Questions tagged [canada]
Questions about the workplace that may specifically relate to cultures, customs or laws in Canada
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How can I move past being burnt out when working long hours?
I'm in my 30s, married with a couple of kids. I have been working at a company for the past 3 years. Last year our company bought a competitor that was having financial issues, and laid off most of ...
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How to discipline overeager engineer
I have a software engineer on my staff that has been very useful. He basically trains himself on new technologies on a weekly basis, and can memorize and apply the latest O'Reilly textbook over a ...
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Refusing to travel
I have been working at my company very happily for two years now as a software developer. However, recently I have started getting requests from the company to travel to different cities. I usually ...
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Abusive employer and "effective contract changes"
I am trying to navigate a really nasty scenario with my current employer, and am hoping there is a professional tactic or approach that won't require consulting with a lawyer, as I'm pretty much broke ...
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Is it okay to recommend a friend as a recently hired employee?
I was recently hired in a rather famous company as a senior developer and have been working there for a bit more than 3 weeks now. Even if 3 weeks isn't a lot, I can already say this company is by far ...
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How can I inquire about an internship at a company that doesn't offer them in my area?
I'm looking into applying for a software engineering internship at Intuit Canada, but upon visiting the company's career page I've found that they do not offer Canadian internships (with my next best ...
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Mandatory unpaid lunch meeting
Context: I work in a small size (25) IT company in Canada for about 8 months. And I'm paid by hour, I punch time in a software.
At my job, they really like to do meetings during lunch time, about 2 ...
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Departing senior engineer refuses to introduce replacement to open source community/peers
We had a senior, very capable (i.e. 5x) engineer, "Gust", who has served his notice (4 weeks), and will be leaving. Our company likes to "test" people in their new roles when being ...
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How can I deduce whether I'm just experiencing the impostor syndrome at work or I'm actually inadequate?
I joined the automation team at a big company in my country about a year ago, straight out of university. Since then I've gotten involved in half a dozen projects, but haven't actually completed any ...
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How to dress for a office Christmas party? [closed]
I recently got my first job (internship) as an engineer and it is my first time that I am going to participate in a Christmas party where all of my officemates and my boss are there.
I wanted to ...
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Was suddenly terminated. Gave strange reason for issues I was never aware of and disagree with interpretation
I recently was terminated from a job. I had been there for about 4 months. The main manager gave multiple reasons why it happened
I was still in probation
They did not have enough work for me
There ...
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Very bad online reputation is destroying my chances of getting a job
3 years ago there was a criminal investigation that resulted in my name being published in the news papers. Although the case went to court the charges were dropped. My online reputation was basically ...
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Manager strongly suggests that I do more unpaid overtime during performance review
I have started a new job about 6 months ago.
In my performance review, a couple months ago, We were both discussing my own performance, but also what I liked and disliked in the company itself. When ...
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How to force disgruntled worker not to publicly disclose "GPL'ed code"
I'm currently the only HR worker at a medium sized engineering firm in Canada. There should normally be 2 additionally HR workers on-staff more senior than me, but one is on parental leave and the ...
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How to protect junior staff from abuse by shady employer
I've been working at a startup for about 18 months now. I used to report to the key engineer for my division, but he left a couple months after I started. It's to my understanding that he worked crazy ...
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Employer telling colleagues I'm "sabotaging teams" when I resigned: how to address colleagues before I leave?
Background: I've been working a few paygrades above what I'm paid for about 15 months now, and made significant contributions for my team and my division (i.e. stepped in for a drunken manager and ...
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Taking notes during a daily stand up?
Recently our team has decided to take part in daily stand up meetings. The team is very small (4 or 5 people including myself) everything I have read online says not to take minutes/notes at the daily ...
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Employer demanding money back when I resigned because of "accidental pay raise"
I signed on with a large Canadian tech company about 6 years ago, and submitted my resignation (company pays well, but new management was installed about a year ago, and they're very abusive, vulgar, ...
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How to find motivation to keep applying to jobs after being rejected
I have had a lot of trouble getting a permanent job that uses my degree (Computer Science). I find applying for jobs unpleasant and stressful. Sometimes I spend a couple days writing a custom cover ...
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What's the politest way of writing when you have not received a reply? [duplicate]
Some counter-parties don't reply promptly, and my boss requires paper record like emailing them again e.g. after 7 business days additional to follow-up calls. My boss and I think my writing is very ...
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Removing gender identifications from resume
What is the general opinion on removing gender identification from a resume?
What I mean is instead of Emily Smith (not my real name) using E Smith; instead of [email protected] using esmith@...
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I unexpectedly got a very negative annual performance review - What can I do to spot this earlier in the future?
I recently had an annual performance review in my Full Stack Developer, the first review I have gotten in about 11 months after being at the company for around a year and a half. On the self ...
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Underpaying employer trying to get me to extend notice period; should I just give excessive notice in hopes they'll pay severance?
Background
I've worked with my current employer (Ontario division of a large tech company) for about 5 years now. For the past 5 years, I've been in a "senior engineer" position, but for the ...
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Is it reasonable to set up a hidden camera in one's office?
Someone I know --not me and not in my workplace-- has noticed a number of incidents of vandalism and petty theft in their office and in the offices of colleagues in nearby offices. Given that all ...
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How to get over long (5 year) unemployment rut in software development? [closed]
I graduated 2009, Bachelors of Computer Information Systems, minor in Math, in western Canada. That's all my local University offered and I rationalized the minor helped even me out against Comp Sci ...
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How can I best notify management of a toxic coworker?
My workplace has been dealing with an extremely rude coworker and I'm looking for the best way to describe or document that behavior so I can escalate the problem to management or HR. This colleague ...
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Accommodations for employees with mental health issues
Recently, one of my employees booked a meeting with myself and the office manager (HR) to discuss details about a disability that may affect his work performance. He brought a note from his doctor ...
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Giving change in smaller denominations so customers can tip?
I started working in a liquor store. There is a tip jar beside the cash register that some customers donate to. After a purchase, I normally give change back from highest bills to lowest (e.g. I would ...
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Starting A Company - While Currently Employed
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this type of question - however, I couldn't find a more better one. If there is please point me in that direction.
Now, that said - I have recently ...
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Negotiating salary using range
Preamble: I'm somewhat new to the workforce (only 2+ years worth of employment - with 1+ years being on my current position).
Context: I always have problems with salary negotiations and I always ...
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I have to work alone with new coworker and we are having conflicts
I have been working at a coffee shop. Most time I work alone or with one other employee. Recently we got a new manager and hired new employees. One of them I have been having a conflict with. I won't ...
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Contract complete and client now asking for lots of personal info
I friend of mine connected me with a job to create a computer program, given a set of specifications. My only point of contact was an anonymous email address (e.g. [email protected] ). They never ...
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How to ask my supervisor to read my emails instead of asking me?
I am working in IT and I include my supervisor (Technical Lead) in emails whenever needed.
I notify him through Jira tickets ( he will get email notification ) whenever something he needs to be aware ...
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Manager wants to reduce my hours so I don't work with a coworker I'm not getting along with. Not sure if I should agree [closed]
There has been conflicts between me and a new coworker. The manager called me today. She wants us not to work together but this means I would have my hours reduced. I would be happy not to work with ...
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On cover letters how much contact information for the company being applied to, should there be?
I am trying to get my first full time permanent job with my degree, Computer Science. I have received a lot of contradictory information on the formalities of resumes and cover letters. Should cover ...
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Decided to report coworker for his consistent offensive "jokes". What to expect?
There's someone at work who says a lot of disgusting and inappropriate things. I think he thinks he's being funny. It's reached the point where I don't feel comfortable saying anything. Given the ...
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How (and if) to ask to be paid for overtime (Ontario Engineer) [duplicate]
So I'm in a bit of a tricky situation right now, and would like some advice. Here is the relevant background information:
I am a salaried employee (engineer in training) based in Ontario, Canada. ...
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Got fired because someone slipped and was injured (in public) on something I was alleged to have been carrying
I was hired to do a simple, short term job. I was handing out flyers (aka brochure) to promote a new online store in busy public areas. The other day my manager told me there "had been an ...
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References from Current Employer
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What is a plausible way to provide a reference from my current employer by way of a colleague (who is in management) without endangering my current potion, his position and doing so that makes ...
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Getting work through a recruiter
I have been in contact with a number of people who's title is "recruiter". They all know of job prospects for multiple companies, so they don't seem to be attached to one company. I've heard getting ...
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Am I authorized to work in this country?
I live and Canada and I'm currently looking for job opportunities in the USA. When a job application says:
"Are you authorized to work in the country(ies) outlined in this job?"
Would I select Yes ...
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Should cover letter etc. be addressed to recruiter?
I am new in the tech industry and am applying for my first real position. I've noticed there are a lot of recruiters and this is something I'm not very familiar with. It's my understanding that there ...
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Are probational periods a bad sign? [closed]
I know it's not all uncommon, but someone I was speaking to today suggested that how companies have probational periods at the start of an employment, usually it isn't favor of the employees.
I used ...
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Is it reasonable asking employer to drop employee benefit plan probation period?
I was contacted by an employer and succesfully passed their hiring process. So now we are negotiating on salary and terms. I am currently employed and have my employee benefits plan. I do not want to ...
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Can I "rent" a Canadian Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)? [closed]
I'm working with a startup in Canada, and we're at about the 18 month mark where we get to do our final sales demo. Everything has gone great so far, and we've grown the company from 2 employees to 20,...
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Does these entries in a reference letter make it no longer neutral? [closed]
Are these sentences neutral?
She primarily programmed in __ and also used __ to develop __.
She has working knowledge of version control primarily with Git as well as
knowledge of object ...
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