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can I change teams because of my coworker’s values, I’m working for my parents’ business, and more

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I used to work in the corporate world in advertising and had an amazing yet strict boss who made me work hard and I loved it! One or two days a week there is someone else sitting in a cubicle in my area and the rest of the week it’s just me in a cubicle and one or two people in one of the surrounding offices.

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Ask a Manager speed round

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To save costs, they’ve started rotating between fast food places, wings, and premade sandwich boxes, none of which have vegetarian options. Would I be out of line to request some more inclusive food options, or at the least a la carte sides? They accommodate dietary restrictions well during actual meetings/company provided food.

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the $15,000 coffee fund, the cheapskate executives, and other stories of office coffee wars

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The ticket I work for a giant tech company that, unlike our giant tech company peers, doesn’t offer free food. It was always advertised as a this-month-only thing, but the same promotion was renewed for May 2021, June 2021, and so on, all the way until December 2022. She would be utterly charming and gracious.