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can I ask a new hire to use a nickname, manager asks for money for food and gas, and more

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Manager keeps asking team members for money for food and gas. I am the supervisor of the payroll department of a medium-sized organization. The department consists of an assistant supervisor (Arya), 3 payroll clerks (Robb, Bran, and Rickon), and an administrator assistant (Sansa). Is everything okay?”.

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do I have to wear makeup to look professional, my boss wants “fun” but pointless perks, and more

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I never worked from home, as my role as a receptionist/administrative assistant isn’t conducive to that. Whatever hassle it would be to correct the name on payroll (and it really shouldn’t take long) is dwarfed by any of those risks. I work at a R1 school as a post award administrator.

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cheating in an office bake-off, my boss is advertising my job because I was out sick, and more

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I have been at my new job as an administrative assistant for just over two months. ” However, in practice, payroll would make weekly calls to salaried, exempt employees if they hadn’t accumulated at least 40 hours during the previous week. A few months ago, I decided to make a big career move and change industries.