The various physical and psychological factors in the workplace.
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Is it OK to leave work early if the workplace culture accepts it?
I work at an office where everyone (I literally mean everyone), from senior management to the new intern, leaves work early on Fridays.
I asked a peer about this and was told, "No one cares. You can ...
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How should I ask about work/life balance during an Interview?
I am interviewing for a company later today that has the following listed under Expectations on their career website:
Some flexibility in a 40-hour work week
In addition, their job descriptions ...
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I am in a huge dilemma and not sure what to do. [closed]
I am in a huge dilemma. I’ve been working as a part time for a financial firm while finishing up school. I graduated in May 2013 and I did not want to still work as a part time so I applied to few ...
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1answer
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Better use the time between waiting for webpages or data to comeup during testing [closed]
I do QA for my product, and while at it, I find 2-3 minutes of time for any webpages to load, or data to show up on our test environment. (Yep, that's our test environment, pretty slow)
To just keep ...
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How can I stop people from moving my desk chair?
I am sure that a lot of us face the same situation. It does not feel good when you find yourself on a different chair the next day morning or when it's is not even there.
I sit near a conference room ...
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How can I stop my boss from interfering in my private life in a manner that preserves my relationship with my boss?
Since about a year and a half ago I have been in a relationship with someone who is an ex colleague. At first as it was private life, I only my close friends at work. Eventually my boss came to know ...
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What do I need to know to properly use a noise generator in a cube farm?
I work in a noisy cube farm that is often distracting. I've been unable to correct the noise problems at their sources and I don't want to wear headphones or earplugs, so it appears that using a ...
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Why is it important to gain “visibility” in the workplace?
My boss has recently been pushing me to take up stuff and try to gain visibility across the organization.
I just do not understand the idea behind this.
Why is it important to gain visibility? If I ...
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How to deal with a colleague who's trying to piggyback on my work for a presentation?
I am an entry level developer, I and a senior colleague are working on a project. We are part of a much larger team (30 people) that are working on other projects.
I have been asked by my manager to ...
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4answers
682 views
How do you manage a mass chair purchase?
We are currently investigating new chairs for everyone in our office. We are all heavy laptop users. Most of the advice I've found about chair selection seems aimed at individuals, and highlights ...
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What is the best way to make extended laptop use ergonomic?
Everyone at our place of work uses laptops rather than desktops because of their portability. Recently a few employees have taken to using a combo of laptop stand, keyboard and mouse, citing ergonomic ...
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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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2answers
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How to find out if I will like my future co-workers? [closed]
I am looking for a new job. One of the things that is very important to me is how I will get along with the team. I am passionate and am always technically challenging myself. I am looking for a job ...
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12answers
5k views
My facebook wall is bothering some people at work, do they have the right?
On my Facebook wall, as does everyone else, I post stuff that reflects my opinion about many things, including jokes, videos, posts, etc. They simply represent my thoughts and who I am. Sometimes I ...
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6answers
551 views
How to make employees stop smoking at work, in a creative way!
At work, we have a lounge for employees where they can relax and have coffee or eat something. It's quite large in size, but the company has hundreds of employees in that building (an airport) so ...
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2answers
139 views
How to deal with a project manager who degrades you? [closed]
I am a graduate software developer with 11 months of professional experience. I was working for another company, until three months ago and were given very challenging tasks to complete, which raised ...
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2answers
163 views
Handle a manager who is prejudiced, untrusting? [closed]
I am working for an offshore services company but doing a role as an Onsite coordinator and Analyst for a 12 member team but being onsite. The offshore project manager was an ex-QA for the same ...
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6answers
585 views
How to deal with a colleague who mocks me?
A member of the team I work with is guy, who considers himself "super-smart". The guy makes snide remarks to me for no specific reason. I have not previously had such problems with others, so I can't ...
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5answers
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Dealing with co-workers intentionally working slower to milk their work hours?
My job has been in a sort of stale area for a week or two where there just isn't anything to do while we wait for the next big event to start up. Management has been keeping us busy with remedial ...
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2answers
225 views
I have been fired or not renewed my contract, how to get over that? [closed]
According to that post, How can I improve communication with my superiors?
My contract is not renewed as I was feeling, however I have been cheated by their words.
They told me three weeks ago before ...
3
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1answer
301 views
How can I request my company not use my photos for promotional purposes without my explicit permission?
I got an email today notify that my company will take photos of all employees. The photo will be used for employee profile and is company's right to use it for promotional purposes.
I checked my ...
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1answer
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How would you define invoiceable software R&D and likewise? [closed]
New development e.g. Java/C(++)/MIPS/Python/Scala/Kotlin/Lisp/Scheme/Haskell and so
Corrections e.g. bugfixes
Deactivations e.g. old versions must get removed in a proper manner
Education and ...
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2answers
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Working at the same place as family
I recently got an internship that has potential to be full time employee which I would like. the good and bad thing is I work at the same place as my brother-in-law and my father-in-law. I get along ...
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9answers
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Is it appropriate to ask about a company's dress code during an interview?
Many people are dissatisfied with their company's dress code.
Seeing as this can be an important factor in job satisfaction is it appropriate to ask about the dress code during an interview?
If ...
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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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3answers
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Convincing a technically inexperienced boss to not interfere?
My boss does a few things very well, such as keeping her team happy. Unfortunately, she is not quite as strong with the technical skills relating to the technologies we work with. Her inexperience ...
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5answers
546 views
Are there potential consequences of letting your employer know about your personal projects?
Yesterday, while talking with my boss, I mentioned I am working on a personal project in my free time at home. A senior was sitting nearby and he advised me not to tell the boss such things.
What ...
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1answer
176 views
Call seniors by their name or sir [closed]
Which is the recommended way to call senior by directly name (Mr. john) or sir (sir john).
Important when senior is your boss.
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0answers
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What non-lawsuit remedies do I have for a boss who seemed to just not get accommodation for disability? [closed]
I had one boss who heard an accommodation for disability of 40 hours workweek per week, and tried to steamroll over limiting my hours per week. First he expected a full day plus significant work that ...
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4answers
487 views
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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2answers
502 views
How To Deal With a Whistler [duplicate]
There is this guy in the office that constantly walks around whistling loudly all day long. He doesn't seem to realize that it's distracting and that others including myself find it to be incredibly ...
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2answers
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Can I ask a candidate who rejected us about his offer? [closed]
Is it professional behavior or OK to ask my close friend who didn't accept an offer from our company about some details of the offer (ex. the conditions or the salary)?
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Respond to an email which I believe I received by mistake [closed]
I received an email from one of my colleagues (we aren't personally acquainted) on some irrelevant topic. First I thought that the email was sent to some large group including me, but it was sent to ...
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2answers
185 views
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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4answers
639 views
How do I tell my new employer that I can't use the computer they gave me?
Just this week I started working for a new company. I've been developing code and going through the database the past couple of days on my machine. Everything is working fine, I set up a new account ...
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How to keep busy during slow times, without looking like I have nothing to do?
I do a lot of tech support work and sometimes I find myself waiting on people or generally going through a slow time. I get a phone call something like once a week. I mainly setup virtual machines and ...
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Wearing earrings to office
I am male working in a medium sized company as software developer. I am wearing ear rings on both ears for spiritual and religious reasons.
I find this change in me has been taken negatively as one ...
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What criteria should one use to determine the optimal distance and height of the monitor on his or her desk, to ease back conditions?
What criteria should one use to determine the optimal distance and height of the monitor on his or her desk, to prevent chronical back injuries?
I suppose that there are some "formulas" how to ...
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How to deal with a coworker that told you about the position and now feels he/she owns you?
I am currently working on a company I found through a compatriot who is currently my coworker, and I get the feeling that he is acting as if he owned me because he told me about the position the ...
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How can I achieve and excel in a civilian job where the leadership essentially refuses to allow growth?
Tl;dr: I am not getting the tools and knowledge required in order to complete my job effectively, despite repeated requests and attempts to do so. I want to keep the job and be good at it.
How can I ...
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No work for past 3 weeks [closed]
So I got hired in August 2012 as a .NET Developer and I finished the project on Feb 2013 (with 1 more developer). I didnt do good at my project deliveries. But later on when my reviews came in, my ...
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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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How can I professionally resolve a work conflict with my teammate?
I overheard my coworker (entry-level but very intelligent and articulate), "Jane", tell a group of my peers that she thought I was unqualified to be a senior developer in our team.
I strongly believe ...
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2answers
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How to stay focused and productive when working from home for the first time? [duplicate]
After 25 years of working in an office for various companies (as a software developer) I will start working from home in a couple of months time (for my current employer) initially for 6 months.
I'm ...
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3answers
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Is a silent shared office environment cause for concern?
I am leading a team of 6 developers, with all of us are located in one single physical office.
The thing is, all of the people on our team are pretty introverted, so we mostly communicate by gmail ...
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5answers
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Can a competing peer be your supervisor [closed]
I am placed in a new software project along with another colleague who happens to be one level up in hierarchy. We both are on the project for around a month now. As both of us are new to the project ...
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2answers
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Does working remotely negatively impact performance? [closed]
Recently, there's been a lot of hype around working remotely or from home due to Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer, supposedly ending all such practice at that company. Supposedly, this will improve the ...
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How can I improve communication with my superiors?
I'm Egyptian and currently working in Austria under a work permit which is restricted for 4 months, the length of the contract. If they are happy with me, my employers will prolong it. I started 2 ...
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5answers
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Is okay to spend time learning at work?
New (6 months) junior software developer in a .net shop.
Haven't finished college yet.
Only briefly touched on .net during the degree (Java degree).
There are many parts of the .net framework ...
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10answers
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How can an employee perform a self-appraisal without being arrogant?
Recently, everyone in my company has been required to do their annual self-appraisals for the upcoming performance reviews. And as I struggled to write my own, this got me to wondering...
How can an ...
