Are Office relationships still a bad idea if everyone else in the office endorses/encourages them? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 30, 2009 - 42 answers

I just started a new job I am happy with as it is interesting and pays great. However there are some people in the department that are really negative. This includes people who are training me! [more inside]
posted by regularperson on Sep 13, 2008 - 18 answers

One of my coworkers has a personal blog which periodically has some Very Ugly entries about other coworkers. I mean, seriously, vulgar and uncalled-for entries. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 8, 2008 - 32 answers

Gift Filter: I need help finding a nice gift for a co-worker. [more inside]
posted by gursky on Apr 30, 2008 - 6 answers

Should I attend a co-workers wife's funeral? [more inside]
posted by supercrayon on Apr 7, 2008 - 31 answers

Co-worker is jealous...How do I head off her bizarre behavior arising from an unfounded premise that I'm somehow monopolizing a mutual work friend? [more inside]
posted by frosty_hut on Mar 3, 2008 - 23 answers

A co-worker has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Treatments have stopped and Hospice is now involved. He is 61 years old and has been working at the company for 40 years. We are an engineering firm and most of the employees are kind of... well... not the type to try (self-start) and do something for our co-worker of his family. I was wondering if there was anything I could do and/or have the office do to help, comfort, etc Obviously sending 'get well' cards is out of the question. ... I just don't know what it is appropriate. Any ideas? Thanks.
posted by KogeLiz on Jan 21, 2008 - 20 answers

A co-worker is driving me mad with her petty power plays, any advice? [more inside]
posted by frosty_hut on Sep 6, 2007 - 50 answers

Asking for a friend: She works in an office. One of her supervisees has breath that smells boozish. How does my friend tell her to do something about it? [more inside]
posted by Kibbutz on Jan 24, 2007 - 18 answers

work related question. A co-worker I work with very closely threatened my verbally and physically, claiming I was doing a poor job. I reported to my supervisor, and said co-worker denies it. What should I do (other than quitting, but I like the job) I have been there 3 years and this came out of the blue. I feel now I have to resign. Suggestions?
posted by cvoixjames on Dec 13, 2006 - 39 answers

I'm looking for small gift suggestions: a co-worker of mine recently learned that her daughter needs a second knee surgery, and she (my co-worker) has to take several weeks off work to care for her daughter, who will be mostly home-bound for a month. Both mother and daughter are depressed and stressed out by the prospect, and I want to get something for them to enjoy when the daughter (who is in her 20s) is recuperating. I'm looking to spend around $25.
posted by Harvey Birdman on Apr 5, 2006 - 14 answers

What can/should you do for a co-worker in your department who only has a few weeks left to live, and is already at the hospital?

Even if you aren't particularly close, one has the feeling one should do something. But what?
posted by ShawnStruck on Jan 14, 2005 - 15 answers