weekend open thread – April 11-12, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Dear Committee Members, by Julie Schumacher, which is told entirely through letters — mostly letters of recommendation, but also some emails to colleagues […] The post weekend open thread – April 11-12, 2026 appeared first on Ask a Manager.

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This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand.

Here are the rules for the weekend posts.

Book recommendation of the week: Dear Committee Members, by Julie Schumacher, which is told entirely through letters — mostly letters of recommendation, but also some emails to colleagues — from a disgruntled literature professor at a mid-tier university. If you like novels about the absurdities of academia, you will like this.

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