I suspect that my ex-girlfriend & her co-worker who works for the same bank that I use, looked up my financial information without my consent… Hopefully someone with some banking experience or knowledge of this is on here…. So I don’t have 100% evidence of this but from her words in one of our last conversations on the phone. She accused me of something that seemed very fishy of how she found that out. Her words were “I was told from someone, then had to look it up for myself.” & wi…

Full-time hourly employee at a location for 5+ years, just found out from a coworker that we’ve apparently been reclassified as “Independent Contractors”?? I received my check today without a pay stub, which I simply chalked up to the fact that the manager’s out of town for the week and their son is taking care of things in their absence. But my paycheck was higher than expected, and when I commented about it to a coworker, he said it’s because we’re being reclassified as independent contractors an…

How to Respectfully Disagree With a Coworker Even if you are, for the most part, on the same page with someone, you’re bound to disagree with them about something sooner or later. If this doesn’t happen often—or you’re navigating the situation for the first time—it can be stressful: After all, no one wants to jeopardize a functional relationship. Read more…

What to Do When a Coworker Keeps Undermining You If you’ve ever worked with some who seemed to regularly undermine you, you know it’s a miserable experience. And workplace undermining can take on different approaches, from someone who dismisses your ideas or makes sarcastic comments in meetings to someone who frequently gives overly nice compliments that seem… Read more…

LPT request: how to bring up a coworker’s BO issue tactfully? At my workplace there is this guy who was nice, but he smelled foul. Let’s call him Michael. I heard about him first through another Coworker, who said that nobody had brought it up because they didn’t know how to say it. We work in customer service at a reuse centre so we mainly just sit like 1m/3ft apart from each other, so it isn’t an issue m…

LPT Request: how to deal with a coworker being a jerk Hi, I am a manager at one of many outlets at a resort. One of the other outlet managers is always a jerk to me. Example: While preparing orders to be delivered to a table during the dinner rush, he comes into our outlet and asks me “how’s the chip station“. One of the sides we offer is chips so while it is a much more complex station than simply…

LPT Request: how do you politely refuse a coworker that continuously asks you to do tasks from their job description. My coworker and I work on a research team in a health setting. Our team is small (3 researchers and a supervisor), and we handle a great deal of research initiatives across various sites. She always asks me to do tasks and duties that are in her realm of responsibilities but never gives me credit for the work. Even tasks that have her name besid…

I got farm fresh eggs from a coworker, and had some cream that needed to get used, so I made frozen custard! submitted by /u/Cananbaum

When to Snitch on a Coworker (and When Not To) Deciding whether to squeal on a colleague is not something to take lightly. In the best situation, it could protect you, others, or the company from an employee’s wrong-doing. You could come out looking like a hero if the circumstances are right. But, more often than not, it will likely lead to little change, possibly… Read more…

LPT Request: what to give coworker as a thank you for giving my car a jump? Left the office today and my car was completely dead (ugh). Asked around the office if anyone had jumper cables (I had just taken mine out of my car yesterday and forgot to put them back in the trunk…..smh). One of the managers was able to help me out. So what can I bring tomorrow to say “thank you”?? Manager is not my direct manager…..we …

LPT Request: how do I politely tell my coworker that I can’t give them rides anymore? I have a coworker that asked me if I can be his ride to and from work and I’m getting tired of it. He lives literally 5 minutes from me and we work together, and he gives me $20 every two weeks. I obviously (based off that information) have no reason to stop, but I’m just tired of it and want my freedom back. submitted by /u/Tcmosher