Author: Aunty B on
11 January 2012
This article first appeared August 24, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
I am not a wuss and have been able to make hard decisions on staff members before who are under performing. But I have two long-term staff members who cannot adapt to the new direction that we need to take.
Author: Aunty B on
10 January 2012
This article first appeared September 14, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
I have just been put in a bad position with a client by one of my staff.
Author: Aunty B on
9 January 2012
This article first appeared August 26, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
We have a very well meaning guy who visits our shop every few days who is a bit like everyone's favourite uncle and he always brings in lollies, sweets and cakes for us.
Author: Aunty B on
6 January 2012
This article first appeared October 6, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
We have just had a director join our board who can be absolutely awful.
Author: Aunty B on
5 January 2012
This article first appeared on September 7, 2011
Dear Aunty B,
I have been in business with my dad for a couple of years now.
Author: Aunty B on
4 January 2012
This article first appeared November 3, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
Author: Aunty B on
3 January 2012
This article first appeared September 16, 2011.
Dear Aunty B,
There is a small bridal boutique for sale in the seaside town where I live.
Author: Aunty B on
23 December 2011
Dear Aunty B,
I have bought hampers and champagne for all my staff, put on a lavish party at the zoo, wrote them all thank you cards for their hard work (took me a whole hour and I am NEVER doing it again) and we broke up yesterday and not one of them wrote me a card, gave me a present or even said thanks for the year. Don't bosses have feelings too? Is it ridiculous to think about thanking the person who has spent the year slogging their guts out, taking all the risk, never sleeping with worry, eating and drinking too much, pretending things are OK when they aren’t, being the first to arrive and the last to leave, washing the tea towels, listening to peoples’ problems, paying their mortgage, paying a few of them more than I get paid, giving them pay rises when they didn't deserve it, not firing a few of them when they did?
Author: Aunty B on
22 December 2011
Dear Aunty B,
My problem isn't yesterday's unintentionally messy, clean freak tap washer. She is more than welcome at our office! My issue is with the blokes who pick up a newspaper from the lunch table on the way to the bathroom and then put it back on the lunch table as they come out, just as I am eating lunch!
Author: Aunty B on
21 December 2011
Dear Aunty B,
We share a bathroom with another company, which has just employed a young Asian girl who speaks almost no English.
