Karla L. Miller
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Must I take lunch, and more legal puzzlersFeb 01, 2016 5:50 am - Q: I work at a desk job for a small contractor at a federal facility on a task that has no immediate impact on health, safety or security. We are required to take an...
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Work Advice: A state-of-the-(body) art issueJan 25, 2016 5:39 am - Q: I am a woman who works for a defense contractor in a fairly conservative state. We recently interviewed many candidates for a project management position. One young l...
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Wrong angles on 360-degree reviewsJan 11, 2016 5:46 am - Reader 1: Recently, our nonprofit's new leader implemented a 360-degree evaluation procedure that allows for anonymous rating of all employees' performance. We superviso...
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How employers can make moving easierDec 28, 2015 5:11 am - Recently, I shared suggestions for workers struggling to adapt to an office move. This week, it's the employers' turn. Personal and career counselor Jim Weinstein recall...
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The emotional baggage of an office moveDec 21, 2015 5:26 am - It's moving day. Your essential work tools - dog-eared reference books, stacks of ratty notepads - have been jumbled into plastic crates, to be offloaded into a sleek, m...
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Workplace advice: Pasture time for old, gray colleague?Nov 23, 2015 5:30 am - Q: A seventy-something co-worker, "Susan," has worked in our government agency for more than four decades (we have no mandatory retirement age). She religiously works a ...
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Bedbugs take bite out of worker's incomeNov 16, 2015 4:40 am - Q: I work for a medium-size family-owned company. I recently discovered my apartment was infested with bedbugs and arranged for pest control to exterminate them. I infor...
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Are they bullies? Or better at their jobs?Nov 01, 2015 9:25 am - Q: How does workplace bullying differ from being excluded or marginalized because of performance? I just passed a conference room where my entire team, except for me, wa...
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When to put yourself out there ... or notNov 02, 2015 5:21 am - Q: A couple of years ago, I applied for a unique job way out of my league. They understandably hired a more qualified person (I didn't even get a call). Would it be real...
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Work advice: Stood up? Don't take it lying down.Oct 26, 2015 6:32 am - Reader: I have been self-employed for more than two decades. This means if I'm not working, I'm not getting paid (something salaried people sometimes forget). I work hou...