The set of written and unwritten rules of conduct that make social interactions run more smoothly.
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How can I know when to accept a not ideal job opportunity, or turn it down and keep looking? [closed]
I recently switched careers (into IT from a non-IT job) and completed a certification/internship program. I live in Tampa and I've been actively interviewing for roughly a month, with a couple of ...
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2answers
223 views
Graceful way to cancel an interivew?
Say you had an interview scheduled with a company, and during your pre-interview research you discovered dozens of reviews on, say, glassdoor.com in which nearly every employee complains about the ...
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3answers
174 views
Leaving a contract-to-hire position that I just started [closed]
I've recently started working a contract-to-hire position that is turning out to be not so hot. I have been speaking with a potential employer that I am very excited about, and I think they are going ...
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353 views
How should interviewers give constructive feedback?
For reference, this is the opposite side of a previously answered question: How can I ask my interviewers for feedback following an interview?
I interview a large number of candidates for my ...
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1answer
84 views
What information about public-sector jobs are legally part of the publc domain? [closed]
At many public universities in the US, the position and salaries of some but not all employees are made publicly available.
Is this a federally mandated practice, or is it done on a state-by-state ...
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boss smokes and colleagues who smoke get insider info
I recently started a new job and my boss is a smoker, so she frequently has smoke breaks together with my other colleagues who are also smokers. During these smoke breaks, they often discuss important ...
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1answer
82 views
Expressing interest in a position early in the resume collection process
I recently came across a position on my university's career center website. I am graduating next month, and meet all of the qualifications listed for the position. The position matches my interests, ...
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341 views
In a job interview, who should extend his hand first: the recruiter or me?
I'm heading for my first job interview within an hour and I have this critical question:
Who should extend his hand first: the recruiter or me?
No cultural or religious cases, common interview.
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225 views
Staying awake in meetings with projectors? [closed]
I have this reoccurring problem. It is 9/10/11am and I am at a meeting where I sit either one chair or two away from a large projector screen. With the fluorescent lights off, the screen is bright in ...
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2k views
Boss does not answer questions [closed]
I am still in training and sometimes my boss does not answer my questions. Other times he tells me to think about it. For example I was setting up a new machine and asked him to confirm I should ...
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1answer
116 views
How do I give print material at a job interview?
I have an interview for a job and I'm wondering how I should give print items to the interviewers. I have a resume, references list, my current business card, and 4 pages of sample code. I've thought ...
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2answers
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Accepted offer for an internship - would rather have a different position in the same company now - should I just forget about it?
I accepted an offer for an internship in a company I am really excited to work for. However, I have come to realize that I am much more interested in a different internship position in the company.
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2answers
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Is it a good idea to follow up after an interview, and if so, how soon? [duplicate]
Say you've recently completed a technical interview and your last interviewer has handed you back to your original contact in HR, who you haven't heard back from yet (a few days after the interview, ...
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4answers
265 views
How can I get honest feedback/criticism from a new team member?
When somebody first joins a team, they're in an incredibly valuable position to provide "outside" feedback. Existing team members' thought processes are often corrupted by habit and repetition, and ...
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1answer
296 views
How do I deal with a company who has stopped replying to me?
As a student, I don't have a whole lot of industry experience; however, I did manage to find a company who is "always hiring", and who said I would likely be a good fit in their teams.
I interviewed ...
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3answers
408 views
How to tactfully quit a job early because of a successful project?
I've been working at my job for almost a month and a half.
Recently, I shipped a game that I've been working on part time for 4 months (with a few other people). It's selling very well. I'm not ...
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2answers
402 views
Is It Bad Form to Remove a Deceased LinkedIn Connection?
I feel kind of insensitive for asking about this.
I am connected to a guy that suddenly died about a month ago of natural causes. I was just looking through my connections on LinkedIn, and ...
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9answers
513 views
What factors do I need to take into account when considering ban of eating at desk?
What factors to take into account when considering ban of eating at desk? Here is my situation:
I am the manager of a (software development) team
I have the authority to impose workplace rules such ...
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4answers
452 views
How should I tell my boss/peer that I do not want to lend him my gadgets?
I am possessive about nearly all my things.
I do not want to lend my camera/headphone to anyone since they are delicate items.
My boss and peers know what gadgets I have and they tend to ask me to ...
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2answers
183 views
Adding something to an already addressed intra-office envelope
Our office has intra-office mail baskets all over, and (usually, anyways) a stack of empty manilla 9x12 envelopes next to them where you write the destination, throw your papers in, and then wind the ...
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3answers
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Is it okay to ask why the previous employee left or was let go?
In an interview is it okay to ask the interviewer why the previous employee left the position or was fired from the position I am applying for? I would like to understand why someone would have quit ...
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4answers
378 views
Should I contact my future employer occasionally if I have several months before I start work?
I am a college student graduating this semester. I was fortunate to be hired by the company that I interned at over the summer.
The thing is that the last contact I had with my HR contact was 2 ...
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2answers
158 views
How to deal with the senior who is always taunting about the work [closed]
I work in a software company. I have one senior who always taunt all the colleagues about the work. He do not work sincerely and always roams in the office taunting juniors that you don't work, you ...
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14answers
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How to politely prevent coworkers from altering one's contributions to a knowledge base?
In the company I work for we extensively use a knowledge base for technical matters. Everybody can ask questions and everybody can answer.
Of course, there are always contributions that one thinks ...
10
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7answers
318 views
How do I ask to do work outside my job description?
I was just hired in a junior position. My company employs about 120 people. However, I have very little work to do. It might just be because we're between projects, but I get the impression that this ...
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4answers
326 views
Should I accept a delayed and nebulously defined promotion?
My employer is looking at creating a Media Specialist position. This theoretically would lead to a higher pay grade and hence be a promotion. However there are a couple aspects of the situation that ...
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6answers
785 views
How do I instill meeting request email etiquette in my team?
My team does not respond to any meeting requests, does not use proper subject for emails and generally does not appear to have any email etiquette. This is also seen in more senior members of the team ...
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1answer
311 views
Is it rude to tell an employer who has already hired me that my current job decided to offer me a better position?
I accepted a job offer from a company (Company A) and was planning to start mid month.
In a strange turn of events, the place I am currently finishing up at (Company B) sold their franchise and now ...
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8answers
1k views
How can I deal with people misjudging my age?
I'm 25 years old but I am well aware that my appearance leads people to believe I am (easily) under 18. Unfortunately for me it's my face, not the way I dress. I can't even grow a beard to offset it.
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2answers
251 views
Leaving for Lunch before our seniors is a good etiquette or not
I am quite new to Office environment, so I am not not much familiar with Workplace etiquettes. Our Lunch timings is from 2 pm to 3 pm. But our seniors are mostly busy doing their project stuff at that ...
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3answers
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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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6answers
801 views
Changing priorities too much
We are small growing company with demanding IT needs. As the company grows, new business logic needs to implemented to accommodate the growth and the existing system needs to be fixed which has a lot ...
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2answers
341 views
Should I leave an upcoming company event early?
I am fortunate to work at a company that holds an annual holiday/social event. There are some light remarks from management (listing our achievements this year, etc.), but it is primarily a social ...
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4answers
844 views
Saying no to an interview after saying yes over the phone
I have been working for a company for less than 6 months. My team in office had a warning from management that there may be a layoff. So I was applying for all kinds of jobs mostly relevant to my ...
12
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5answers
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How to deal with insensitive humor in the office?
Maybe I should just let this go, but I'm finding that difficult. A co-worker made what he considered to be a joking statement about people with a certain disease. I contradicted the statement, but ...
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5answers
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Sending disagreement to boss over a mail is correct thing to do?
I am working on outsourcing organization. I have worked with various other teams and people while executing an assignment. How ever while evaluating, based on the feedback gathered from all the ...
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5answers
1k views
Can I say “No” politely for a task I'm not interested in doing?
My boss is repeatedly giving me some R&D tasks which are a little bit frustrating for me to do. Several times I've told him that I am better in other assignments, but he always convinces me that I ...
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6answers
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How should I deal with being slapped at work?
A girl at work slapped me. I didn't touch or offend her, she was drunk. There were no witnesses to support my story or security cameras in that area of the building.
The witness didn't support my ...
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4answers
838 views
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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3answers
363 views
Should I ask to work (bill hours) on Black Friday if all my FT coworkers are off?
I work at a large company as a consultant, paid hourly. The company is open on Black Friday but it is optional to come in to work. All my team mates, who are FT salaried employees, are taking that ...
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4answers
729 views
Proper etiquette for declining to attend “volunteer” charity events sponsored by company
I work at a very small company and the CEO and Founder is big on organizing volunteer events and charity fundraising within the company.
He is a great man who came from extremely difficult beginnings ...
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3answers
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Specific strategies for maintaining confidence and competence when thrown into a more complex domain?
Preface:
Seeing many hints of this question buried within other questions here and have experienced it myself.
Scenario:
For example, take employee X and the different technical domain levels of ...
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7answers
885 views
What's the etiquette when a long-serving employee dies during your internship?
I'm currently at the third month of my internship, and one of the associates died of a heart attack last week at work.
He had been working here for more than 25 years, so everyone is really shocked ...
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7answers
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Is there a proper or polite way to tell people to not hijack threads?
I have a technical peer at a customer who I work with several times a week. I handle high-level support requests from her. Typically both of our PMs are CC'd so they can be in the loop as we address ...
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4answers
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What is the etiquette for a take home code test?
I have had a couple of take home coding tests recently and I wanted to see what people thought the expectations were for these.
In the most recent one I was asked to code a thread safe message ...
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6answers
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Moving office but don't want to share with someone
My team is about to move office from an open plan area to shared two-person rooms (old university halls of residence, not ideal). I get on well with everyone in the team except one person and I know ...
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2answers
641 views
How do I request an introduction in Linkedin, from a former colleague with whom I haven't kept in touch?
Browsing through my 2nd-degree connections on LinkedIn, I noticed a recruiter who works for a company I'm particularly interested in. I don't know this recruiter at all, personally, but I do have a ...
6
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2answers
326 views
Would it be rude to request a (paid) work placement?
I'm currently a university student in my 3rd year of a 4 year degree. Last summer, the University offered paid work placements and I found myself working for a local software company for a small ...
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9answers
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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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7answers
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How should I treat people who cannot spell my name on LinkedIn?
I'm registered on LinkedIn and I get invitations often. 6 out of 10 people who try to write down my name fail to spell it correctly. Sometimes it annoys me and I feel like writing a letter to them ...
