written answers between “medium” and “epic.” This is Part 1 of 2, the rest will come later in the week. In this batch: A...
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Ask A Manager & Captain Awkward Answer Questions: Part 2 of 2
Here is the second post in this week’s collaboration between Jennifer P. from CaptainAwkward.com and Alison Green from Ask A Manager. Previously On: “Is it disloyal to leave a company who cut my pay...
View Article#1290: “My husband says ‘my pushiness’ ruined his life.”
Hi Captain, Six months ago my husband got a new job. It was a top management position that I thought he really wanted. The application process was very involved and I gave him a lot of help with it....
View ArticleCrossover: Ask A(n Awkward) Manager
Sometimes Alison at Ask A Manager and I like to answer questions about workplace awkwardness together.
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