The common norms, beliefs, and behavior of a company, corporation, or substantial group of people within a company.
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What is it like to work at IBM now days, would anyone reccomend taking a job there? [closed]
I am curious if IBM is a place one would be happy to work for as a Developer, does anyone have any advice about the place?
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Stop what you are doing and listen two people discussing about the work. Is that correct? [closed]
Suppose you are sitting in your desk and your manager comes and start talking with your team leader about something related to work. Probably is not something that concerns you directly, but you want ...
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What benefit is there for IT professionals to develop people skills beyond those needed for their current position?
The IT field has created many positions that enable people to achieve high quality technical skill sets without ever learning the social skills necessary to be successful in non technical fields. ...
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What action should be taken by a manager when subordinates become racist?
In our office people are from different backgrounds, races, caste and culture. Yesterday I heard heated argument among a group of coworkers. The discussion was about terrorism, and one of the group ...
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Best approach to dealing with pranks
My coworkers are constantly playing pranks on each other. I don't really want to be a part of it. What is the best way to approach others about it without being alienated and being seen as the ...
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Constructive feedback on Trust to Management
There are quite a few articles trying to emphasize and define Organizational trust. What is a good way to tell your boss that you are losing trust in him/her/them?
Articles - huffingtonpost, ...
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How To Deal With Mis-represented Timesheet
My boss fills out the timesheets for everyone in his department. This is rarely a problem for me, because I rarely take time off. However, the last two times I have taken time off, my use of leave has ...
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Is it unprofessional to look for other work after a salary increase has been denied?
Simply as the question asks. I have been working at the same company for just over a year and I made a request for a salary increase, this is because my pay isn't covering my bills any more. It was ...
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How to respond to a “Thank you” email from the management?
Some companies send a "Thank you" to an employee for accomplishing certain tasks or when they want to offer him a bonus for his hard work.
Should one respond to such emails and how?
For my case ...
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My colleagues frown on me for using my vacation days. Should I stop using them so much?
I work for a company that gives 25 vacation days a year. Unused days are not paid and if not used they become wasted and you cannot use them the next year. When you leave the company, you are not paid ...
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How do I ask my manager what my raise is ahead of time?
Where I work they do not tell us what our raises are ahead of time. We instead have to wait until we receive the 2nd paycheck in January which reflects our new rate since we are paid bi-weekly. ...
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How can I make wearing headphones at work more acceptable?
If I really need to concentrate for a short burst at work (say 30 minutes), I work best when under headphones. However I appreciate that by doing so I run the risk of appearing anti-social and ...
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How can I build a convincing argument to have an open dress code?
I want to try to convince my HR department that in the modern workplace an open dress code (i.e. jeans, t-shirts, whatever) leads to happier (and therefore more productive) employees and appeals to ...
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How do I politely decline contributing to boss's Christmas present?
It looks like giving expensive Christmas gifts to bosses is my company's culture.
I wouldn't fuss if it is under $20 in total, but they are asking 2 x $30 for the two executives in my company.
The ...
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2answers
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What is the professional way to follow up with a manager for project opportunity?
I am working for an outsourcing IT organization. My project contract was recently ended and I was put on bench. I have a discussion with marketing manager, who markets my profile and finds out project ...
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How do I request new equipment for the office?
After reading Peopleware and The Programmer's Bill of Rights I have realized that my work space is lacking in what I would considering comfortable working conditions. I have been thinking about ...
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What is the polite way of asking your boss “are you there” in an IM?
I am chatting with my boss using an instant messanger. I have asked one question and I have not gotten a reply after waiting for a long time. Now how can I ask my manager politely "are you there?" and ...
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8answers
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What should I expect when my potential employer invites me to visit the office?
I went to a campus info session held by the organization and chatted with a few people. Later, I sent my contact my career materials and was offered a phone interview. The phone interview lasted about ...
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Culture in Software Environment
I am currently employed in a technology-centric small-sized company. Due to the structure of the company and number of employees, I am usually pulled between different projects which involved ...
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Do I need to ask my company before I can use corporate hotel rates for personal use?
I'm looking to stay at a fairly expensive 4 or 5 star hotel and I'm sure my company's corporate rate can be used because I work for a very big publicly traded company.
However, I'm not sure if ...
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How can we keep a shared common area (kitchen) clean?
We share a kitchen with around 20 people on our office floor. The problem is that (some fee) people leave their dirty cups and plates in the sink and on the tables, even though we have a dish washer. ...
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Should I be giving unsolicited help?
Situation is this: X and Y sit near my cubicle. X asks Y some question, which Y doesn't know an answer to, but together they spend quite some time talking on that.
I have heard their conversation, ...
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How can I politely decline collecting donations for birthday presents?
There's a weird practice in some companies to collect funds for birthday presents.
It is usually reasoned with "team building", "good fellowship" and stuff like that. It became almost obligatory, and ...
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Should I shake hands with everyone at the start of the day?
I have just joined a company. What I have seen there is that our seniors regularly come to my seat and shake hands with me and all. Do I also need to do the same and shake hands with all employees on ...
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Finding out the project condition and company processes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are specific ways to learn meaningful information about company culture in interviews?
I have been working for 3 & half years as a software engineer.
It was ...
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Reading work-related books during work hours?
Like many other tech-companies, we have bookcases filled with work-related books. When I come to think of it, I have never seen any one reading an entire book during work hours. It seems that common ...
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Company mini-conference - How to engage co-workers?
As an initiative to increase knowledge and competence at my workplace, I have approached my team with the idea to have a mini-conference with technology topics. The plan is to have this for half a day ...
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“Safe” topics to get acquainted with co-workers, regardless of geographic location, without causing a social faux pas?
In some countries like India, the first instance of bonding at the workplace comes from asking questions like "What do your parents do?", "How many children do you have?", and other questions that are ...
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What does “politics” mean in a corporate environment?
I have a contract with my current employer for over than one year now and might soon become a regular, as my boss told me. My boss explained to me that I should be prepared on many things when I am ...
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What are specific ways to learn meaningful information about company culture in interviews? [closed]
What are specific ways to learn about a company's culture during the interview and application process to ensure a match?
I understand the value in conversation via LinkedIn/networking, as well as ...
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How can I convince my company to change their time off policy?
My company has a policy that no more than three salaried employees can be off on any given day, regardless of what department they are in.
I've seen this cause tension with some employees, and have ...
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Can it be harmful to dress more formally than what the dress code allows?
We all know that not wearing clothes considered appropriate for the dress code can be a bad thing. Your typical business-casual dress code probably frowns upon wearing jeans, tank tops, black bra ...
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What are the benefits of multicultural diversity in the work environment?
What's the impact of multicultural diversity in the workplace (i.e. having people from different countries working together in startups, corporations, co-working studios, etc) and how does it affect ...
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How do I approach my boss about possible errors in my paycheque?
I applied for a job a short time back whose starting wage was $50K. After working there for a while I went through my payslips and calculated the amount, reversing tax and super, etc. I find Im only ...
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corporate vs agency work as software dev [closed]
I have worked as a software developer for the last 7 years. Always in small teams, start ups and agencies.
I have been offered a few opportunities lately and I am ready to find a new job developing ...
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Is it rude to leave an interview early if you have already made your decision?
A friend of mine went on an interview recently for a software developer position at a well known company. It was a senior position, and he had very relevant business experience in the industry. I ...
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Overcoming limited growth opportunities and low raises
My last 2 jobs have been in very large companies. As many large companies, they have a very developed and structured set of compensation policies, especially for those employes below manager; for ...
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Team building activities for a fast growing team
I'm working to help plan a team building event at my workplace. Having seen that while independent companies can do a great, slick, team building event, they can also be both expensive and hit or miss ...
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Refusing to do something that makes you uncomfortable
I work for a small company where one of the primary investors and managing partners happens to be a national celebrity (who will go unnamed). This person also plays the role of spokesperson and ...
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Is it standard for big companies to be inflexible on raises and promotions?
I work for a Big 4 firm and the annual review period occurs once each year, just prior to the end of the fiscal year. Our ratings are based on relative performance (sort of like grading on a curve) ...
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How can I encourage a 'software development' culture when working in a more traditional company
I work in a company that is more business than technology orientated and are only recently adding a more significant technology component.
Their current culture reflects the business and marketing ...
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How should I greet co-workers?
I know this may be a very newbie question, but I really want to know.
When you come in for a new day of work and see coworkers, is it common to shake hands, or simply say "hi" or "morning" ? Or Do ...
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How to establish a mentoring culture in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Earlier I read a question called How to mentor a Junior Developer and thought about this question.
I worked as a support engineer at a smaller startup in one of my previous employments where I was ...
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Is a dress code beneficial in a company? [closed]
Are there any studies on whether a dress code is beneficial to any/some companies, as opposed to just adopting "casual Fridays" all week long?
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What benefits are there of being allowed to take your kids to work? [closed]
I've always found the practice and, to some extent even the encouragement of this practice, puzzling. As far as I can tell there is no benefit for any of the parties concerned that is employers, ...
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How can I get people with difficult personalities to conform to expectations?
Following on from discussions related to Jacob G's question Encouraging a culture of punctuality and some related discussion in the site chat, I'd like to ask a closely related question:
I've worked ...
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Does keeping one's desk extremely clean appear lazy? [closed]
I do all of my work on my PC and I like to keep my desk very clean; it helps me think. I'm pretty much the only one of this mindset at my company and most other's desks are covered with papers, notes, ...
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How can I encourage a culture of punctuality in a software company?
As a new technical lead in a new company, what are some additional strategies to employ to change the culture of the development team so that people show up at the time that I've requested?
TLDR: My ...
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What do I take from a “demotion” that doesn't change my title or pay?
After getting a customer complaint (the only one I had in two and a half years), I was promptly "demoted." The upper management kept referring to it as a "demotion" and it kind of was since they were ...
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How do I maintain a work-life balance when company culture tends towards frequent overtime?
I usually don't mind working overtime (no additional compensation) because I enjoy my work.
However, it does eventually grate on me. I've enjoyed a minimum of overtime in the past few months but know ...
