Questions tagged [employees]
Questions relating to the people who work for a company
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Will my prospective employer contact my past employer after I’ve signed the offer letter?
I received an offer letter today from a big-name sports organization. However I have to resign from my current job and feel as though though once I resign it will burn a bridge, deeming me “ineligible ...
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Responding to a tricky situation in a meeting [closed]
Editor's note: This question is difficult to understand, so I am leaving the original text of the question below rather than erasing it, in case I have missed a detail and am not properly rewriting ...
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Handling Protective Overworked Employee
I am a middle manager at a company and we have a developer who works on our site. He does not report to me. He is overworked and upper management doesn't want to hire someone to help him, but at the ...
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Is it legal in Germany to start a project in Kickstarter while working in a company? [closed]
I live in Germany and have an idea to start my own business here. However, I am not sure whether I am allowed to do this while working officially in a company. I just want to share my project on ...
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Employees' Engagement in Virtual Meetings
We are a growing company with 12 employees. We all work virtually and meet in the office once a month or two. Office meetings are efficient compared to virtual meetings, but as everyone is working in ...
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What can I do if I don't agree with some of the Employee Handbook terms?
Yesterday, my company created an Employee Handbook. This contains some terms that I am not happy with, and I let them know. I know that it's legally binding, even if I don't sign it, so I want to be ...
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What should I do when my supervisor is being disrespectful and too harsh
I am now currently doing my internships at this one company. This company is actually a branch, so here they have their person in charge for this branch. Unfortunately, on my first day of internships, ...
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Handling Employee Who Would Rather Complain Than Learn
I was recently promoted to manager and I have this employee who, to put it nicely, is... difficult.
They interned over the summer for the past few summers and didn't seem to enjoy working here, but ...
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How do you protect yourself against blackmail when you're about to leave a company? [closed]
How do you protect yourself against blackmail when you're about to leave a company? I had a mental breakdown, because this guy has been harassing me and insulting me for 15 months and management didn'...
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If a small UK business makes staff work in dangerous conditions, what realistic routes exist to try and forcibly change that?
Its common around here, to see people being essentially made to work when health and safety law says they shouldn't, from employer pressure.
Two examples:
people made to work despite inadequate work ...
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As an introvert, how do I connect with co-workers at a new job?
I just started a job at an insurance company.
The problem I'm having is that I don't talk to my co-workers unless it's work related. I'm new in the office and all of them are already friends.
As the ...
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Employee asking other employees if they have been vaccinated
I'm a manager in a small company. Today I overheard one employee asking around his co-workers if they had been vaccinated against covid-19.
I took him aside and told him that's not appropriate to quiz ...
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I suspect that an employee is constantly lying to me. How should I approach this in the one-on-one meeting with him?
I have been managing a small team of engineers for some months and one of the employees is being very difficult to deal with.
This difficulty has been confirmed by both HR and his manager before me.
I ...
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What to expect for a first-time worker?
I've never had a "real" job before. How should I expect the first day?
I'm supposed to check in, but I'm completely oblivious to how this all will pan out.
Do I just show up and follow ...
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Suffering to receive the CDI contract from a Business company
I have been accepted in a business company to sign with them my first CDI employment (permanent employee contract). My question is how long it takes for the company's president to prepare the contract ...
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Did company decide not to hire me? I told them I have another offer so want a reply soon
I recently interviewed for a job that I'm really interested in. Had 3 rounds of interview and cleared all of them. HR then asked for references. After contacting the references I listed, HR sent an ...
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Employee being unreliable and logging too many hours
A marketing/PR manager below me has one employee (let's call him John) that has been constantly unreliable. They agree on something, let's say "John, post this on instagram today" and he ...
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Are there any good metrics an employee can calculate to determine job stability, and the pressing need to look for other work
Are there any good metrics an employee can calculate to determine job stability, and the pressing need to look for other work.
In a personal finance course I recently came across the notion of income ...
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How to keep manager happy with 1 on 1 nonsense?
I joined a company last week that claimed to be a startup but seems to be closer to a big corporation. One of the bureaucracies is a weekly hour-long one-on-one session with my manager.
We had this ...
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How to handle new salesperson who is having hard time getting to work and dealing with rejection?
This is not a "fire them" which would be the obvious case in a traditional situation. Think about it more like a training situation or even educational situation for a complete newbie who wants to ...
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Reinstating a Terminated Employee
Can an employer terminate an employee or ask him to resign as an apparent disciplinary action with a hidden intention to reinstate him by overturning their termination or resignation afterwards before ...
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How can I keep employees motivated?
What are some effective tactics used to keep employees motivated and enthusiastic for the company vision and to achieve long-term retention? (developers mainly)
Or if you are an employee: what have ...
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Reasons for exempt software engineer to be assigned a 35-hour work week?
I received my first paycheck from my current employer and it stays that I only worked 70 hours in a 2 week period and when I asked HR they stated that I am a 35 hour a week exempt employee:
Certain ...
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Is there any benefit to being a W2 at-will employee without benefits or salary versus a 1099 contractor?
My friend has a W2 100% commission job. He looked for a W2 because too many 1099 jobs were scams.
However, this job has:
No benefits (health, dental, etc)
No base salary
Completely at-will - ...
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Ongoing Scent Sensitivity Issue
Ok, so my issue has been going on for over a year, with no resolution. I'm hoping someone can provide constructive advice for getting things resolved.
I work in a corporate office, and they already ...
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How to tell my boss that his family employees do not work when he is out?
I'm one of 3 employees that came to this company with the intention to professionalize it.
It is a family owned company, with a lot of management problems. My boss (52), founder of this 30 y/o ...
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Cleaning lady misreporting hours worked
We've had a cleaning lady/housekeeper for over 2 years now. She's a hard worker and very trustworthy, but her time reporting always bugged me but I didn't have any proof.
We moved to a new house ...
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Preventing theft by employees in our supermarket [closed]
My question is regarding a supermarket business which is run by my dad.
Recently, I saw him upset and asked the reason, and he told me that there was big loss in the market inventory in just 5 month, ...
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How to say No to idea given by team member, when I know from my experience that it is going to fail?
I have a very hardworking team, and I like when they try to think about a project with broader perspective. I want to respect their contribution and don't like to refuse their ideas, but sometimes I ...
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Should I quit my job for before signing contract with another employer?
I'm a senior developer in an advertising company, which due to current economic situations I faced various problems with them.
First : We have a delayed monthly payment which causes many problems.
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My employer is setting up a portal on their computer for me to see my weekly checks
My employer is setting up a portal on their computer for me to see my weekly checks. The portal will require me to sign in with my employer number and also four digits of my Social Security. I receive ...
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What should I do about a new employee who didn't mention their second job or planned leave?
I'm an inexperienced software engineering manager and recently I hired an employee (a software developer). The technical skills of the guy look good, but I encountered several things which he didn't ...
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New guy promoted in less than 4 months (How normal is this?)
I don't use this site too much but majority of searches online haven't really clarified so I thought I'd make a post about this just to get a few possible answers.
I work in the operations department ...
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Disrespectful employee going above my head and telling me what to do. I am his manager
This time last year I hired 'Bill', someone a little older than I am, to take over some responsibilities I needed to start delegating. Despite his great interview and full understanding of the job ...
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Any additional tax overhead for employee of two companies (separate payrolls) owned by same individual? [closed]
Country: US
Company A has an hourly employee. Now the same owner has started a new company B (with separate entity, EIN, payroll, workers compensation, etc..) in the same state and would like the ...
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Should I have shared a document with a former employee?
My deputy manager who left 3 months ago is asking for a document that was shared with me and my team after they left, but they were part of the meetings that led to the preparation of that document. I ...
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Problematic employee that can't be fired
I've recently been placed in charge of a software engineer who is considered a "problem" employee for a couple of reasons. The employee is not a capable people person. I believe he has a minor case of ...
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How to ask inconvenient questions / talk about sensitive topics in front of all employees and your boss?
Once a month we have a meeting, where nearly all employees, managers and the boss (CEO) participates. The main goal of this meeting is to keep all informed about relevant news regarding the company ...
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What is the appropiate way to deal with employees wanting to lead the development of their "ideas"? [closed]
In my mind, an employee deserves credit for their work, and if the employee doesn't get just credit for such work, they have a right to be dissatisfied. As a manager, I am well aware of this and I ...
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Is talented employee taking advantage of management?
I recently started running a small business that received a significant amount of funding. It has been a project I have been committed to for many years. To help see it through, I wanted to hire top ...
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How do I prevent employees from either switching to competitors or opening their own business?
I am about to start my very own small scale business. However, there is a huge problem I cannot seem to solve. My business has two aspects: the business side and the technical side. I am more than ...
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How can I get a problem employee to do work assigned to him when I'm a supervisor with no real power?
In one day I went from being the junior member of a three person team to the senior member of a three person team. It's my first supervisory role.
Unfortunately one of the new members of the team is ...
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Is it possible to resign immediately after getting a raise in UAE? [closed]
I keep resigning from my company because of salary delays and financial problems of the company.
I was in my notice period. The management said that the company condition will improve and in 2 months ...
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Employee is self-centered and affects the team negatively
I manage a satellite office of about 25 people for my company.
This question is about Jane, a new employee. She is young, in her mid 20s.
I was the one who hired her. She seemed very pleasant and ...
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Salary overtime and PTO on the same week [closed]
I just want to know if there is anything that I can specifically reference online with regards to the following.
Employee is salaried. Employee worked overtime in a single week: over 30 hour shift ...
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Salary employee (software developer) held personally liable for client's data loss or exposure (GDPR)
I'm working as full time software developer at relatively small IT company (around 15 employees) which itself is a part of larger group of small to mid sized companies. In preparation for EU's new ...
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Referral issues on a job application
I am currently in process of applying for a job position. To have a better chance at the application, i requested a few employees from within the company, if any one would help me apply via a referral....
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Quitting my job when I have professional training soon [closed]
I have been with my company for a year and I don’t really like my job anymore. I am tired of it.
Problem is that 6 months ago they promised me a really good professional training of three days, and ...
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Friend wants my recommendation but I don't want to give it to him
I met my friend in my first year of college (Computer Science), so I can tell that I know how well he works and how knowledgeable he is.
He's a good friend, we chat occasionally, meet up to have ...
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How to do things right while trying to date a coworker?
I'm based in Western Europe. Relationships among coworkers aren't rare here and I know several couples who met in the office, including bosses who married and had kids with their (former) subordinates....
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