Ask a Manager

Ask a Manager is an advice blog on workplace and employment issues written by Alison Green since 2007.^[1]

Background

Green founded the blog when she was chief of staff in a nonprofit organisation, and has since transitioned to consulting on workplace issues.^[2] She has also written several books in this topic area, including advice for managers, employees, and job-seekers.^[3][4]

Content

The blog mostly comprises Green's responses to readers' questions; Green has said she receives about 50 letters each weekday.^[5] Letter-writers seek advice on work-related situations they are facing, covering a range of topics such as job-searching; management skills and ethics; career development; discrimination and mistreatment; labour unions; workers' rights; workplace practices and norms; and interpersonal issues and behaviour at work. The blog also includes many standalone advice posts by Green, such as on résumés, cover letters, and job interviews.^[6]

Reception

Ask a Manager has been covered and cited, and Green has been quoted and interviewed, on workplace and employment issues by various media outlets, such as the New York Times,^[7][8] Vogue,^[9] Salon.com,^[10] Cosmopolitan,^[11] The Guardian,^[12][13] The Verge,^[14] Quartz,^[15] CBS News,^[16] BBC,^[17] the Los Angeles Times,^[18] Slate (in the Dear Prudence advice column),^[19] Time,^[20] Reader's Digest,^[21] Katie Couric Media,^[22] CNBC,^[23][24][25] NPR,^[26] Bloomberg,^[27] and others.

The blog is viewed two million times each month.^[12][28][29]

Green has also written the Direct Report column in Slate since 2018,^[30] the Ask a Boss column in The Cut since 2016,^[31] and an unnamed column in Inc. since 2015.^[32][33]