Questions tagged [professionalism]
Questions referring to how one presents themselves and interacts with others in a professional environment
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Is there a polite way to say "I am not going to be convinced this is a good idea, but I can also see you won't either. Go ahead without my blessing"?
This is an issue I come into at work sometimes which is awkward. I have a habit of having strong opinions that I feel are from years of expertise in the field or in the product. I also know that I ...
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Whom should I go to if I have a complaint about the assistant director of the company I work for?
I’m a in home caregiver. I work for an agency that assigns me my clients. We have had a tremendous turnover in our office support staff. I have not met or been introduced to any of the staff now in ...
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Should I pay for dinner to pay back a dinner from 3 years ago?
A few years ago at a conference I was all but certain I was about to get fired so I refused to spend too much money eating out. My co-worker paid the entire bill at a steakhouse for us to eat dinner ...
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Work forcing me to attend a Christmas Party
So I work for I suppose we can say "Small company" with less than 70-80 employees.
We've been told we must attend the Christmas party and in doing so we'll be given a day off (to attend) and ...
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Resignation vs Termination
I recently was told by my supervisor to hand in my resignation or get fired after my 6-month probation with a bad report. The last statement really took me aback, because it sounded more like a threat....
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Giving credit to a colleague in a presentation that I was selected for
I recently gave a presentation with all the people within my department to several managers (mid-way up my org.) After that I was emailed, along with a select few, to repeat this presentation, in ...
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I felt mistreated during the interview. How should I proceed?
In this round, we discussed the technical solutions I provided. I am confident in my expertise in this area.
While the interviewer pointed out some minor errors, which I anticipated due to the time ...
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Build a culture of Accountability
How can I build a culture of accountability in my team, where people feel comfortable asking for help when they need it, and where they are committed to meeting their deadlines and delivering on their ...
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Is it important to go out and drink/party/ have dinner / visit powerful colleagues? [closed]
I was in Amazon Seattle US and moved from department of same firm. I was told by tenured employees that in order to switch teams internally, one should keep the plan a secret
Later I came to know ...
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Should I leave an email regarding the nature of my PTO?
I'm taking two weeks off in the month of December to attend a meditative retreat where phones & other electronic devices are banned during the entire duration of the course. The center will only ...
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How do I tell my employer that I do not want to go on long-distance business trips?
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My searches here on Workplace didn't answer my question because the focus was, for example, on family reasons or if there was any doubt about the necessity of the business trip. The most ...
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How to become more diligent and accountable?
I work as a newly hired junior software developed in embedded system. My boss critiqued me during a review telling me that I should work on my organisational talent, my accountability and adhere more ...
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Can I give a book as a present to one of my bosses now he is retiring?
One of the owners of the company I work for is retiring. He always goes out of his way to be kind to people, and since I'm very shy I've always found very reassuring knowing he was in the company's ...
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How can you deal with time stealers?
I had a hard time formulating my question right.
The company I work for makes a software on which we provide support. When something doesn't work our customers call us and we help them make it work.
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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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DO we all quit at the same time and ruin our corporation? [closed]
My colleagues and I are very dissatisfied with our pay as software developers, we at first talked about quiet quitting, we quiet quit, but as of later they have been trying to force us to do overtime, ...
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Handling a Refactoring Project with Limited Access to Source Code
I apologize if this isn't the correct place to ask this question, but I'm hoping to get some insight from the community on a problem I'm facing.
I recently finished an interview with a company as a ...
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How to engage with senior executives for professional networking?
I've been networking (or trying to) with senior executives (VP/C-level) over the last few months, in search for my next role. I've had some success in scoring brief conversations with a few generous ...
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Is there a common name for the document for new project requirements?
I would like to push in our company so any new project goes with a document stating things in the line of:
Economic savings of the new project
Saving in working hours of the new project
This idea of ...
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Recurrent problem with laptop hindering critical work but firm refuses to change it
I recently got a completely remote job and it's been 2 weeks. The laptop my firm has given me (which is necessary to do work) has a driver problem and I find myself having to go to the main office (2 ...
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Should I be scheduling these meetings/writing the agendas?
I'm a Product Manager for a proprietary software. In that role I participate in the "longterm planning" team comprised of our lead Developer, the CTO and myself. I'm the only woman in our 20 ...
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Manager not telling me in advance where I'll be working
I started a new job about a month ago. I'm in the IT department of a medium sized company. They have two offices that are relatively close together. When I accepted the job I understood that I would ...
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Is my current employee allowed to work privately with ex customer?
I have a disability support business. One employee was working with a client of ours. This client no longer wanted services from the business, but wanted to hire my employee privately to continue ...
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Can I leave after signing the offer letter?
I want to seek some advice I have 1 offer for the SDET role and I received an offer letter today HR is calling me again and again to make sure that I have confirmed and signed the offer letter because ...
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Should I mention an exploit during the hiring process that I took advantage of?
At my current workplace the last part of the hiring process for a junior developer is an on-site programming task. As far as I know, in the last couple years all applicants at this stage end up ...
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Is it OK to pass hiring manager info to old boss?
I work in software. I have recently switched jobs, from Old Company to New Company, a few months back.
Old Company, among other things, hires out consultants. I am on good terms with Old Company, and ...
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Invited to an Interview follow up meeting
I had an Interview with the Infrastructure Development Manager, Development Engineering Team Leader and the Talent Acquisition Manager for the company. They promised to provide feedback the following ...
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PTO leave or off duty
Is it ok for a supervisor to announce online that a person will be off duty or on PTO to other employees? I feel like it’s no one’s business besides me and said supervisor
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How should I (or should I at all) disambiguate organizations with very similar names?
I used to work for a mid-sized tech R&D company in Japan. I wont reveal their name, but let's pretend they are called Apple株式会社. This would translate to Apple Inc. or Apple Co. in English. ...
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Is it unprofessional to get a second job after my boss invested money in me?
I finally got my first job in my chosen (and hyper-competitive) field.
For this job, I moved to a small country town and I am one of very few people that do this job in this town.
My new boss invested ...
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Interviewer complained that I was taking notes
Someone I knew from school is starting a company. I connected with him over a video call for an informal interview. At the end, he said he could see the reflection on my face from when I switched ...
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Professionalism: I addressed that a significant part of project issues where due to poor communication culture, but still got evaluated negatively
I would like to briefly point out that this can only reflect my view of the problem. However, since the basic problem here is poor communication culture, I am also aware that my view of the problem ...
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Should I acknowledge Pride Month to my colleagues on team who are LGBTQ?
June in the United States is informally acknowledged as Pride Month as a sign of support for members of the LGBTQ community. I support civil equality for LGBTQ community.
Two members of my team are ...
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How should I let the custodian know that he needs to stop mopping our floors with dirty water?
I have noticed that the new custodian in our workplace often mops our floors with dirty water. The water in the mop bucket is usually dark and it sometimes smells bad. I have never seen him stop ...
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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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How to preserve professionalism in a difficult environment
I work as software engineer in a pretty young company (5 years old) and I'm making a lot of errors that can ruin my career.
Until some months ago everything was great: the compensation is just ok. We ...
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My Boss belches all day, HELP
I work in a professional environment. My boss belches all day. The last time I asked him to be more polite about it he said "I'm in my own personal space" which is his office with the door ...
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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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Can I give manager feedback about the way he phrases it when giving instructions?
I know this is minor but noticed phrase it awkwardly when giving instructions or tasks. When receiving directions I prefer it to be phrased in the most direct way. For example: "reply to the ...
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How to write the perfect follow up for my situation?
Two days ago, I had an interview. I was supposed to talk to the team lead and someone from HR, however the HR person did not join us. Long story short, I think the interview went quite well with the ...
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Is it proper to ask my employer to change an international flight to an earlier time that's not red eye time?
I will soon be traveling to Japan to visit another division of our company for which our division will soon need to work closely with.
I will be traveling from a city on the east coast of United ...
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How to make sure everybody does all the "other" things?
I am the owner/ceo of a small company (30 employees) in a high-tech market (warehouse automation).
Besides the work, people need to do all kinds of "other" things. Think of, for example:
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Is this a good leadership strategy?
So I am relative new in my career, and I just secured a long-term internship with a small company. I have 2 leaders, lets call them X (the guy) and Y (the woman)
The guy rarely chit-chats-- he seems ...
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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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Attending a conference before or after resigning?
A local DC-based university invited me earlier this year to attend a conference they are putting on for professionals in my industry (healthcare). I am looking forward to attending, but I am also ...
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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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How do I tell coworkers about my pronouns?
I'm genderfluid, and I use xe/xem as my default pronouns. Other pronouns, such as he/him or she/her, are not always wrong for me but my preference varies, so I prefer not to put them anywhere semi-...
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LLC Hires Employee... asks them to work for a separate business owned by LLC owner [closed]
The LLC I work at, where I am in a managerial position with accountability and access to company finance, recently hired a new salaried employee. The majority owner in the LLC also owns another ...
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How can I ask my senior male manager to coffee with me?
I am intern in the niche finance firm where everyone knows each other because it is so small. He is 10 years older than me and my senior but not my direct boss. I will leave the firm soon, in less ...
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