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employer altered my LinkedIn profile, gifts for Admin Professionals Day, and more

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Regardless of the reason, is this behavior legal? Who should give a gift on Administrative Professionals Day? On Administrative Professionals Day, who is supposed to give the gift to the administrative assistant? Our admin does not work for all the employees. Or is this a huge red flag?

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can I give more feedback to someone I recently fired, having to contact multiple people when calling in sick, and more

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While I totally get that you’re thinking this could be genuinely helpful to her, it’s not going to come across that way to her — it’s going be “why the hell is the person who fired me and who I no longer work for emailing me weeks later to continue to talk about what I’ve done wrong?” ” 4.

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cheating in an office bake-off, my boss is advertising my job because I was out sick, and more

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I have been at my new job as an administrative assistant for just over two months. I hope I’ve shown a strong work ethic since I started, and I was alarmed to hear you’re advertising my position in case I don’t work out. Is this legal? In any case, yes, talk to your boss as soon as he returns.