Karla L. Miller
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Work Advice: Health, welfare and 'Obamacare'Jan 12, 2015 6:25 am - Q: I work for a government contractor providing support services to a military base. In November 2011, our employer told us all we must sign up for its health insurance ...
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Work Advice: Making the best of a good first jobDec 29, 2014 11:19 am - Q: After graduating at 24 from a master's program in public health, I landed my first job this summer as an epidemiologist at a world-class public health institute. Howe...
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Work Advice: Keeping confidences, or notDec 22, 2014 5:49 am - Q: I recently interviewed for a job and was a final candidate. On my application, I checked the box saying not to contact my current employer. When the company emailed m...
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Work Advice: PTO means Potty Time Off?Dec 14, 2014 3:08 pm - Q: I work at a large call center. Performance is strictly measured by phone stats; if you are unavailable during your scheduled work time, it affects your stats. We get ...
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Work Advice: Is it fair to force vacation in winter?Nov 24, 2014 7:58 am - Q: My employer has recently implemented a policy where offices will be closed for the week between Christmas and New Year's. Noncritical employees are required to use a ...
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Work Advice: 'Just say it' isn't always easyNov 16, 2014 6:35 am - Reader 1: A new employee in our school counseling office has a plug-in air freshener that we can smell from the end of the hall. A couple of other counselors also use mi...
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Work Advice: An accidental snoop, a flu-phobic managerNov 09, 2014 6:35 am - Reader 1: While looking up a position description for a friend interested in applying for a job at my company, I inadvertently discovered that I have network access to p...
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Work Advice: The insolent internNov 02, 2014 7:45 am - Q: I am a midlevel employee on a team of five that includes a paid intern. Our intern's primary role is to maintain our library and assist when needed. In general, she i...
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Work Advice: When your co-workers won't discuss payOct 26, 2014 7:30 am - Q: I am a project engineer, and the only female in my department, at a large defense contractor. In my 17 years at this company, management has yet to share any pay rang...
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Work Advice: How to handle firing in next interviewOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - Reader 1: I was recently fired for chronic tardiness. I'd worked at this business for four years, and though I knew my lateness was seen as a problem by my boss, the fir...