

Anna Holmes
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How to Explain Why You Left a Job When You Signed an NDA
Sometimes you just have to be OK with being vague. Plus, what to do when a co-worker has a challenging personality.

How to Talk to a Neurodiverse Colleague
Work Friend reconsiders a past response. Plus, the best way to correct people who get your name wrong.

How to Disclose an Office Romance
When is it too late to reveal that you’re deep into an office romance?

Worn Out by an Extrovert? You Can Go ‘Gray.’
Don’t engage an overbearing colleague — that is, be boring — and eventually the attention-seeker may give up and go away.

When Is Neurodiversity an Excuse for Rudeness?
How to deal with a colleague who won’t even try to make nice.

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.

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.

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.

How to Handle Trash Talk at Work
One of my co-workers criticized another in Spanish. Should I tell them that they were understood?