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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Coworkers keep eating the food for meetings that they’re not attending. I work in an office where it is common to have catered lunches for executive meetings. It’s entirely reasonable and normal to tell people to leave food alone if it’s for a meeting that they’re not part of. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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SnackNation

MARCH 20, 2018

(Many of these office bulletin board ideas came straight from our Facebook group of office managers. Office Bulletin Board Idea #1: The Buzz Board. Photo courtesy of Joanne via the State of the Office Manager facebook group. Office Bulletin Board Idea #5: The About Us Board.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And guess what…turns out that 8-9 year olds don’t care or ask what my finance does for a living! :). My allergic colleague has food demands I can’t meet. At this particular event Chandler ate a full plate of food containing the food they’re “completely unable” to eat with no issue at all.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 19, 2015

My employer is requiring the office manager and me (creative director/product development/sales) to attend an industry show in Atlanta. For example, we recently attended a show in Tennessee and our food allowance was $30 per day. For this Atlanta trip, the food expense will be $50 per day. I have one problem with that.

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