Don’t engage an overbearing colleague — that is, be boring — and eventually the attention-seeker may give up and go away.
Category: Careers and Professions
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When Is Neurodiversity an Excuse for Rudeness?
How to deal with a colleague who won’t even try to make nice.
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How Improv Comedians Make a Living Teaching Corporate Workshops
For some improv comedians, Fortune 1000 companies can help make the funny business more lucrative.
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Justice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program
The move was part of a domino effect initiated by President Trump’s enactment of a 90-day federal hiring freeze.
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U.S. Oil Production Is Booming. Oil Jobs Are Not.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
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Should You Consult H.R. About a Conflict With Your Manager?
Don’t count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue, especially if it involves a conflict with your boss.
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How Three Small Independent Coffee Shops Started Their Businesses
The owners began their businesses with no college degrees and 100 percent grit. A visit from the TikTok food critic Keith Lee also helped.
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We Gave Workplace Advice. Readers Shared What They’d Do Instead.
Some readers have their own opinions about the workplace advice that this columnist doled out over the past six months.
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DealBook Summit: Women Need More Help to Rise in the Workplace
A DealBook Summit panel said a lack of helpful policies was hindering female advancement, while freezing eggs to postpone motherhood did not always work out.
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Must I Share My Story?
A reader asks whether she needs to let her new colleagues, most of whom work remotely, know that she is undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
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Do Coding Boot Camps Make Sense in an A.I. World?
Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future. But as that promise fades, what should you do? Keep learning, until further notice.
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How to Handle Trash Talk at Work
One of my co-workers criticized another in Spanish. Should I tell them that they were understood?