You get ghosted after an interview. Unless your name’s Casper, there’s no reason you should be disappearing on anyone. Gabi here! Once upon a not-so-great time, I had an interview with a woman who preached everything about women's empowerment and healthy workplace environments. After an amazing interview with her, during which I was basically offered the job, I never heard from her again. Even after following up six (ugh, I know) times…

What to do: Feel free to follow up 1-2 times, but if you’re not hearing back within a week (unless told otherwise), consider it a wash and move on.

A mysterious meeting gets put on your calendar. There’s nothing worse than seeing a “quick chat?” calendar invite from your boss pop up on your calendar. If you’re anything like us, your immediate thoughts rotate between 1) “I’m getting fired,” 2) “They’re mad at me,” and 3) “What did I do wrong?” and said spiral ensues.

What to do here: Don’t panic… lol says the king and queen of panicking at the disco! Try not to be like Rod and check your manager’s calendar to see if they have a meeting with HR right before your call. There have been countless instances where we’ve worked ourselves up, only to come out of a meeting with 1) positive feedback, 2) a raise, or 3) just more clarity about a project our bosses needed to chat about.

P.S. Gabi once had a boss who would throw a meeting on her calendar with “nothing bad” in the meeting’s name, so she wouldn’t freak out.

You’re part of a skeleton staff 24/7: Being short-staffed can be frustrating when trying to be efficient and successful at your job. When teams don’t have the bandwidth, deadlines are missed, things don’t get done, processes go out the window, and we all suffer the consequences. You were hired to do the job outlined in your job description, not the work of three other people. 

What to do here: Speak up! Being shortstaffed is your company’s job to fix. Communicate the issues, and bring specific examples of what’s gone wrong to show why they need to post that job opening on LinkedIn ASAP.