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JANUARY 13, 2020

For example: Legal Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Project Coordinator, Program Administrator, Training Coordinator, Event Coordinator, etc. Within some organizations, you will find a role referred to as Administrative Manager or similar.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But he returned in time for for the final day of the event, and had planned to use that day’s passes to take his father-in-law and two “young ladies” to the stadium. Setting: 1980, legal deposition. Then my mom called Jane, complimented her work and handed over the phone to the office manager. He would not.)

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APRIL 5, 2023

A reader writes: I work in a small office without a typical HR rep. Mike,” our manager, oversees our company and unfortunately takes a head-in-the-sand approach to anything office drama related. Our concern is with our office manager, “Michelle,” who has been with our company for 15 years.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Coworking spaces generally have a more extensive mix of membership tiers, such as: Private Offices Dedicated Desks Hot Desks Virtual Office Services In these environments, there’s a significant allotment of open-plan office space mixed with private workspaces for small- to medium-sized teams.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

A few months later, one ran out of ink so she mentioned it had run out, but I just brushed off her hinting — colorful pens are not essential, she can buy her own or use the standard office stuff. ” In this case I told her it probably would not be approved as an expense and did not pursue it further. I don’t see why not.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I think the whole office now knows when my birthday is, including the party-planning coworker (who plans everyone’s celebrations), despite my efforts to hide it. Now that my secret is out of the bag, what do I do to make sure my birthday isn’t celebrated in the office? Either of those is fine.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I am the office manager, but I take care of all accounts payable/receivable, HR, and building management. Is it legal and or ethical to have three regular floor employees help HR go through and process all other employees’ (hourly and salary) open enrollment insurance information? This can’t be legal.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

My boss talked to her after a few months, and the nurse said she would only plan to come when I wasn’t in my office (about an hour). The political chatter stopped, and we stuck to pleasantries about weekend plans (…which sometimes involved her plans to protest various places).

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

The staff where I work have received the usual cringe-worthy email from the office manager, notifying us we are to provide a breakfast potluck plus afternoon desserts for our bosses. The office manager kindly suggested that “store bought treats” would be acceptable, although the expectation clearly is “homemade.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

If not, then your office needs a policy that food for meetings is off-limits to non-attendees until the food is relocated to the kitchen afterwards, and you or whoever has the standing to do this needs to enforce it. Plus, from a purely practical standpoint, they’re run into some legal issues if they suddenly withdrew the offer after this.).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

And Jane found our phone number and called the office manager asking for me. And found the name of one of the other project managers and called asking for him. Do I owe Office Manager and Project Manager an apology? And John emailed me again asking why I hadn’t responded. I’m not sure what to do.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

I’d lean toward the last one, but if I’m an office manager who’s told one of our employees is masturbating in the bathroom and needs to stop, I have no idea how I’d approach that conversation. Then, for personal reasons, I legally changed my name to (New First name) (New last name). But then yeah, where do you go from there?

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APRIL 14, 2020

Many of them will also need to put a huge portion of that money toward health insurance if they’ve been kicked off their employer’s plan (people may be eligible for COBRA, but that can be really expensive). I was an office manager for a small company that shut down mid-March due to COVID-19. Is this legal? Does $X work?”

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

We work in an open office plan, and I worry that people get the wrong impression when they see me with multiple tabs of twitter feeds and blog posts open when they walk by. I do not work in communications (our organization has a communications team, but individual programs manage their own social media accounts). It may be.

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JUNE 29, 2016

Two months ago, it was announced that our office was moving down the road. I followed up with our office manager as well as the assistant, as a detail like needing a private room with a door that locks — just for me — was probably not on the top of their minds. Fast forward to yesterday, the first day in the office.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

I work for a very small consulting firm that mostly does strategic planning for the public sector. But given that he’s talking about a serious legal violation, just point that out: “We actually can’t do that — it’s illegal to reimburse campaign contributions, and there are big fines and even jail time for doing it.”

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MARCH 26, 2017

I am planning to let her go in the next month and will give her severance. Is this legal in the state of Florida? I find it to be quite an invasion of privacy and moreover, the assistant GM, who also acts as HR manager, discussed the details of my request and their requirements with my coworker, which I find insulting and unethical.

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JUNE 24, 2018

It turns out that New Guy did this on his own initiative and didn’t clear it with his coordinator, who had other plans for him. The perception of not being above board can lead to lost opportunities, and legal liability for actual dishonest conduct. So far New Guy’s direct manager is unaware of this incident.

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