Welcome to “the place are you now?” season at Ask a Supervisor! Between now and the top of the yr, I’ll be operating updates from individuals who had their letters right here answered previously. Listed below are three updates from previous letter-writers.
1. I referred a good friend to a freelancer I work with and it went badly
Thanks a lot for publishing my query and I respect the parents who weighed in within the feedback. I’ve a brief replace for you. I used to be actually anxious about dropping a superb contractor, however after studying your reply and the feedback, I made a decision to not point out something to Jane until she stated one thing first. It by no means got here up. We now have her contracted to do some work for us in Q1 and she or he by no means introduced something up about Lee after I spoke together with her.
As for Lee, once they subsequent contacted me (which was to get my opinion on some funding choices to maintain their enterprise afloat that have been, frankly, very shady), I requested what occurred with Jane, and so they have been actually dodgy and stated they received their a refund however refused to elaborate on something. A pair commenters identified that their card in all probability appeared prefer it had been double charged when actually one was a pending cost that will fall off, and I’m inclined to assume that’s what occurred (although we are going to by no means know for certain). At any price, I discovered one thing about Lee and won’t be referring them to any of my skilled contacts once more. For what it’s price, I feel greater than something they’re very determined to maintain their enterprise afloat and so they’re making poor selections due to it. I politely informed them that I wouldn’t advocate they transfer ahead with any of the plans they got here to me with, and in addition that my work schedule has gotten very full so I received’t be capable to seek the advice of on their enterprise with them anymore. I haven’t heard from them since.
2. I’m about to go on trip — and simply used up all my PTO on the flu (#2 on the hyperlink)
I have already got an replace for you and your beautiful readers – who have been tremendous, extremely useful and type.
It seems my worries have been fully unfounded. My boss is an affordable and wonderful particular person and after a dialogue about one thing else, stated “Hey your trip goes be unpaid” and I stated “You learn my thoughts, will you please approve it as unpaid time without work” and so they stated that they’ll and informed me to handle myself (as a result of I preserve getting sick and having to make use of up PTO – between myself and associate working with kids and having a toddler who’s school-age). I appreciated the recommendation from readers about simply speaking to my boss about it as an alternative of attempting to disregard the attainable difficulty, as a result of that did remind me that my boss is straightforward to speak to and we even have an incredible working relationship. I’m somebody who really actually loves my job (sick, isn’t it?) and works very arduous, so the time away might be such a deal with (paid or not).
3. I unintentionally implied to my new supervisor I would solely be staying a yr (#4 on the hyperlink)
I did take your recommendation to make clear with my supervisor, and it went very properly (I didn’t even get the impression she’d thought something of it, nevertheless it made me really feel higher to make clear). I’m nearly six months into my new job now and I actually prefer it, and my supervisor is great. Thanks once more to your recommendation throughout that anxious first week. I learn your weblog on daily basis and have advisable it to undergrad college students I’ve mentored as an exquisite useful resource on the “hidden curriculum” {of professional} life!