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Questions regarding the people one works with. This includes questions about communication, teamwork, or other issues caused by ones co-workers.

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How to give feedback to stubborn colleague?

I am senior software developer working on a team of 5 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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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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How can a cybersecurity team mitigate internal customer complaints that real time user training is too intrusive?

I manage a team in the cybersecurity division where I work. My team is responsible for owning several security tools used to protect company digital assets (Data loss protection suite - DLP, advanced ...
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How to handle unrealistic expectations from your manager and teammates?

Lately, I've been improving my performance at work. I have solved some challenging problems, and I'm getting immense trust from my manager. My colleagues have started to express that I'm talented. &...
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New employee In a small office environment exposed to huge culture issues

I have just finished my first week with what I see as a great company that is poised for tremendous growth. Currently there are only 4 full time employees, including myself, within the office and ...
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How do I politely get my coworker to stop communicating with me in morse code?

A close coworker of mine has developed an obsession with morse code and has decided to use it constantly with me. Whilst I find it pretty cool, it's really distracting and I'm finding it hard to ...
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How to assist the improvement of company quality by stopping some very low qualities practiced by coworker

This is regarding a problem occured in a work place where a majority of workers are doing gossiping, backbiting and undermining, kind of they have adapted it like a cultural thing. So, for short, they ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own

Background My company uses long and short emails, where the short emails are (most often) <initials>@<domain> and the long emails are <first name>(.<middle name>).<surname&...
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What can I call actions that seem to motivate employees to give gifts to a senior?

A situation like this has been happening. The most senior (say the dean of a faculty or a manager of a company) of the workplace, kind of likes to receive gifts. When there are new members, she looks ...
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How to deal with unprofessional colleague without being unprofessional myself?

Colleague teases me with girls colleagues name, how do I solve this issue? This colleague is very unpleasant. First things first, I got this job because of my sister had contact of my current manager. ...
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Corporate Sponsored Masters Flare Up

I am in a corporate paid Masters program at work. Over time, the group has slowly dwindled to only just a few of us now in this Masters program at a local university. Since then, two of the last ...
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Coworker keeps telling me where to sit. How can I handle this?

I recently started a new job. My coworker who sometimes works from home asked me which desk I sit at when he is not there. I told him at the same desk I normally do. He told me that needs to change, ...
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Can the impressions created through what you say, be used to safeguard yourself from manipulation at workplace?

I am writing this to get help on identifying some behaviours of people at workplace and develop my skills. I am a bit introverted and recently I came across a work place with a lot of toxic co-workers ...
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How can I raise behavioral concerns as a candidate?

Introduction I'm waiting for an offer from a company I'm currently interviewing with. The job is a Software Engineering Team Lead at a company with 300 employees. My Interpretations During the ...
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Did I throw someone under the bus?

There is a task we have to do at work that a couple of coworkers and I take turns on. One day one of my coworkers forgot to do said task, and my manager emailed me to ask why it wasn't done. My reply ...
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CS career - frustrating PR review [closed]

Edit: I don't understand why I'm being downvoted, all I am doing is asking for advice. I have been a developer for nearly 10 years, though it's the first time I am in a "tech" company. My ...
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Co worker in my space

I am a high school teacher (Masters degree with years of experience)and my classroom has a connecting door with the ISS (in school suspension) classroom. Between our two classrooms, there is a small (...
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When should one stop trying to eat with immediate coworkers in your team? [closed]

I have heard that one should not eat alone at work. I tried to meet with my team members but it is hard to get this pattern to stick as I eat at different times, I would rather finish work earlier and ...
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Cold-messaged by a colleague's spouse to get mentorship

I've recently received a cold message from a colleague's spouse, writing that they've heard my "name from <my colleague's name> over the meetings", asking for mentorship to help them (...
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Senior colleague thinks I stole his raincoat, how to respond?

There is an aggresive senior colleague in our company. The company is dominated by the same caste he is. He thinks I stole his rain-coat. And the reality is that I don't even drive two wheelers to ...
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Using someone’s Powerpoint template for self-introduction

Recently I gave a presentation to a team, and on the first slide I used my colleague's ppt template for my introduction. Now she is accusing me of piracy. Is it wrong to use a general template design ...
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How to say goodbye to a coworker who leaves the company?

First of all some background: I took a job last year in a new country. One of the only two people in the team when I arrived who is still here will leave the team in a few weeks. I'm really grateful ...
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How to know the line between stubbornness and trying to be creative/independent/firm with senior colleague?

I'm currently getting mentored by senior colleague. He's not too senior, just one year senior to me. Nobody lasts much in companies in Nepal so that's normal. Everyone moves abroad if they can. Today ...
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How do I make friends in workplace? [closed]

The problems that I face: I am an introvert. I don't have ANY stuff to tell. My life is boring. I don't do anything fun because I'm relatively poorer and more focused in achieving in life. Even ...
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How to help my stubborn colleague learn new ways of coding?

I work for a small wholesale company as a developer. It is just me and one other. I am way younger than him and he is considered my "senior". I put that in quotes because I soon realized ...
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Is not having buddies a good reason to quit workplace? [closed]

I am not a native English speaker. So, I'm pretty sure I'll be misinterpreted. So, I want to clarify. By buddies, I mean colleagues who are nice. I work in an office where no colleagues are nice to me....
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Is hugging and handshakes between colleagues in Japan as a form of greeting a faux pas?

I just arrived in Japan last night and was met by colleagues in divisional headquarters. I and many of my visiting colleagues greeted our hosts / counterparts with handshakes and hugs as a sign of ...
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If I'm on an interview panel and another interviewer makes a mistake, should I correct them?

Suppose myself and 2 others are interviewing someone for a job. One of the other interviewers says: Given the Earth is flat, how do you propose to launch this satellite? I know that a) what they ...
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Need coworker to do some stuff, ask directly or ask manager to assign it

I have this job that I usually do however this month I'm kind of swamped and need someone else to do this. Should I directly ask coworkers if they can do it or ask manager to see if he can assign it ...
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Work environment and relationship, not saying hi gives the right to get insulted?

I work as a data analyst and I had a colleague refer the data to us for Analysing. The referral form had the folder Location but there were 8 folders and the form did not say the names of the files. I ...
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I am neither getting mentored nor getting relied upon in the job, I need help on what to do next?

It's my first job for that matter. It has been two months since I joined this job. I am a Linux Systems Administrator but clearly I feel I'm not being mentored as I should. My manager told a senior ...
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Toxic coworker or am I being too sensitive?

Context: I work in tech which is very male dominated. I work for a large company with >1000 employees A newish (<1 year) colleague, straight out of university, is behaving in an aggressively ...
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Colleague teases me with girls colleagues name, how do I solve this issue?

I'm a fresh graduate from college. And the colleague in question is still in his college, but our age is similar. The female colleague is same age as me. I'm new in this job. Both of us(he and me) are ...
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How to deal with a much older colleague who needs help for everything?

I was promoted a year ago to a managing position and because there was no space, I now have to share an office with my former boss. We’re now at the same level. She’s much older than me and doesn’t ...
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My new coworker may become my boss, and he is terrible

I work in a team of 5 persons in a medium sized company. This service is new within my company and was formed by taking people from different services. So in my team, the knowledge of our processes, ...
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Dealing with coworker with poor professional judgment

I work in a technical role and I'm frequently put together with all the other folks with a similar job title in my office. I have a coworker, let's call him Brandon, who has really poor professional ...
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How to deal with a colleague who has nervous tic

I work in an open space office and one of our new colleagues has a really bad nervous tic. Bad luck for me, he sits close to me. His disease includes quite loud coughs, body jolts, jumps, shacking, ...
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How should I deal with "online" status competition at work?

Some of my coworkers seem to keep their online status as available until late at night, even when they are not working. I suspect they use some tricks to prevent their computer from going to sleep ...
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Doing the heavy lifting, no gratitude

I have been in a very strange situation recently. 20 years of experience have had some disagreements conflicts in the past, but I have never managed to alienate a whole team towards me so far :) So it ...
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How serious is it that my new teammates didn't show up to a meeting I set up that they agreed to attend?

I started a new job as a senior developer five weeks ago. I have worked with a one of my colleagues and two of my managers at a previous company, so I'm not a totally unknown quantity at this new ...
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My valid concern is perceived as getting defensive. What to do?

I work remotely at a small-sized startup as a team lead. This is my first time working as a team-lead (< 6months) but worked at the same company for 2y+. Recently, I posted a question in a Slack ...
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Is saying bye to only certain coworkers rude?

When leaving for the day going down the row of cubical, I only say bye to some people as I pass them. I clearly see everyone but for some people I don't say anything as I pass. Is that rude behavior ...
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Would I be jeopardizing a working relationship if I voiced my displeasure with a coworkers actions?

I work in the United States. I have been working with a co-worker, Jane, for 9 months. We do similar work. She has over 30 years of experience on the job. She is an invaluable resource. I can ask her ...
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Handling an Uncooperative and Disrespectful coworker and Maintaining a Comfortable Work Environment

I am currently working part-time as a Head Cashier at Home Depot and facing a challenging situation with one of my cashiers, an older lady who often displays an unwarranted attitude. For example, when ...
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Can the word "girl" be derogatory when used to address a well known colleague?

I have worked in the cybersecurity division of my employer in the United States for about 9 years with last 4 years, in a management role. I have a female colleague whom I know well , and is also in a ...
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Leaving a note regarding unlocked computer

Yes, these questions/answers are related but do not answer my question. I work in a company that, to my understanding, handles very sensitive information on its network. The open space in which I am ...
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My new coworker is actually ChatGPT [closed]

We recently had a new member join our team. We are all fully remote. I have become 99% convinced that my new coworker is just ChatGPT. Here's the background: We rarely have team calls, and generally ...
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How to deal with the feedback from coworker after joining new team?

I'm in a graduate rotational program and just joined my last rotation. My first two rotations were in the field of data science and for my last one I picked a team where I can learn and work on data ...
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Should I tell a leaving coworker I'm replacing his process

There is this process that a leaving coworker wrote using (I feel) outdated software. The issue is anytime there is an error I have to consult with said coworker to get it fixed because no one else ...
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What to do with an awkward colleague?

One of our colleagues is difficult to work with. They can be obnoxious , rude and quick to complain. In the team they are working in, people are afraid of them and when there is any confrontational ...
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