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Alison Green
Born1973 or 1974 (age 52–53)
EducationBeloit College
OccupationsAdvice columnist, nonprofit manager
Known forAsk a Manager
Websiteaskamanager.org

Alison Green (born c. 1973–74) is an American advice columnist, blogger and nonprofit manager best known as the author of the Ask a Manager blog. Green's work has been part of a proliferation of advice columns in the 21st century; Vulture has described Green as "the internet's preeminent workplace advice columnist." Green is the author of a book version of Ask a Manager and has published advice columns in U.S. News & World Report, New York magazine, Inc. and Slate. Prior to her career as a blogger and columnist, Green worked in the nonprofit sector, including several years as a senior staff member of the Marijuana Policy Project.

Education and nonprofit career

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Green graduated from Beloit College.[1] She worked with marijuana legalization activist Rob Kampia at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws until 1995.[2] In the late 1990s, Green worked for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, where she engaged in pie throwing at corporate executives targeted by PETA for animal testing and animal products, including John E. Pepper Jr. of Procter & Gamble and fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.[3][4] Green later wrote on her blog that she had "[n]o regrets, still proud of it."[5]

Green joined the Marijuana Policy Project in 2004 as chief of staff and deputy to executive director Kampia. A Washington City Paper investigation criticised Green for her handling of sexual harassment allegations against Kampia.[6] After Kampia took a leave of absence in 2010, Green resigned from MPP. Several years later, amid the MeToo movement, Green said that standing with Kampia had been "the biggest regret" in her career.[7]

Advice writing

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Green began doing workplace advice blogging on the side while working as a nonprofit chief of staff.[8] When she began blogging in 2007, she said she expected more questions on dealing with micromanagement or getting job interviews but that readers were most focused on "the interpersonal weirdness that comes with having a job."[9] Her advice and management columns have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, New York magazine, Inc. and Slate.[6][9] In 2018, Green published Ask a Manager: Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work.[9] Publishers Weekly said Green's approach in the book was "unfortunately limiting" by offering advice on "highly specific" problems instead of "general, adaptable strategies."[10]

By 2017, Green said Ask a Manager was getting 2.4 million visits each month and more than 50 questions a day.[8] Several of Green's blog posts have gone viral, including a question from someone whose coworker stole the letter writer's spicy food, got sick and blamed the letter writer; another in which a letter-writer's new boss was his ex whom he had ghosted; and one in which interns signed a petition to their employer to permit casual footwear.[11][12][13] In 2019, Green asked her readers to share their salaries and job information in an anonymous Google Sheets document. It received 24,000 responses in under a week, which Green attributed to desires for pay transparency and the idea that discussing salary is taboo. The Washington Post said the spreadsheet had gone viral and described the response to the spreadsheet as part of a trend of "'Google-Doc' activism".[14]

Vulture called Green "the internet's preeminent workplace advice columnist."[15] Radio New Zealand called Green a "kind of agony aunt" of the office.[16] Green's workplace advice writing has been characterized as part of a proliferation of advice columns along with S. Bear Bergman's "Ask Bear", Slate's "Dear Prudence", Choire Sicha's "Work Friend" and Cheryl Strayed's "Dear Sugar".[17][18]

Green has been interviewed by major media outlets like The New York Times on the Great Resignation and workplace-as-family dynamics,[19][20] Marketplace on pay equity and office holiday parties,[21][22] and CNBC on conversations with supervisors.[23]

References

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  1. ↑ "Alison Green". AAE Speakers. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  2. ↑ Burkitt, Janet (November 22, 1996). "Former Valedictorian Fights to Change Marijuana Laws". CNS Maryland. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Harangue with meringue". Chicago Tribune. February 25, 1998. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Anti-fur activist targets designer with pie". Chicago Tribune. November 12, 1997. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  5. ↑ Green, Alison (May 13, 2024). "I don't want to be pied in the face for work". Ask a Manager. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Hess, Amanda (January 27, 2010). ""The Breast Massage Will Happen": Inside the Culture of Sexual Harassment at the Marijuana Policy Project". Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  7. ↑ Cohen, Rachel M. (December 19, 2017). "Spotlight on Sexual Misconduct Reopens Old Wounds at Marijuana Policy Project". Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Green, Alison (June 14, 2017). "Our 300-year love affair with advice columns". Vox. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 Kerr, Jolie (July 31, 2018). "Work Is Weird. Alison Green of Ask a Manager Can Help". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work by Alison Green". Publishers Weekly. May 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  11. ↑ Uda, Rachel (March 25, 2025). "Are You a Burned-Out Boss? The Ask a Manager Columnist Weighs In". Katie Couric Media. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  12. ↑ Moss, Caroline (September 27, 2017). "Saga of a man who had to work for the ex he ghosted goes viral". CNBC. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  13. ↑ Tuck, Lauren (July 1, 2016). "Interns Get Fired En Masse After Protesting Dress Code at Work". Yahoo News. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  14. ↑ Felton, Lena (April 30, 2019). "The story behind the viral Google spreadsheet with more than 20,000 salaries". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  15. ↑ Brookover, Sophie (January 24, 2025). "A Real Manager Gives Severance's Workplace Culture a Performance Review". Vulture. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Working out those workplace conflicts". RNZ. July 24, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  17. ↑ Cottom, Tressie McMillan (October 1, 2021). "Why Everyone Is Always Giving Unsolicited Advice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  18. ↑ Brammer, John Paul (October 31, 2019). "The Advice Column Renaissance". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  19. ↑ Herrman, John (October 29, 2021). "Quitting Your Job Never Looked So Fun". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  20. ↑ Herrera, Tim (August 13, 2018). "Your Workplace Isn't Your Family (and That's O.K.!)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  21. ↑ Brancaccio, David (June 7, 2019). "Can talking about salaries reduce the wage gap?". Marketplace. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Ask a Manager: Should you let loose at the office holiday party?". Marketplace. December 15, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  23. ↑ Smith, Morgan (February 26, 2024). "Use this simple strategy to win your boss over, say two CEOs: 'Don't be afraid to be seen'". CNBC. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
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