Questions tagged [new-hires]
Questions around people that were recently hired, on boarding practices, orientations and so forth.
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A friend/coworker and his wife are employed at the same company. He found out she's cheating. What to do?
Full context: I've been at my job for about a year and have formed close bonds with a number of people, including my coworker "Josh". A new position opened up recently that Josh's spouse, "Jessica", ...
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Hired for too high a level position
I'm an experienced developer with almost 20 years of experience. I have a history of being too weak in negotiations and getting too low compensation/position and then overperforming.
Two months ago I ...
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What is the correct way to approach the request that "new developers should not be able to access the codebase"
We are a small team of developers working on a web app. I answer directly to the company directors, who are responsible for hiring decisions.
As a cost saving measure, new developers are often hired ...
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Is it a good idea to push new employees to prove themselves in their first 90 days? [closed]
I am a new manager and I recently hired a new engineer. My boss’s philosophy is to really push people to achieve ambitious milestones in their first 90 days. He thinks a new hire should really want to ...
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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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Can I rescind my offer of working on weekends after last day?
I'm leaving my current company at the start of the new year for various reasons, and during those discussions with upper management, I made the mistake of offering to spend my weekends throughout ...
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Offloading Interns to a New Junior Developer
I just found out yesterday that we're getting three interns this coming Monday and that my boss is offloading them onto me. I was a TA and tutor for several years in college, so I genuinely enjoy ...
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How to manage a person who identifies as bi-gender?
I am asking for a friend. The situation will take place in northern Europe should this matter.
My friend is a manager in a multinational company and manages team of ~15 people. He has hired a high-...
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Excessive Demands Prior to Start Date
I recently accepted a job offer from a startup but declined their request to start immediately after leaving my previous job because I needed some downtime. Currently, I am on a break. However, ...
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Should I notify the new company to use my preferred name in the on-boarding process?
I got this job at this new company. I used my legal name when I filled out the job application form. I also had my legal name on my resume as well when I applied for this job.
Now, I just got the ...
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Is it unprofessional to leave a job early as a trainee?
So I recently got a job at a cellphone company. Don't get me wrong. I love the job. It taught me a lot of things. I love the people there and my boss. But I had a very uncomfortable situation with ...
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Is it normal for a company to ask for a photo ID when finishing my new-hire paperwork?
I've been hired by a company recently and now they're finishing my paperwork. Today, I was asked to provide a photo ID. I'm going to use a picture of my license. I want to make sure this is normal ...
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Replying to a group thread of welcoming me on my 1st day at new remote job
My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but ...
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The consultancy company that offered me a job has delayed my start date twice (by a total of 12 weeks so far)
I recently finished my degree and got my first job on the 25th of Jan. Since this was a consultancy company, they asked for 6 weeks to find a project that could put me on, which made my planned start ...
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Is this staged interview/probationary hire process a good idea?
I have a personal project (web app) which is going well and I think there's a realistic chance of it growing into a startup, at which point I would have to hire people.
This would be the first time I'...
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Sending a stranger's CV to HR
In general I am an outgoing person and tend to meet a lot of new people.
I work at a software company and some of the people I meet in public are software engineers. I am a senior engineer and ...
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Train very young colleague on professional skills
Someone has joined my team recently to run social, community, user research, etc. They have done this in the past for their family business and are very good with it.
But they seem to be quite ...
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How to respond to welcome email in a new job?
I just got a new job as a researcher in a lab. My manager introduced me to the whole team through a welcome email. He talked about my qualifications and briefly about my experience. Nobody in the team ...
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Is it alright to ask why I was hired over the other candidates? [closed]
Something I've always wondered:
As a recent hire, is it okay for me to ask why I was chosen above the other candidates?
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HR Uninterested in Substituting Cash for Relocation Despite Lower Cost
I got my first job with a company on the East Coast and am currently planning my move. I'm currently living on the West Coast with my parents as a recent grad.
The East Coast company offers a ...
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An employer is trying to force me to switch banks, which I know is illegal. What should I do? [closed]
An employer has extended a job offer with the condition that I switch my personal banking from one institution to another. They claim that they do this to simplify their internal payroll procedures. I ...
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Former employee indirectly poaching engineering talent
I'm currently working as a senior'ish engineer, and am being trained to become a junior engineering manager in the next year, so the company's success and mine are intertwined very directly.
About a ...
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What can I do, as a remote manager, to smoothly onboard new employees
Background info: I am the only remote worker in my organization and live out of state from my main office. I have remotely mentored interns previously. These will be my first direct reports.
I have ...
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New hire was terminated from previous company [closed]
We have a new team member that happens to be a colleague of a friend from another company. This new guy was terminated from the other company due to his work ethic (slacking in work, etc.).
Should I ...
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Recommending someone while being newly-hired myself
I joined a new company a few days ago and I am really enjoying it. My close friend is looking for internships and my company has applications open for internships. I think he would be a great fit. ...
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How long is an appropriate wait time before a new hire goes asking for work?
I am in my second week of a new software job and have yet to be assigned to a team or even been given access to the code base, because of this I have been sitting since day one with no ability to do ...
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Newcomer asked my opinion about the company
I am working in a startup. The tech team is small. The company looks like economically is doing fine. So we are hiring new developers. A new one is coming in a month. This person contacted me on ...
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Demoted through no fault of my own. Required to pay company if I leave. Advice? [closed]
I recently took a new management position at a company and up until this week everything was going smoothly. My team was doing well and my manager was happy with my performance and in fact even gave ...
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Is it normal for a junior programmer to be alone in a project?
So I have been accepted into a small-mid size company for a month. In a month, I've been asked to make an app using a library that I don't know and kinda old / rare to be used. Mind you I spent 1 ...
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Factors to consider when deciding between hiring a less qualified candidate or waiting for a better candidate
The hiring process in my company consists of the HR shortlisting candidates based on some policies, and then the manager selects the top candidates from among them to be invited for interviews.
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Trusting new IT personnel
I work in a small software house. We are all developers and we do servers/network management required for our software (many servers per customer).
We are expanding with more customers; and the ...
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No office access card six months into the job
I work as a software developer in Germany and switched jobs six months ago. My new company is a small private company of 15 employees, with their own office building. I've worked there for half a year ...
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Is it a good idea to use a group exercise for potential new hires to see how they will work together?
Not entirely certain this is the right place to ask this however looking through StackExchange I couldn't find an alternative.
In a couple of days I will be running through 10 developer interviews ...
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Reasoning not to hire based on pregnancy or other medical condition
Legalities aside. I've always wondered why a business would employ someone who is pregnant just to give them maternity leave for three months when they wouldn't even have completed their probation.
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Got Hired as a Software Developer (Intern) Without Coding in the Interview
I recently got hired as a software developer (internship) at a very reputable company whose product is widely used. The interview consisted of ONLY a phone interview. During the interview, the co-...
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What steps do I have to take if I believe my pay should be higher after working at a company for 6 months? [duplicate]
I'm in the second round of interviews and my salary expectation going into the job is $XX,000 as an entry-level software developer. I am aware that most of the other workers in the company who have ...
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How to handle my startup being acquired before I have even started work?
I am a college student graduating in June, and I was fortunate enough to sign a new grad software engineering full-time offer back in September with a medium-sized startup. That startup has now been ...
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I'm new, should I tell my boss about this other new colleague's bad approach/performance?
Since 1 month and a half I've started a new job. Since 2 weeks a new colleague joined as well, and the future plan for us is to work together more often (but on different things).
We have already ...
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A new employee has upset the team/office atmosphere, should I discuss this with my manager?
I'm a senior'ish software developer working in an open plan office with other departments besides mine. A new member has joined our team, and after two weeks, this person has upset almost all the ...
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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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getting out early as the only new hire during a merger, and no one else wants my job [closed]
I posted a few days ago about wanting to quit my new job due to failure to clarify some key points of the position during the interview process and whether or not leaving after a month or so will ...
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How to avoid looking as a slacker?
So I'm a recent graduate and my first job as a software developer in a German company will start in two weeks and I'm so excited about it. However I'm concerned about one little thing. The team has a ...
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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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How do degrees from foreign universities apply to job requirements in the US?
I am planning to move from Pakistan to USA and I have completed and achieved a BsCS(hons.) in Pakistan.
I have worked in software industry as a PHP developer in Pakistan for 1 and half year.
How ...
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Data about salaries?
So I'm negotiating my starting salary at a company where I've been freelancing for 6 months. I didn't think my salary was high enough, so I did some research - on Glassdoor and Payscale - and found ...
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What to expect when hired during hiring frenzy?
I recently accepted a job I'm very excited about. I'll be working for a large company which is expanding some of its consulting services, following several successful contract bids.
The large ...
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What can I conclude about poorly performing interview candidates?
I recently held interviews of two offshore C# programmers (from India). Both interviews went reasonably well until I gave them a minor programming challenge to be solved in collaboration with me. On a ...
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How can I kindly stop jokes and idle chit chat directed at me when I am busy?
I have recently joined a work place and have tried to be easy to approach and friendly to my coworkers.
However a few of the employees hired after me seem to make a lot of jokes towards me, or at my ...
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Should I use my free time after graduation to learn things that will be used in my first job?
A little bit of context: I am a B.E. student in my final year. My last semester examinations have just ended and I have a whole month to myself. I already have a job (courtesy campus placements) and ...
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Tell a new employee about their boss's personal life challenges?
So I was watching the TV show "After Life", and the premise of the show is that Tony's wife has just passed away. For this reason, Tony is not acting as his usual self.
Coincidentally, his employer ...
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