My colleague won't stop commenting on everything I need.

My assistant rolls his eyes at people and meeting.

My manager expects me to work 24-7.

Why does my coworker keep taking credit for all my ideas?

Have any wisdom for me?

Hi, I'm Alison Green.

Welcome to the Ask a Manager podcast.

Some of you may know me from my website, askamanger.org,

where I answer daily questions from readers about how to navigate all sorts of sticky situations with coworkers, managers, and employees.

Each week on this show, I take calls and talk directly with listeners about the toughest, most frustrating, or just plain weirdest work predicaments they're facing.

I'll help you figure out what to do and say to handle these situations successfully and get the outcomes you want.

So let's get started.

This week we have a question about working from home from the boss's perspective.

As a manager, or at least as a good manager, you want to give people the flexibility to do

things like occasionally work from home when their job allows it. But you've also got to balance that

against the needs of the work. So what do you do if you have an employee who's using that flexibility

in a way that isn't quite working for your team? That's the question on the mind of our caller this

week. So, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, Allison. Thanks for joining us. Why don't you

start by reading the letter you sent me and then we'll talk about it? Great. So I wrote in to ask

about working from home. Our company doesn't have a work from home policy. It's completely up to

manager discretion. And I lead a small team that requires a lot of face time with senior leaders,

but I try to be as flexible as possible. There's no policy for when you can and cannot work from home.

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