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69 questions linked to/from How can I prepare for getting hit by a bus?
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Quitting in the middle of a project for a 3-4 month sabbatical
My employer (company B) is a consulting firm that provides subcontractors like myself to other companies in the aerospace and automotive sectors. I have been already two years in this company and have ...
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Replacement - What questions to ask?
I am a software development manager and I have resigned. My boss has interviewed a few candidates and shortlisted some candidates to have a chat with me. I was not in those sessions. My Boss has asked ...
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Planning Long-Term Exit Strategy [duplicate]
I've worked at my current job for 2 years, during which I've made a great impression on the CEO and have personally furthered my own career, despite the workplace having a demoralizingly high turnover ...
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Upper management has been unresponsive to hiring additional help [duplicate]
I'm the lead of a department with a workload that requires two people. A year ago management hired an employee who spent half their time in my department and half in another department, but that ...
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How to turnover a utility which I manage [duplicate]
A little over two years ago (about a week after being hired into my first job), I was asked to improve a system used by our office. It was supposed to be a quick and easy thing, maybe two weeks. I ...
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Should I keep quiet about personal plans which might impact a demanding project my new employer has planned? [closed]
I have the offer to join a new company soon and they have a demanding project in the pipeline where I would have to work for at least a couple of years without any break apart from the legally granted ...
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How to keep a good relationship with ex-colleagues who will have to finish work on many on-going projects?
I started a job 7 months ago and got involved on about 15 different project teams. 10 are unfinished, ongoing projects. Additionally, due in part to my prior experience, the company had a very good ...
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Should I tell my current employer about a new job offer before I accept it [duplicate]
I am a software developer at a large corporation in the UK which I have worked for for 3 and a half years. For the last year I have been working on a fairly large and important project which is just ...
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Dealing with a lack of team and possible replacements [duplicate]
I work mostly alone without much direction from management. Really, I am not certain if management even knows the business process as most of the business processes/practices I created them without ...
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How can I get a stapler and better keyboard? [closed]
Several weeks ago, I was involved in an untimely accident with a bus. It was tragic and I can't help but wonder if I would have looked better for that bus had I enjoyed the little things in life more.
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How can I actually get people involved to reduce my bus factor without revealing my intentions to leave?
I am currently applying for new jobs, so I'm planning my exit. And since I am the subject matter expert for an entire tech product, I've been doing my best to create as much documentation as I can to ...
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Should my client be so concerned about basically my death?
I made an offer to a long-time client to build a system for them that would increase their profits drastically. They agree at that point. The problem is if the system completely broke for a few days, ...
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How can I pass an unfinished project to another organization without feeling guilty?
First time posting here, so please bear with me.
My team had a project from one of our OEM customers which aged for a few years. Nothing special so far, project kept growing and more and more tasks ...
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Sociopath for coworker at startup [closed]
I work as a programmer at a small tech startup. The team is ~6 people. I've been working there almost 3 years. I am the first employee, but not a founder.
One of the founders has treated me like ...
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How to make sure important team members leaving doesn't impact knowledge transfer on a project? [duplicate]
I have recently joined a new company, and after 4 month of my joining, 2 of my team members are leaving this company. Technically, the project is not doing so good, and the team members also didn't ...
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