My Co-Workers Are Amateur Sleuths. I Don’t Need Them on the Case of My Dark Past.

Good Job They cannot be trusted. July 23, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Deagreez/Getty Images Plus and Zanuck/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I have a brand new job with an open office layout, and my boss (who sits in the cube next to mine) and her friends are really into true crime podcasts. They frequently talk about them in detail, and I feel like I’m going to vomit every time. My mom was violently killed in front of me when I was a teenager. I have a wonderful extended family, so I staye