Questions tagged [new-job]
Questions about starting a new job, the etiquette required, and potential pitfalls involved.
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Job hunting during months leading to graduate school
I was just told I've been accepted into a Business Analytics program. Since there is now ~4-6 months until I start how do I approach seeking employment in the interim, hopefully in a relevant field (...
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Project Manager in Ice Breaker Team. What does Ice Breaker Team mean? [on hold]
I have noticed a job announcement with title Project Manager in Ice Breaker Team in a software company.
What does Ice Breaker Team mean?
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Left engineering job to pursue career in software development. Will it work?
I got a full time job straight out of college as an engineer. However, I really realized that my passion was software development. I love to code.
I ended up leaving my job to pursue a career in ...
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I'm moving job role, however they have said i will not get a new contract
I have been in my current role for around 3 years.
I have been accepted for an inter-company transfer to a different department. My current contract is 40 hours per week and is based on 12 hour ...
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When I receive my contract after handing in formal job offer
Ive got a question for you.
Last month I have applied for the job position
After couple days they called me with an interview.
Attended to the interview - successful and after another couple days I ...
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Forced to move to a different position during first week
I recently left a Director level position to move to a Manager position at a large company. I moved my family and made the move for the role. The role was a Marketing role. Week 1 they tell me that I ...
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How soon after being hired is it “safe” to ask for remote work?
I am a very recent grad and landed a job as an automation developer at a local company. I have worked at this company for about a month.
The problem
I live in a suburb more than an hour away from ...
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Delayed start at new company
A friend of mine used to work as an intern is a small company and accepted an offer as an intern in a big company. He quit the small company in December because (due to local law) interns are ...
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Everyone involved in my hiring process left the company before I started: is this a red flag?
Today I started a new job as team leader in a new company (150 employees in total, the branch in my city counts about 35-40 people).
It is in IT and IT consultancy (company is more towards ...
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Switching from a highly diverse work environment to a non-diverse workplace - is there anything I should be concerned about?
I will soon switch from a highly diverse work environment to a non-diverse workplace.
In my current workspace, my colleagues are from all around the world, e.g. US, Iran, China, India, Canada, Turkey,...
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Shall I mention to my future employer that I am leaving my current company because I am dating my coworker?
I am working at a company that has less than 100 people for 6 months. I started dating one of my coworker in my team for a few months. I decided to leave my current position because she feels it is ...
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Sitting idle at work
I recently joined this new job, fresh out of college, so basically I have zero knowledge about how the corporate world works.
I have been in this project where I have a developer role, and I'll ...
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2 days overlap in my job - india
Please help me. I have 2 days overlap in my job.
1st company - Date of exit 26th July 2018
2nd company - Date of Joining 25th July 2018.
I am unable to transfer my PF.
I requested me previous ...
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Clearance and prior termination
Here’s my situation: I briefly left software work for another career in academia and am looking to return to software work. The company I have an offer from requires me to get a public trust clearance ...
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What to say in interview about bad manager who is also a reference
A little backstory: I am currently employed under a manager, who doesn't prefer to delegate tasks or share information on projects, such as what exactly to do, until when it needs to be done,... I don'...
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How do I proceed when one leader shoots down the tasks assigned by another leader?
So I am less than a month into a great new job. The CTO assigned me some tasks and then handed me over to the Sen Dev who shot down those tasks as not being that important, which leaves me with not ...
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Negotiate a start date due to delays in PhD defense
I received an awesome industry job offer in Dec 2018 (after several rounds of interviews over three months). I gave my manager a starting date of May 2019, since I was planning to schedule my final ...
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Salary negotiation at the first Face to face interview
A little background to give you some context.
I have been searching for a job in UK for a while. Things haven't been favorable for the last 6 months due to my visa situation which was about to expire....
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What can be done if “I” sent a new job application email to my current HR (where I am working) due to typo error?
Detail: My brother was operating my personal email, from there he sent a new job application to the wrong address; I genuinely did not want to apply for the new job, in fact I had just received a ...
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How to ask for more money in current job when another company is offereing substantially more? [duplicate]
I'm currently working in a small company and I really enjoy the work I'm doing and the people I work with, as well as with the boss himself, with whom I work closely. I do good work and my boss is ...
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How to communicate required decisional power before taking job?
An IT company wants to hire me as a data scientist (which I am). I had all the interviews and are now in the negotiation process regarding the contract. The company made me a good offer, they really ...
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What should a person do if an employer is dishonest about a job's responsibilities?
Let’s say a manager decided to hire someone for an accountant position. But, after the hire, the manager persists in only assigning supply chain analyst responsibilities to this accountant, which the ...
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Unresponsive Recruiter after accepting the offer
So I got an offer from well known mid size company last October. I am suppose to join the company at the end of this month. I have been trying to contact my recruiter for the past one week and I haven'...
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Had an accident that makes me use crutches. Will that affect my new job?
In a week I'll start a job as a programmer which I'm really interested in. However, I hurt my foot and I need to use crutches for a month.
I'm kind of worried it would make some kind of 'bad' ...
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Boredom, lack of projects, search for new opportunity
Currently I work for a small software development company. I have been working for this company for 2 years.
The "software development team" consists of me and another colleague, in other words the ...
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I have taken a new role and I am not enjoying it [closed]
I have recently started working for this large company mid of last year. I initially started as Accounts Payable officer. The bosses have recognised my work and they have offered me a position in a ...
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Job Change To a IT MNC [closed]
I'm a BE Graduate in Computer Science. My career so far - First role was as Researcher Data Analyst in a database company, worked there for 10 months until March 2018.
After that (April 2018) I took ...
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Ask for a supervisor position as a new hire
I just got hired as an RN for a local government two weeks ago. I learned through my trainer and other staff members, that the company is currently looking for a supervisor for the shift I am ...
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My boss hasn't called me in to work in a week even though he said he would, what should I do?
I recently got a job at a coffee shop.
I've worked 5 shifts in two weeks and my boss seemed to like me. He said my first paycheck would come in next week (this week) last Wednesday which was my last ...
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Should I inform the current employer that I am about to resign within 1-2 weeks since I have signed the offer letter and waiting for visa?
I have signed the offer letter from a company based in UAE (United Arab Emirates) and have sent them my documents for visa process since they are sponsoring. Now, I am confused that whether I should ...
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Should I tell my boss my “real” marital status?
Background : I recently moved to a new country and joined a new company. During multiple interviews with my boss, HR and others I was asked if I moved here alone or with my family. I told that for now ...
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Should I mention I am currently a student at an upcoming interview? [closed]
I have been invited for an interview that is very important for me. I already have a Bachelors degree, but I am currently working on my Masters. I am finished with the classes besides the finals ...
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Is it ok to expect to be included in hardware/ software decisions? [closed]
I will be starting a new job soon. I would prefer to be included in the decisions concerning the laptop I will get, especially given that the main software I will be using differs a bit in the Windows ...
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What should I do if after receiving a verbal offer letter I am informed that my written job offer is put on hold due to some internal issues?
I was interviewed by a very large firm in UAE, remotely since I am in Pakistan. The guy passed my interview and insisted on me to join since we share the same birthplace, coincidentally.
I was ...
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Fired for gross misconduct because I sent confidential information to personal mailbox - how do I get another job? [duplicate]
I was dismissed for a breach of confidentiality. I was working on some client confidential information on my client issued laptop and I emailed this info to my personal mailbox as I wanted to ...
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Spouse is leaving the company we both work for. I will follow but much later. How to handle questions?
Both my spouse and I work at a large corporation. The local branch has around 1,000 people. We are relocating to a different state - and my spouse goes first. I will follow in six months due to ...
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Original documents submission before joining a company
I recently received an offer from a company. The HR of the company called a few days back after the negotiations got over and said that they have a system of employing a third party to do a background ...
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I just started a new job and I’m not sure if it is right they pay me in cash after I filled out a W-4
I just started a new job and my employer made me fill out a W-4 form but after I worked a week I was paid
in cash. What should I do? Why did I have to fill out a W-4 form?
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Schedule Change
I interviewed with a company under the premise that my schedule would be Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. However, they sent out official schedules yesterday and my schedule was set as Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-11pm ...
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First job offer confusion: Signing contract on the starting date?
So I recently accept a job from an international tech company to work in their office in California. The recruiter (also the manager at the office)first gave me a draft offer letter and ask if I have ...
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I want to join a software shop, but I'm not a good programmer yet
I want to join a regular software shop. But I am not good enough programmer to be called an expert. Should I study more programming and get more experience first? Or should I just go for try to apply ...
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What options do I have when my boss is rude and I cannot leave my job?
I joined a company as an employee a month ago. I signed a 6 months contract, so I can't leave this job. It was nice at work in the beginning, but now my boss has started overburdening me. He is also ...
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Sharing promotion letter from an old employer
I am currently searching for a job. Can I include the promotion letter from my old employer in my portfolio? It includes words of appreciation, new designation, and allowance.
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Telling manager I can't work shifts I never said I was available for
I recently* got on the roster for a large staffing agency. The manager has sent out mass emails with the new schedule. He has put me in at times that I may not available, as I'm working another on ...
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How to position oneself towards the expectation of doing a lot of unpaid overtime when starting a new job?
I'm starting a new job next week. I'm looking forward to it.
However, when interacting with the employees after signing the contract I got the impression that's one of those companies at which you ...
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How can I back-track after accidentally revealing in a job interview that I might move in 6 months?
I was recently hired for a seasonal part-time position where I jumped the gun after discussing my current studies by telling the interviewer (manager A) that I will be graduating in a few months and ...
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Why isn't everyone as excited as I am to work at my company? [closed]
I work at one of the most (if not the most) well-regarded companies on the planet, in terms of technical reputation as well as workplace benefits.
Orientation was great, and I was fully bought into ...
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New employer asks for information I find unnecessary
I'm in the UK and I was recently offered a job.
When I went for an interview, they asked for a form of ID and my National Insurance number. I took my passport and a previous payslip with my NI number ...
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How do I convince my employer to match the salary of my new job offer?
I have a new job offer that offers 60% more salary than my current job and the same benefits. I am located in Pakistan and I was headhunted for this offer. But I do not wish to leave my current job—it ...
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Young professional co-worker thinks she is not performing enough
I am a young professional with around six months of software engineering experience.
I work with a young girl who is writing her bachelor's thesis in my company.
We get along well, and I always see ...
