Questions tagged [stress]
Questions dealing with workplace-related stress.
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Anxious about daily stand-up meetings
As mentioned in a previous post, I am a junior engineer a few months into my role after completing a 3 month boot camp. I have a BSc in English Literature, so I am picking up the technical knowledge ...
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How to develop as a recently promoted team lead when your VP is always busy?
I've been a software engineer for quite a while, but recently I got promoted to a team lead which causes me a lot of STRESS.
Now I'm superior to my peers which makes all of us a bit uncomfortable, but ...
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I'm the sole developer without enough experience to be
I'm the only developer at a computer repair company working on a web application for the company, which will also be sold to other companies for them to use. Which is great, except for a couple things:...
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Dealing with racism and bullying as an immigrant
3 years ago I joined a company as a Software Engineer (after 3 years of work in tech industry) in a EU country and after 1 month of their required training I was assigned to a team that barely codes (...
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How to handle emotionally, a chronically irritable manager?
This is in the context of a UK work culture.
I work in a small isolated team with a chronically irritable manager. I wouldn't go as far as to describe him as angry but he's certainly not merely abrupt/...
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Can I negotiate a higher salary using the understaffing to my advantage?
Okay, so here's where I am.
When I joined the project in 2019, the team consisted of 4 FTEs with myself as the only junior employee (the others were test leads in Systems Engineering and QA). ...
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How much time should be spent on an assessment? Applied to entry level job that has 10 hour assessment
I have been making a renewed effort to find permanent work with my computer science degree. I have been doing retail work to pay rent etc. but now am focusing on finding a position that I can advance ...
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Is it okay to leave job without notice if the contract ends?
I am working on a project and my contract only lasts for a few more weeks and so it is unlikely to be finished by that point.
Working from home has been really tough for me and I’m not enjoying it. I ...
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How do you get over feeling like you're constantly making mistakes?
I graduated college in December and in March I was hired for my first professional job, as a Project Coordinator at a company that builds commercial kitchens in Arizona. By all accounts, I'm doing ...
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Is being disliked due to making unpopular decisions expected in every management position?
Almost a year ago I got promoted into my first management position to lead a team of 6. Even though I think I'm doing a passable job and my team is mostly happy with my style of management, I'm hating ...
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How to tackle uncertainty about job requirements? [closed]
I am working as an Associate Business Analyst at a fintech firm and I am facing following issues:
Since this is a BA role it requires me to frequently check the product functionality through manual ...
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I am leaving my job. Gave two weeks notice. My boss wants a signed NDA. Should I ? What's in it for me?
There was been continuous between myself and the doctor's office manager. I met with the doctor and explained that I could no longer take the manager's beratement and aggressive behavior. He accepted ...
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How do I control my anxiety when getting a call from office
I get hyper anxious whenever I get a call from my office. I am afraid that I might have to work overtime or may be asked to report to office during this pandemic (my office, even though is IT based, ...
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How do I ask for another position?
I was recently hired to work at Chuck E. Cheese and it’s nice, small job for a beginner. The thing is in the interview, I told them I was open to any position except kitchen, and they still gave me ...
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Am I being too perfectionist?
I work in a incentive payment area in a big telecommunication company, our work is to calculate the incentive compensation to some people related to the company depending on their sales. Sometimes the ...
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How can I repair the working relationship?
I have worked as a web applications developer for a small software company (10 full time employees plus two semi-retired directors) for two years. Going back, I worked in support and databases, but ...
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How do I push back against upper management "innovations" and simple "requests"?
It has beeen a long time since I've asked a question, however the narrative to my question is quite simple:
How do I push back against upper management "innovations" and simple "...
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How to deal with confused project requirements and timelines?
I am 2 months into a new job as a software engineer. One of the things I've quickly realized is that confusion about requirements and time lines is the law of the land.
To give some more context, the ...
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How to ensure that management keeps its promises?
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I work as a solution architect in a consulting company where i like it. But unfortunately the workload is very high. 80% of the week are unnecessary meetings where it's all about my ...
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How to navigate requesting a department transfer with pay decrease through upper management?
This spring I took a position in a new department at my job that came with some specific perks and significantly higher expectations relating to crunch time. Shortly after joining the department, ...
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Managing startup, how to control stress levels?
I work in small startup company, during the sprints we have very stressful atmosphere, caused by short deadlines and underslept personnel. How can I handle or at least mitigate this situation as a ...
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Poor Internship Experience - Next Steps
I got an internship of 8 months from January to August. It was for a customer service role and my main job was to use SAP and enter orders for the most part. A lot of emails but overall, it wasn't too ...
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How to deal with excessive workload? [closed]
I work in a still very young but very lucrative consulting company. Within a short period of time my role has changed from technical consultant to developer/architect, which is what I wanted to do.
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How to stop feeling overwhelmed when asked to deliver a project?
I am senior software engineer, and have done pretty much as 10 projects till date. But last year I was given a task to lead a team which had a continous scope creeps, and I had to deal with lots of ...
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Should I tell my manager that I am really stressed with the project
My Father passed away last year and since then I am having issue like depression and anxiety.
And the project I am working in is making it worse. I have not slept well in weeks and started to have ...
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How do I approach my boss to be removed from a project?
I'm a Full Stack developer and I've been assigned a soul-crushing project that another developer couldn't finish. The code sucks, the workflow sucks and I've been struggling with it for months (even ...
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Manager’s unreasonable behaviour causing mental health issues
I’m a home-based office worker. My line manager is causing me mental health issues, which has become a serious health concern.
One of the main issues is that they give too much work. Another main ...
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How do you take on less stress in a role than your predecessor did?
I'm a Senior Developer. My team's Tech Lead/Lead Developer was promoted to a newly-created role: Architect.
This guy was the epitome of stressed. He often didn't get full lunch breaks due to fires ...
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How to handle a senior colleague who is critical?
I have a senior colleague who is very intelligent and appears to recall absolutely everything he has ever witnessed, with clarity and immediate comprehension and insight.
I am not so gifted and have ...
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How can I recover my reputation and trust after snapping at my boss?
I’m the second-in-command for a web dev team.
Lately I’ve been really struggling with a task at work. I kept being pushed back with issues I didn’t anticipate, despite asking for help. Because of ...
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How can I address and prepare for potential layoffs?
Last week the organization I work for announced they would laying off 200+ positions (which is 6% of the workforce).
Some employees have already received lay off notices while others haven't heard ...
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How can / should I deal with my manager, who has already lost staff due to his behaviour, without leaving?
I joined my current company not even a year ago, I knew the manager (Paul) previously an old work colleague from many years ago. A guy who I've had on facebook but not seen during this time. But we ...
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Why do I feel like I'm working very hard yet feel very unproductive? [closed]
I'm a software developer and think myself very fortunate as I really enjoy writing code and learning about it and feel confident in my abilities. When I finish what I wanted to do for the day I feel ...
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How to avoid funny initiatives?
I recently started a new job as software engineer in a company with 100 to 200 employees. The company is run like a startup (flexibility, flat management, etc) and there are plenty of interesting ...
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Is it a good idea to switch teams within your company if you're under stress? [closed]
I work for a company where internal transfers are normal. I've been on my team for 2 years and a few months ago I started to look for a new one only because I felt bored and wanted to see something ...
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Lied on my resume about some dates and don't know how to fix it [closed]
I have been working at a new job for a couple days now but I got an email about a blip in my screening. they are asking for proof I worked a certain time at my old job. I wrote on my resume that I ...
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How to deal with non-stop callers in the service desk
For the last three months, I've been working in an IT department with first- and second-level IT support. This differs from a call center where someone picks up the phone and quickly creates a ticket ...
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I rendered 30 days but left behind a unbalanced one category
The branch I was assigned to was understaffed so I do both workloads, for the supervisor position and mine as assistant in operations. I also do accounting entries, reports, checks, investment,...
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How to manage time for studying after travelling 4 hours daily to work? [closed]
I'm a 2 years experienced Software Developer in an Indian company. My hours are 9 to 6 but I usually leave the office at 6:30-6:45 pm.
Normally my commute takes 1.5 hours in the morning and 2 hours ...
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How to politely ask my employer for reduced work time and less responsibilities?
Hello and thanks for your attention.
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Right now i am a full time software developer(among other things) in a small company, around 16 people, has been for now nearly 9 months, but due to ...
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Dealing with stress in coding interviews
I perform very poorly on coding interviews, I believe many people underperform in those interviews, but I feel like I am showing like 20% of what I got. In my last interview, the question was so ...
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I will be resigning due to an inability to finish my work, how to prevent in the future? [closed]
I have a number of projects that I am unable to finish on time. I will not be able to catch up, because I do not have the energy/focus to work more hours than I already do.
Everyone at work is ...
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Big 4, bad internship experience [closed]
Context: This is my third software engineering internships. The previous two were mid-size company in the US. I excelled at those internship, finished my works, got praised, got reference from my past ...
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Post toxic workplace blues [closed]
I was working in a workplace where my boss was bullying me and it was extremely stressful, after two months of leaving and even though i found a better job that paid more in a bigger company i can't ...
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Dealing with slow employees and stress; should I leave? [closed]
I currently work in an office environment. The times i work are 9am till 5:30pm. I have been working here for the past 8 years. I was promoted to manager of a certain department over a year ago. I ...
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How to deal with mean/rude supervisor?
I’m 9 months or so into a new position as a junior software developer at a large enterprise corp. I feel that my manager/supervisor is often quite mean and rude to me and I believe as a result my ...
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HELP! I shared a confidential offer letter from job A with another company (job b). Will I lose my offer? [closed]
I recently was given a very generous offer from a well known company (Company A) that I was thrilled to get. At the same time, I was interviewing with job B, which was taking some time, even after ...
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What should I do about a coworker that is slacking off and in turn, creating more work and stress for myself? [duplicate]
EDIT: I had to edit this because I realized this situation is very specific and I am too paranoid thinking someone from work will see. Thank you kindly to those who read through my backstory and ...
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Is maintaining 10-15 projects simultaneously considered normal for a software engineer in a small company?
I am working in a very small software company (2 developers - I am a senior one and an intern, and 2 designers) for 3 years. The working environment of this company is good. I worked very happily for ...
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kind of nervous about my upcoming new programming job
After a 6 month long battle I finally got my very first front end developer internship, mainly will be working in react. I am not very experienced when it comes to front end development, besides ...
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