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Along the same line of listening and paraphrasing what you heard back to them. Take notes and show the notes back to that person. Or use a whiteboard to help them keep track of what they're saying whi …

If it were me, I'd email the boss before I'd contact HQ. Written requests usually get taken more seriously (since by implication, they can be forwarded to management by the original sender if they'r …

In the future, present your ideas privately one-on-one to the usual meeting participants before you bring them up to the entire group in the larger meeting. Group dynamics are weird, and it's much eas …

Fantasize about the other person doing well, even without your input. Visualize it. I know this is hard. But the more you do this kind of visualization, the easier it will be for you in the long run. …

But when I try to correct them, they rudely tell me not to do so. That settles it. Their argument is that they don't need to speak perfect English, it just needs to be good enough for the …

Some of their feedback don't really make that much sense to me; it's as if they didn't really take the time to review my code. They don't want to discuss it. End of discussion. That being sai …

I've been told that there is a hard tenure requirement for advancement in my current group. As I see it, this is the main issue. Either you need to change your current group, or change your cur …

This is what I would say (say, not write. Do not put anything like this down in writing. And do not say anything like this in front of others, but him). Want a promotion? Do not tell anyone I told …

For the sake of brevity, I will try not to duplicate the already good advice given in other answers. Ask yourself what you want. Do you want your old job back? Do you want a promotion to leapfrog yo …

How would you handle it? Boss asked about meeting, should I forward invite without getting on bad side of Boss’s boss? Assuming that this wasn't an oversight: Scenario #1 If your boss only as …

Option 1 https://suggestionox.com/ (not to be confused with the current solution the OP's company is using) Is it really anonymous? Yes, by default we don't collect any identifiable information from …

"What the heck happened to Ed?" "He couldn't deal with being told he wasn't doing his job". Clearly not politic. Your response is "clearly politic" and "clearly" defensive, since you would …

I can only speak about my own experience. You be the judge whether this applies to your colleagues. Personally, I don't usually reply inline, but when I do reply inline, it's because the email I am r …

But the question hinges on the Male vs. Female issue since the criticism was in essence that it was harder on her, as a Woman, than if I had issued the same criticism to a Man. Do you really respond …

A query was made. You cleared it up. It most likely wasn't even written down. Why bring it up again? Would you have preferred that the interviewer not asked you that question and then failed you autom …