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Questions about addressing difficult or complicated communication issues in the workplace. Communication in the workplace may take place in many forms (email, phone, face-to-face, IM) and between a variety of parties (coworkers, managers, reports, clients).
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Is the extreme don't-ask-us-just-google-it mentality safe?
There's an important variant on the scenario in the answer by @nvoigt - the boss didn't expect you to produce much, but you did. Now, because of his undermanagement, he has an architecture problem tha …
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How to deal with a boss who is resistant to new technologies and project solutions?
Your boss was a decent programmer in the past. Nowadays he's a better businessman than programmer. The things you list are classic business / engineering tensions: concrete revenue tomorrow versus abs …
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As the Big Boss does not trust the PM or myself and the project may be in jeopardy, how can ...
This is a tough situation and you have already done sensible things to try and solve it. With an obstruction to a project, the choice is to go through it, or go around it. DD controls money and resour …
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Brought on to failing project and might lose job
This is a supplement to the answer by @Kilisi, that key problems here are ownership and clear lines of authority to make project decisions.
Since the CEO has pulled you personally onto the project to …
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My boss says he's jealous when I tell him about a work achievement
It's meant as a compliment, but it may also show some limitations of your manager.
It's a broad brushstroke, but Australians are less free with compliments than other places. Excessive compliments can …
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Why would a company not allow applicants to ask questions during a job interview?
A slightly different context where this might happen is a short first interview for a technical job with many applicants who don't meet the criteria. A half hour phone interview checks whether it's wo …
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Colleague just won't let things go. It wastes time and affects my morale
The tactical communication strategies in the answer by @ColleenV are good. Use those. …
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Coworker has knowledge that I could use but they have problems staying on topic
As you realize here, not everyone has great communication or organizational skills, and continuing to plow time into an ineffective process is not going to help. …
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How can I get more feedback to improve my written comms?
Conventions around communication can be quite specific to an organization. Some orgs want everything written down in detail. Some are highly verbal. It also varies across a large organization. … Thirdly, I think it's a laudable goal to improve your written communication, and tie it to your objectives. …
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I am doing tasks not listed in my working contract
On career planning for programmers, the other answers are generally good and sensible. Yes, you should use the management structure in place, but also plan your own career next steps. One note of caut …
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