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How to handle an employee being forced in to Team
I work in a small sized company as part of an IT Team of 5, made up of 2 software developers.
A person was introduced to the company by a member staff as a potential hire as a software developer. We ...
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How to figure out exactly what will be expected at a new workplace and face it
I have been working at a state university as a lecturer, actually in a senior position (on contract though) because I have a post graduate qualification as well, completed with a research component.
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Considering a Career Switch from Unity Development to Web Development - Seeking Advice [closed]
I've been doing game development with Unity Engine for over 5 years, and I wanted to share some thoughts and seek your advice. After the recent pricing announcement from Unity (which was later revised)...
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Need Advice: Stay with Current Employer or Take New Job Offer? [closed]
I've been working as an intern at my current company for over a year now, even though the initial internship term was supposed to be six months. Last week, I received a job offer as a technical ...
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Is there a law regarding visiting one's job site on days off?
I work at a bar and the General Manager told us no one is allowed to come to the bar on their day off and we can only drink coke while working. Is there law regarding that?
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Is it legal for my company to force me to use my personal computer for work? [closed]
I'm a software engineer with 4 years of experience. I landed a job while in college as a junior dev for the same company I'm with now (3 years total at this current company) making 39k. I now make ...
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My company is reducing overtime but allowing temporary employees overtime. Also laying off home employees and or firing them [closed]
USA ohio Haitians mexican temporary workers getting all the overtime full time employees being reduced to 40hrs getting lay off fired what should I do
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What would be the next step to handling pranks from coworkers?
I've been getting pranked by coworkers for some time now. In the beginning I participated but it came to a halt when it got out of control for everyone. All pranks stopped for several months but they ...
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Do I ask when and if an offer will be made?
I have been interviewing for a company for 2 months now. I am in the final stages of the process, only my references need to be contacted now.
I was expecting a decision by this week (as they hinted). ...
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PTO listed as monetary amount in my offer, contributing to my final salary figure. Shouldn't it be paid on top of my normal salary?
I was recently promoted at my workplace and went from hourly to salary with what seems like a nice pay bump. However, I am regretting not asking these questions that I'm now thinking about post ...
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Pay Transparency Law broken by company that hired me in Connecticut. Recourse?
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Applied to a company, got hired for a below average salary for my profession, realized they broke a law by not disclosing the salary range for the position. Can I do anything about it?
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How can I get my engineers to accept being on call?
I am manager of several software engineers. Recently our CTO mandated that all engineers must be on call at least once a week, including the work day and evening, once a month, including the weekend ...
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Possibly offered dream job, just I dont want it *yet*
At my current job, for various reasons, I feel like I shouldn't get too comfortable there and should probably find a new job in around 12–18 months or so.
But equally, I feel like I should stay there ...
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As a software - developer are you able to code 8 hours flat out? [closed]
I am working a "professional" software developer for about 9 months now and I realized that I have troubles coding on a 8 to 5 job when there is nothing else but coding to do (no testing, no ...
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Please advise on how to navigate upcoming 1:1 meeting with boss, given circumstances?
I have documented my difficult work situation in this question and this question
Where things stand is that I am actively looking for a completely different group to be on in the large company I am a ...
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Should I Ask for a Lead Title if I Expect to be Manager?
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This year, I was transferred to a struggling software project as a developer. My time with the team has been difficult due in large part to shortcomings with management. During my time with ...
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What can I expect for a "real-world" coding interview test?
I have noticed lately that a lot of companies have dropped the Leetcode-style interview questions from their interview process. Instead, they have "real world" in-person coding exercises ...
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How to become more diligent and accountable?
I work as a newly hired junior software developed in embedded system. My boss critiqued me during a review telling me that I should work on my organisational talent, my accountability and adhere more ...
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What are your job options as a full-time graduate student?
I am full-time graduate student not on a work or internship term. What options do I have when it comes to applying for jobs, other than those at my university? Most jobs for students require them to ...
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How to network with former colleagues after being terminated
I was terminated without cause from a job that I didn't really like. I found the workplace to be toxic with internal politics. Nevertheless there were some people, in other departments, that I worked ...
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What is the correct way to leave a company on a lay off? [closed]
I have worked at my last company for 3.5 years. Each review has been excellent.
I received a property from another one of our managers. I later found that she had paid approximately $15,000 of bills ...
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Is it ethical to apply directly for a job after a recruiter declines to submit you for the role?
Recruiter A contacted me about a job on LinkedIn. I said I was interested, and we set up a day for Recruiter A to call me to talk about the job. Recruiter A never called, never replied to LinkedIn ...
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Two part time jobs in different countries [closed]
anyone knows if there are any difficulties in having two half time jobs in two different countries (Belgium and Norway) from the point of view of residence and taxes? I am citizen of EU. Thank you!
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Being asked to sign a release form after being terminated
I had a job where the probation period was 6 months. I was terminated just after 4 months. There were never any issues brought to my attention and nothing that went terribly wrong. The only ...
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How to give feedback to stubborn colleague?
I am senior software developer working on a team of 6 engineers, one of them is very difficult to work with, especially when trying to change his mind during a debate or an engineering discussion.
He ...
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How to tell if the job is too stressful for me, or if I am the problem? [closed]
Context: I work in a big tech company as a full stack developer. I changed the country in which I live, the language I use and basically everything in my life to get this job. I was expecting it to be ...
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Salary Range Negotiation [duplicate]
Suppose a company advertises a salary range between $80K-$200K. If a person is given a job offer with a salary of $100K, is it usually very difficult for him to negotiate an offer of say $190K ...
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How do I properly address and handle work burnout?
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I've been working for my current company for a few years as a developer and IT Support\Specialist which includes a lot of calls, help-desk duties along the developer part of the job. ...
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I resigned and took another position in the same organization. Was called insubordinate
I am a school employee and was given notice of involuntary transfer to another building. I replied that I would be resigning and substituting instead. I did so the following day, with my resignation ...
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I should be promoted. But I also shouldn't be [closed]
I'm mid-level, 2-3 yoe, working with mostly young colleagues at a fairly new company with X00 employees.
I should be promoted. Fellow developers ask me for advice, colleagues ask for my opinion. I get ...
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What should I do if I am strongly burned out at work, but resigning now would cause problems for my coworkers and burn bridges?
I am mostly able to do my tasks for now, but my performance has suffered significantly and I really want to leave, even if it means having no job for a while. I fear I might freeze up eventually and ...
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Is it possible to be reimbursed for a car detail due to an unsanitary job site? [closed]
At my job I drive to, they have an ant infestation inside (kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms) and outside the property (parking lot & driveway) that had reached inside my car. This problem was ongoing ...
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My journey learning programming. Looking for guidance ~ where do I go from here? [closed]
I started to learn to programming sometime in May about 4 months ago, I had tried to learn before, but this time was with real college courses. I feel like this is the perfect career for me, but I ...
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Raise requested [duplicate]
Our company restructured our pay scale (in a good way). But I'm now at the bottom of the scale for the specific job description as they didn't adjust my pay.
New employees coming in are being paid ...
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Reputable vs personal reference vs let the company decide
The company I applied to is asking for references.
I have some options, and I am not sure which is best. They are along the line of "PhD student whom I collaborated rather closely on a project&...
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What's stopping me from walking into any WeWork? [closed]
Temporarily I'm working out of WeWork, alternating between two locations. Both locations are plainly accessible to the public, you can just waltz into the front door and find yourself in the generally ...
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Giving constructive criticism to my boss' boss
I work at a bank in the United States. Every month we have a two hour department meeting and the head of Loan Operations talks first and gives a run down of the past few weeks activities. What bothers ...
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Am I required to record doctor's appointments as absences?
I informed my boss that I have a doctor's appointment at 11 am and 5 pm on different days. He responded with the following message telling me to record my doctor's appointments as absences on my ...
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Should I be more accomodating than usual during my probation period or should I try to work as if I'm not on the probation period? [closed]
I am starting a new job with a probation period. What I wanted to know was: Should I be more accommodating than usual during my probation period or should I try to work as if I'm not on the probation ...
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Tech lead role in a team topologies type of team [closed]
In recent years in the country where I am positioned (Scandinavia) the role of the tech lead in a 10 person team has been reduced. More and more teams actually don't have a designated tech lead. The ...
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Won a large gift card but with spoken rules
I work for a retail company and recently won a gift card for a significant amount (between 1k and 10k) during an event with multiple other winners. After winning they said they want me to spend it in ...
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Can I give a book as a present to one of my bosses now he is retiring?
One of the owners of the company I work for is retiring. He always goes out of his way to be kind to people, and since I'm very shy I've always found very reassuring knowing he was in the company's ...
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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
I sent my boss an email regarding personal issues I was having inside and outside of work, and I stated I wanted to use personal time off I had accumulated.
Within the email, I also stated I would ...
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Is there any issue if I make my prior job title more generic on my resume? For ex: "Sr Marketing Associate" versus "Sr Digital Marketing Associate"
I am working on updating my resume, and I was thinking about changing how I present my prior job title(s). I want to make clear, I am NOT suggesting overstating my title (saying I was a Manager when I ...
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I changed my mind about relocating, after accepting a job offer. How do I present my case to my manager?
I accepted a job offer less than a month ago which was based in a different city. However, I find myself reluctant to relocate due to personal circumstances. How do I communicate to my manager about ...
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How can you deal with time stealers?
I had a hard time formulating my question right.
The company I work for makes a software on which we provide support. When something doesn't work our customers call us and we help them make it work.
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Not paid agreed money for training after quitting position
I was employed for a very short time for a part-time job which has paid training. I did 8 hours over a week, I realised it wasn't really working out for me as I disagreed with the practices there. I ...
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How do I tell my work I don't want to do the project that I've been put on?
I've been a structural engineer for a few years. My tasks are usually design calcs/reports which are office or remote based, i.e. I am NOT a site engineer. I have recently been placed on a project ...
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Manager wants to hire an additional resource with experience in a skill that I do not have
I am new to Python, but have experience in other technologies like NodeJS ,PHP and Cloud Services of AWS. Recently we got a project requiring Python + AWS.
I have experience in AWS, having worked with ...
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Applying to Work for a Competitor in a Small Market
I currently work for a small technology company (<100 employees) and I am leading the development of a new product with a team of 2-3 coworkers. It's a niche product, and I am aware of 2-4 direct ...
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