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