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How does vesting in equity generally work?
When I joined a start-up 8 months ago, I was offered a 2.5% equity along with a fixed remuneration. I trusted the founder and didn't bother to ask for equity docs. After 6 months, there were some ...
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Requesting a dress code change that is up to my manager's discretion
When I started working for my current company, they permitted a dress code consisting of either jeans or khakis and a polo shirt. About a year ago, something unrelated happened in which the CEO was ...
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Doesn't it cost employers more to reimburse actual meal costs than to offer per diem?
***For those seeking bounty. I am looking for references to studies where actual numbers are given comparing actual meal cost reimbursements (including overhead costs of scanning receipts and audits) ...
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What Travel Expense items should I ask for Reimbursement for?
My employer will be sending me to the Philippines for 3-6 weeks. I checked the employee manual and it doesn't really have anything in there about travel expenses, so I need to talk to my boss about ...
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Why would a company remain confidential before an interview?
I recently got a call from a recruiter who said that he was trying to find a good fit for a company's open position. The recruiter asked me some questions about what I am looking for but said that ...
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Why don't companies give competitive raises to keep their employees? [closed]
I've heard it said that the fastest way to increase your salary is to change companies every few years. If this is true, it seems to mean that very few employers regularly give raises that keep up ...
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How to deal with an employee found to be misbehaving by chance (by accessing a restricted computer)? [closed]
I, as an owner/computer auditing worker, have been reviewing recent computer usage (for statistics) and happened to stumble across some serious delicate issues. There is an employee who does not have ...
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How can I efficiently get all employees to read and sign-off on a policy?
I work in the HR department of a company that has 2300+ employees working in retail stores all around the country.
We have certain policies that need to be read and signed-off on by ALL employees, ...
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How can one ask for time off when company has policy against time off in December/January?
My partner works in a UK clothing store whose policy is to deny ALL holidays during December and January. This means for as long as she is in this job, we can never take a Christmas/New Year holiday.
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Does an Employer moonlighting clause relate to personal side projects, and do I need permission? [closed]
I work as an engineer full-time with a technology company in California. When joining the company I signed a company code that had an explicit moonlighting clause stating that "employee cannot do ...
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Is it acceptable to install personally purchased licensed software on company provided laptops?
I have changed jobs recently. I am a software developer and I very much love Intellij IDEA, which I think is the best IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Java. I have a personal license for ...
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How can I help management when they back themselves into a corner with a client regarding internal staff policies?
In light of the question from the linked question (asked by another user); and the corresponding answers and commentary:
Using gym at workplace during work hours
Assume that I now I have an answer ...
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What reason does an employer have to mandate all travel booking be via the same travel agency?
At my employer, all travel bookings must be made via the same travel agency. If I don't, I apparently violate the contract between the travel agency and my employer (a university in Sweden).
A ...
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Should I require my employees to ask permission to use corporate discount?
My company was approached a while ago by a hotel chain and we were offered a discount of 10% when any employee stays at one of their hotels. It doesn't cost us anything; it's mutually beneficial for ...
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What is the purpose of wearing a uniform even though we are seldom, if ever, visible to other people?
Why do some company implements a policy that requires all employees to wear a uniform, designed and made by the company, even though some of their employees is not visible to people outside of the ...
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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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Should I request HR to let me choose my own holidays?
My company has always chosen the 10 holiday days we get for the year without even asking employees if those are the days they want to use holidays. For example, we have two days off for Christmas eve ...
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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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Exactly when does a two week notice begin and end?
This question is kind of a multiple part question. Lets assume I were to give my two week noticed today on November 7th, 2012.
Is the two week notice strictly 10 works days, or the end of two work ...
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Policy vs Design: Which is better for user buy-in? [closed]
At my job we have several pieces of equipment that move from on e place to another. Our small group of employees need to find where a piece of equipment is or was last placed. I wrote a helpdesk ...
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Pitching for time for personal projects at work
Does anyone have any information how companies deal with personal projects at work?
I have noticed an increase in companies offering a small percentage of time toward personal projects at work ...
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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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How can a company implement a “20% time” program like Google's?
I've read that Google's 20% rule is about encouraging fun and innovation.
How can my company implemented and manage a program like this?
A good answer to this question should also cover these sub ...
