Questions about employer relations involve the relationship between an employer and its employees. These questions should generally involve the relationship with a group of employees rather than individuals.
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Employer giving away Personal Information [closed]
I just found out that my employer has been giving out personal information to third parties. I understand where that is acceptable in cases where a outside company is contracted to perform payroll, ...
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How can I un-burn a bridge?
I worked in a company more than 2 years ago which I still want to work, after this time. But when I left I did not leave under the best terms. Now when I tried to come back the HR told me that I from ...
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How to act in a meeting when everyone is a manager except me?
Sometimes I join some meetings where everyone is a manager, like department managers to discuss a problem or a situation which needs the joined effort of multiple departments. Anyway I am no manager ...
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In a critical position but underpayed and seeking new employment, tell superiors?
I am in a critical niche position at a medium sized (~300 person) company and I am not respected and grossly underpaid. My daily operations are required in order for the company to function and there ...
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What should I do if my employer can't afford to pay me but refuses to lay me off in Ontario, Canada?
My employer has run out of money and was unable to pay me what was due on my latest regular pay date. It has been over a week and my employer has informed me that it is not known when my overdue pay ...
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How can I deal with a very reactive staff member? [closed]
I have a problem: A staff member of mine can only parse exact instructions. He appears to not be able to use common sense and take initiative. An example is enclosed below. How am I going to solve ...
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Why do recruiters ask for ID and/or references?
I am applying for jobs through a recruiter, and have just been asked to provide ID and/or references before being put forward for a role.
If I get the job and the company wishes to have reference and ...
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Employee Poaching
A competitor has been stealing employees from my company. We are partners, but we have recently undergone a rough patch while they are growing massively. About 8 of our former employees now work ...
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Advice on starting a job in USA [closed]
I've been looking for a job in the USA as of new years, but since I'm currently employed I didn't put much effort into it as of last month.
I've been contacted by few companies as of last month but ...
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Is it OK to leave very short-term employment off my resume?
For various reasons, I only worked for a company for a few weeks. Is it OK if I just don't put that on my resume, and pretend this employment never existed?
There is really not much to talk about ...
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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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In the United States, can an employer take adverse action based on information gleaned from non-work resources?
I am good friends with the Director of IT in my firm. He recently let on that he knew I was looking for alternative employment, because they are logging my AIM instant messaging application. ...
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My employer does not approve of my medically recommended footwear
I twisted my ankles a number of times when I was younger, and a doctor told me to wear footwear that offers solid ankle support. I complied with his advice, and stopped twisting my ankles.
My boss ...
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Employer Asks to Pick Up Products from Vendors?
I've been with the same employer going on 5 years. Almost a year ago, the owner relocated our business to the opposite side of the city so it was more convenient for them (< 5 mins to work). What ...
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Is pressure on working while on sick leave considered mobbing?
I work as consultant in multinational corporation even as I do the same work as regular employees. Recently I've got ill. Nonetheless, I worked with it for a month before going on sick leave but my ...
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Is it appropriate to contact a potential employer before they contact you?
When applying for a position, I often want to learn as much about the work as possible. A part of that involves looking for organizational charts and determining who does what and who might my boss ...
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How can I professionally resolve this disagreement about insurance liability with my company?
My company sent me to another state for 2 weeks and I was told to rent a car while I was there. Since our corporate credit cards had expired the week before, they told me to use my own credit card. ...
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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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Quitting job on short term notice
My situation is a rather easy one.
For the last two years I have been working for a company, and they have been giving me short term contracts. Anything from one week to one month. At the end of my ...
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How can I help an employee who, for a long time, hasn't been given a raise?
Lately, I encountered an interesting, yet complicated situation.
At the meeting, which - lets say - had some of the characteristic of employee evaluation and budget planning meeting, management met ...
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Is it risky to complain on an employee satisfaction survey?
I've been told that it is never good to complain on an employee satisfaction survey--even if partly anonymous. The reasoning is that HR may attempt to rectify the situation, which means attention will ...
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Using gym at workplace during work hours
My company has a gym, a nice swimming pool, squash court, badminton court et al but the employees are not allowed to use during working hours. The employees can only use from 6 am - 8 am and from 5 pm ...
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Employee pay during jury duty
A new employee just got summoned for jury duty. My company is based in Canada and by law, I am not required to pay their salary while they are away serving on the jury. I'm wondering if anyone else ...
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How should research work be waged?
I am a young aerospace enthusiast and have just completed BA in computer engineering and am currently enrolled in MD. Besides this I am working for an aerospace engineering company where I work on ...
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Employer asks to find a temporary job
I was working for a tech startup for 8 months and everything was fine - I loved my job. But lately payments started to be late, 1-3 days late (which I was fine with then but probably was a red flag) ...
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How to measure the creative workers' output who are not filling in the timesheet?
Some Background:
I'm doing off-the-shelf software ( desktop apps).
The Problem:
I am leading a group of 10 developers+designers ( basically all the knowledge workers type) and I give them quite a ...
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How to deal with decreasing enthusiasm during work
I am a fresh pass-out engineer. I have just started my career as Android Developer. Its been 6 months of working with a company as a developer. I haven't faced many problems in establishing myself as ...
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Are there consequences to rejecting a job offer from my current employer that I felt was unfair? [closed]
I work for a pretty large company, and without going into specifics I do have what you would call an "entry-level" job. However, my job requires months of education (provided by my employer), and you ...
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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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Sharing work in a competitive environment
Suppose someone helped me in a particular work in a particular field. I would obviously thank the person for the help. And let's say that after a few days, that person found out that I have completed ...
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Phrasing of Request for Time Off
I have a problem with words in social situations: I obsess over their meaning and try to get my phrasing as exact as possible so as to convey my intent. This is an anxiety thing.
I would like time ...
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Does “one month's notice period” mean 30 or 31 days?
Certainly confusing. If the appointment letter specified days, great! But organizations resort to 1 month or 2 months notice period here in Asia. A few questions regarding this:
Is 1 month = 30 days ...
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How to handle employer expecting someone to do work against their conscience?
A friend of mine who recently graduated from college came across a situation at work that has put her into a moral conundrum. Her employer/the owner of the small company (5-7 in house employees, plus ...
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Should I send a “thank you” email to a colleague in the same office?
I was temporarily relocated to a different location by my company and people at the new location have helped me to set everything up. I interrupted one colleague a couple of times because of minor ...
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Stuck in boring programming jobs [closed]
TLDR: Where do you find challenging coding work and very talented coworkers?
I'm about 30 years old and have been a developer my whole adult life. Both for work and as a hobby and have contributed to ...
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What is my obligation to my current employer when changing jobs is imminent but (at this point) not guaranteed?
I am scheduled for a second interview for a job with a company that I would like to have. Changing jobs would require changing cities, which would also mean more opportunity for my spouse. If the ...
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How do I explain getting fired for a very bad reason to potential employers?
I was recently fired from my janitor position because I drew the SS (Schutzstaffel) logo on a teacher's whiteboard. The teacher reported me because he assumed it was a hate crime (it wasn't, I didn't ...
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Does reviewing your application/checking application status improve your chances of getting a job?
I remember a teacher in middle school once saying that when he got job applications he put them in a pile, waited a week, and if he hadn't heard from the applicant again, threw them away. Though this ...
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How do I explain not actively looking for a job until a year after I was laid off?
I was laid off from a quality assurance job about year ago. I was never actively looking for work until recently (I was living off savings). During that time, I really just wanted to relax and catch ...
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In the US, can an employer sack an employee by giving wrong or disputable reasons?
Updated: Obviously they can fire you and let you go but the question here is about disputed reason that they came up with which might not be true or are totally wrong, just to damage you further.
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How do I deal with difficult but talented employees?
I am managing a team of 10+ knowledge workers (developers, testers, technical support, no sales person).
There are employees in my team who are extremely talented, who can consistently provide better ...
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Mistake for my coworker to respond in kind to his boss?
Well here we all are, 6 of us at a restaurant. Me and my coworker, call him Chad, are new to the team, both young(in 20s). Our boss looks at Chad and says something like "did you get a haircut?" Then ...
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What should I write in “Working Relationship” field in job application
I am applying for job online and the form includes an area for me to list my references and our "Working Relationship".
What should I write in that area?
Also, when I report to a person who is the ...
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Personally Handing a Resume to an Employer
Is it a good idea to knock at an employer's door to personally hand a physical copy of one's resume to its HR department, even after sending it electronically through the "official" way? I think it ...
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Am I required/expected to notify current boss that I'm looking for a new job?
When I changed jobs last year, my previous boss was very insulted that I didn't tell him I was looking for a job and didn't ask him for a reference letter. (I did give him a month's notice when ...
