Career | Interviewing | Style | Wear to Work
Tattoo Sleeves in the Workplace
A law student wondered how to dress “in order to hide my tattoos, which go from both shoulders down to right above my elbows.”
This is Griffin, Reporting…
By the time I started working in BigLaw, I’d had about seven jobs before that. For four of those jobs, my bosses were women; the other jobs (lifeguarding and two fashion magazines) were, well, not exactly testosterone-fueled environments. Everyone had called me by my first name, and we generally enjoyed a collegial atmosphere. However, when…
Career | Office Decor | Organization | Success | Transitions | Work Styles
Is the Best Office BIG or Well-Located?
Reader B writes with a great question: should she leave her well-located office and move to a bigger one down the hall? There is a large office that has been vacant in our firm for 9 months or so (another associate was let go). I have a small office, but I like the location of…
How to Campaign for the Job You Already Have
Reader N writes in with a sticky situation: in the midst of a company “reorganization,” a female subordinate who has been with the company for much longer than she has has been badmouthing Reader N to her future bosses. We’ve talked about spiteful coworkers before, but not in the context of a reorganization where your…
The Chatty Boss
How do you get any work done with you have a chatty boss?
