Managing: How to handle an employee who wants to be part of every conversation

Each week, Alison Green, who also writes the "Ask a Manager" website, answers workplace and management questions from readers. Please comment or ask your own question by emailing her at alison@askamanager.org. Question 1. Can we ask employees to pay for coffee if it’s better quality coffee? We recently had a test run of the Starbucks Coffee Brewer and would like to keep it. However, it is a bit expensive. We do not have a set number at the time, but we are thinking it will come up to about $1.50…