Questions about the workplace that may specifically relate to cultures, customs, or laws in India.

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How can I effectively request to reduce the number of Hours I work per week

I am employed as a software developer with a software company in India. I have 5 years work experience. I have a baby whom I leave at a daycare for 6 hours. I would like to get back home 2 hours ...
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How will my employability be affected by my academic performance in a Graduate Degree programme [closed]

I consistently secured above 75% throughout my career, which includes impressive school grades, decent undergraduate grades, and an award for "Best Academic Performance" in final-year undergraduate. ...
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Am I required to join a company if I have signed a written job offer from them? [closed]

I am serving my notice period with my current employer as I received a job offer from a very good consulting firm some weeks back. The firm asked me to send them a signed copy of the offer letter as ...
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What information/guarantees should I get from a company in financial difficulty?

My current employer has been running in to financial difficulties and has fallen behind on salary for a month at times. We were not given a lot of information on what the cause of the financial ...
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1answer
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How to decline an offer professionally and politely which is accepted once?

I am working for Indian outsourcing organization for 5 years. I got frustrated with the recent situations faced with the management and also not happy with the assignments that I got. Hence decided to ...
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How can I minimise the damage to my career in this situation?

I am working for a small software company for the last 2+ years and the company is managed by a single person, so he can change the policy at any time without any notice. Recently he change the notice ...
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Notice period - how to do knowledge transfer in a short time to avoid extension of notice period?

I am leaving my current position in start of next month after officially serving two months stated notice period. This may cut to next week if I finish assigned work because I have some personal ...
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How to get a job with an Incomplete degree in computer engineering ( back papers )

I am a software developer having experience of 1 year and 5 months. When I joined my current company I was just a pass out, but still I have back papers remaing in my engineering degree. I am trying ...
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Is it worth telling my manager about my learning inability which is part of genetically-inherited disorder?

I have genetically-inherited disorder named "Neurofibromatosis", which affects my learning abilities and which has no cure as of now. Because of this disorder, I am taking more time and more ...
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Does work Location matter in career growth?

I am going to join a new company in 3 months. It is quite a large company and they have provided us with over 10 office locations to choose from. I have to pick my top three preferred location. Two ...
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2answers
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Should I add the previously learned technologies not in use at current job to my resume

I have looked at Should I discard technologies that I don't want to work anymore from my resume? But my scenario is little bit different. I am working in a company setup of about 40 to 50 employees. ...
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Should I resign from my current job before getting acceptance letter from the new job?

I have done Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering. During the last days of my degree, I got placed in a good MNC. I got offer letter from the company. My joining was delayed by the company for ...
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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 can I find out which companies are hiring, and what they're hiring for?

During the final year of college we have many job fairs (also called as campus placements) that take place throughout the year, and many good companies come to our college, but I don't want to apply ...