Put a jar on your desk labeled "Nag Jar 25 cents" and insist that he drop in a quarter every time he mentions the swear jar.

Continue to work for this company as a consultant. Conspire with that friendly manager to enlarge your contribution until it is essentially full time or even more. Charge three times what you ...

When I joined I was told I can move around the company after 2 years...upper management blocked my transfer because "I've been doing a good job." Obviously they lied. Upper management is not ...

Don't chastise anyone for using "man-hours", it's an ingrained part of traditional English usage. Continue to use "person-hours" whenever possible. The laughing will eventually subside. Attitudes ...

You must make an ironclad rule that if a person commits code that breaks the build, the commit is instantly reverted and that person's work is not completed. If you don't have the authority to make ...

I know you did not ask anything on behalf of yourself but humanitarian considerations compel me to strongly advise you to avoid hanging around anywhere near the ass end of your company because that is ...

Obviously, the result of one of the interviews was the engagement of your replacement, somebody cheaper perhaps. There's not much you can do. In the USA, either employer or employee can end an ...

You should inform that staff member that since she has knowledge of criminal activity she is obligated to report it to the authorities or else she becomes an accessory herself. If the boss is ...

"...in the meetings, my manager wants everyone to be 'me'..." This is a vital detail that should be the lede in your question and not buried in a comment to an answer. This is the one thing that ...

"Why would I sign this?" You would not. No advantage accrues to you from agreeing to a gag order. "Should I tell them they can drop their investigation?" No. That's none of your business, really. ...

You are a good worker who has a more efficient way to complete his tasks -- but only if your employer reaps the benefits of your efficiency. Probably the best way to make that happen is for you to ...

You kicked a decision up the chain of command and got a ruling. Abide by it. You don't work for HR. HR is outside your chain of command. Your manager has already told you how to deal with any ...

Let me make sure I understand you: Your online research led you to believe that the CEO is an intimidating bully. A friend who worked there confirmed that the CEO is an intimidating bully. The ...

I seriously doubt that AR is going to mock you for asking about better toilet paper. What he will mock you for is acting as if a juvenile joke about toilet paper is a personal attack against you. If ...

On reading your question I see that one word stands out above all. In your third paragraph you say "Every Monday is dedicated to them, and ideally the rest of the week towards the development project."...

It is far too late to do anything about feeling uncomfortable in the workplace. You have encouraged your friend the social worker to gossip about her client, and you have also used your partner to pry ...

First, open a local copy of Notepad and write the following email or something very like it: I am sure that your son Robert would never make such a trivial mistake, largely because he would never ...

Once your employer asked you to run a photoshoot for them and you accepted, taking pictures perforce became part of your job description. Since you took the photos as part of your job, the result is ...

"...the company I'm employed with will be left with no tech..." You have already spent much time and energy trying to assure that <the company I'm employed with> will continue to have a tech. ...

The important thing is to give your boss a punctual and reliable signal to ease his panic. When you talk to him, don't try to tell him that the early call-in is a bad idea; you'll only frighten him. ...

Describe her or show a photo to the doorman and security detail at your employer's premises and instruct them to deny her access to the building. Say that she's stalking you and will cause a ...

When you report your annoyance to <whomever you intend to bring it up to>, it is very unlikely that the offensive jokers will deny talking loud and telling jokes. And if you quote them from your ...

Finish the job, split the $15000 equally three ways, and never talk to that jerk again. You are dealing with a fast talking con man who will be as rich as Croesus some day, and he will do it mostly ...

This is an urban myth that resurfaces every few years. Salient points demonstrating its mythosity (by OP I mean the Imgur poster, not USER_8675309): OP claims software was patented, but does not ...

The proper question is -- How qualified are you to learn the job well and quickly enough to make hiring you a positive experience? Assume the person who contacted you is not stupid; he has read your ...

Ask for examples of better logic, and a discussion about why it is better. If your logic actually is poor, it is probably because you don't fully understand the problem to be solved. And if you ...

our partner, Steve, hasn't made it explicitly clear where my responsibility begins and Rick's begins If you want to advance in the company, when faced with this kind of ambiguity, you should just ...

Terminate all communication with your former boss and strive to forget that he exists. The best anodyne for the bad feelings generated by this experience is the good feelings you will accumulate by ...

You would be acting extremely unprofessionally if you even hinted to your agency that their behavior is in any way acceptable. Professionalism constrains your behavior in two directions. You must ...

I see three possible cases here. MrX is a stupid petty criminal who needs qualified help to enact his sordid schemes but who will never pay Freelancer more than some token amounts to keep him working....