corpcopeSomething happened at work. Now what?
Pick what's going on. You'll get what's really happening, what to do next, and exactly what to say, word for word.
What's happening to you?
Your manager
- My manager takes credit for my work in meetings and never corrects it when others notice.
- My boss is a micromanager who rewrites every email I send before it goes out.
- My manager avoids giving direct feedback until it explodes into a surprise bad review.
- My manager plays favorites so obviously that half the team has stopped trying.
- My manager gives vague instructions, then criticizes me for not reading their mind.
Coworkers, meetings and your calendar
- A coworker constantly interrupts me in meetings and repeats my idea five minutes later as their own.
- I'm stuck carrying a coworker who does the bare minimum and never gets called out.
- I sit through meetings that could have been a two-line email.
- My calendar is back-to-back with meetings and I have no time left to actually do my job.
Reviews, pay and promotions
- My performance review criticized things nobody ever mentioned to me during the year.
- I got a "meets expectations" rating despite exceeding every goal I was given.
- I was told to "be patient" about a promotion for the third review cycle in a row.
- I found out a coworker doing the same job makes significantly more than me.
- My raise came in below inflation and I'm effectively taking a pay cut.
- I've been doing a higher-level job for a year with no title or pay change.
Layoffs, PIPs and job hunting
HR, the office and your own time
- I reported a hostile coworker to HR and nothing visibly changed.
- My company mandated return to office and my commute now eats two hours of my day for no clear benefit.
- I feel like I'm being punished for working remotely even though my output hasn't changed.
- I answer Slack messages at 10pm because I'm scared of looking unresponsive.
- I haven't taken a real vacation in over a year because there's never a good time.
- I use ChatGPT to do half my job and I haven't told my manager.
Every situation, the same five answers
One line from each part of a real chapter. The guide has the full version of all 25.
- What's really going on
- A raise below inflation is a real cut in what your money buys, even though the number on your payslip went up. A 5% raise during 7% inflation means you can afford less than before, not more.
- What to do
- Work out your real, inflation-adjusted pay change, not just the raise percentage, so you're arguing from a number.
- What to say
- To your manager, 1:1 "Can I talk to you about my raise? I'm grateful for it, but I did the maths and it came in below inflation, so in real terms I'm earning a bit less than last year. I'd like to talk about closing that gap."
- What not to do
- Don't treat "I got a raise" and "I got a real raise" as the same thing when deciding whether to push back.
- When to escalate or leave
- If your manager agrees the raise didn't keep up but there's no process for an off-cycle correction, and it repeats every cycle.
Corp life: I've already suffered so you don't have to
- All 25 situations, each with what's really going on, the steps, the exact words, what not to do and when to leave
- A “walk in curious” primer and a bonus chapter on the mindset that makes all of it easier
- Emailed the moment you pay, downloadable again any time
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Questions
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