My Friend Helped Me Land a Job. Now I’m Seeing Their Work “Personality,” And Uh, I Have Questions.

Good Job Sept 03, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Jacob Wackerhausen /Getty Images Plus and Deagreez /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, After years of searching for a job post-layoffs, a friend helped me get a part-time contract. It’s not ideal financially, but it’s better than nothing, and it could be great if not for one thing. At work, my friend is an emotional vampire. Every time we’ve been on a project together, they flake because of some esoteric “emergency” that they describe in great detail bef