Five Pieces of Work Advice from an Agony Aunt

We’re just great apes in glasses. Photo by Flickr user Jeff L.

Work is a lot of work. Most of us have to work for about half of our waking hours for about half of our lives. And they’re mostly not easy hours. Work can be full of conflicts, confusion, drama, trauma, and awkwardness. I started writing a work advice column a year ago for Slate to help advice seekers think through their work dilemmas, and to help readers solve their own work problems by reading about other people’s. I’d like to share a few of the themes that have come up...