| 551 |
05/24/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Wife suspicious of husband who travels often with business partner
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I am a co-owner of a high-tech company. My partner and I have to travel out of town on a regular bas... |
| 552 |
03/01/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Job seeker freezes up during interviews
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I've been job interviewing quite a bit with not much success. One of the things I'm having difficult... |
| 553 |
02/01/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Employee fears exposure to disease at work
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I work for a company in Norfolk. On 1/24/05, we learned that a co-worker contracted chicken pox. I a... |
| 554 |
01/18/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Be selective when joining professional associations
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I'm in the throes of starting my own business. As I'm sure you know, it's an overwhelming task. I ne... |
| 555 |
01/11/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
To MBA or not to MBA?
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I've been in marketing in the automotive industry for about ten years. I've done pretty well for mys... |
| 556 |
11/09/04 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Something "fishy" about employer's secrecy over health insurance
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My husband and I have the limited benefit health insurance with my husband's employer. My husband ha... |
| 557 |
05/25/05 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Business owner working from home rattled by constant interruptions
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I run a small business out of my house. I thought there could be no downside working from home, but ... |
| 558 |
04/13/04 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Should job seeker select friend or ex-boss as a reference?
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I've decided to look for a new job in sales. I've updated my resume but have only firmed up one of m... |
| 559 |
04/06/04 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Woman worries that spotty resume hurts her job prospects
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I am a 45 year old woman who is getting ready to look for her first real job. I know this is hard to... |
| 560 |
03/07/04 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Police officer tired of city politics, ponders career change
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I've worked since 1994 as a police officer in Hampton Roads. I'm frustrated by the city government's... |
| 561 |
01/03/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Scared to ask boss for modified leave for birth of baby
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I work for a large company. My wife is having our baby six months from now, and the company's polic... |
| 562 |
01/31/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Suspicious of Hurricane Katrina being the reason for not being hired
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I'm tired of lame excuses or what I actually think are lies. In my line of work, I have to constant... |
| 563 |
02/07/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Relationship in the office is no longer an extramarital affair
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I'm not proud to admit that I had an extra-marital affair with a colleague of equal management statu... |
| 564 |
02/21/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
'Bad vibes' making worker uneasy
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I am seeking advice about bad vibes in the work place. I have been working for the same company for... |
| 565 |
03/28/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Job seeker wonders how to deal with two suitors
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I've been job-hunting for over 18 months with absolutely no decent bites, and now when something pos... |
| 566 |
05/30/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Employee has problem with company's dress code policy
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My company's policy requires stockings with skirts. However, the stockings are giving me rashes and... |
| 567 |
06/13/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Does email give license to be rude?
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I'm probably not the first or the last person to write you about how maddening it is for me to promp... |
| 568 |
06/20/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Job seeker tired of unprofessional behavior
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I'm conflicted. A guy I worked with in the past and with whom I had developed a quasi-friendship ap... |
| 569 |
09/05/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Employee prefers to be rewarded in a different way
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Okay, I'm in a weird situation. I've been rewarded for all the money I've made for my company with ... |
| 570 |
12/19/06 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Small business mystified that trade show didn't generate new business
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I'm a co-owner in a two-man company. Yep, there are only two of us. We have very few clients and h... |
| 571 |
02/06/07 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Job woes creating cash flow concerns for ex-military member
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I have been going to school to get my Business Administration/Accounting degree. Unfortunately, I w... |
| 572 |
02/06/07 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Different understandings of what it means to be considerate
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I'd like to respond to "Deserve to be considered" dated 1/23/07. A true act of kindness is done wit... |
| 573 |
02/20/07 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
"Timely people" need to understand the other side
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You get complaints from people about their frustrations with people who don't answer emails or retur... |
| 574 |
03/06/07 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
E-mail communication misunderstood
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I don't know what to do. I had an exchange of emails with a friend concerning a business matter. N... |
| 575 |
03/13/07 |
PERSONAL WORK ISSUES |
Regularly scheduled staff meetings would be a wonderful thing
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I'm aggravated and need to blow off some steam. I heard about your column from one of my clients. I'... |
