It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…
1. My employee says he can’t afford team lunches
I have a small team, two staff plus me, and we’re all approximately the same age and salary (~$90-100k). Occasionally we’ll do team lunches or social lunches, sometimes with partnering areas. This is a government position and we don’t get reimbursed for these lunches. Depending on occasion, I sometimes pick up the tab personally. However, this one staff member will almost always verify this ahead of time and makes a point of saying