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For questions about the tools and practices of management, including business management, project management, performance management and other management disciplines in the workplace.
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Can layoffs have a "positive" effect for a business due to the remaining employees thinking ...
the remaining ones will work hard in fear that if I don't work harder I may be the next
Much more likely that the remaining ones will think "better jump, before I get pushed".
And, the best of …
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Being forced to give an expert opinion in an area that I'm not familiar with or qualified in
Perhaps an alternative?
As someone who has spent *cough* decades developing telecomms software (exchanges, eNodeB (cell towers), handsets - plus sat com), I can tell you that you have zero chance of g …
9
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Company uses my junior subordinate to de-value my position and contribution
Problem: Company is using junior to de-value my position. By claiming
that the junior level be able to do at same level as mine.
Ask the junior if he thinks that he can do the job as well as yo …
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Getting Go-ahead From Team Leader
How I can properly suggest this to my team leader ?
"Hey, boss, team X is using tool Y and it saves them Z hours every week". It's as simple as that.
Do it in a chat, wait for a team meeting, s …
7
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Confront Manager about Unrealistic Report deadlines
(and that probably applies at every level up the tree)
Polish your CV and get out of Dodge, before you work yourself into an early grave for management who seem to be contanstly testing your limits. …
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How to provide anonymous feedback about a problematic manager in order to be helpful?
"this is a large figure, as the company has a generally low employee turnover" - and upper management hasn't noticed this? …
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How do I convince management to listen to their employees regarding the workplace or profess...
Would your management accept this?
If not, and you intend to move on, tell them exactly why you are going, and that others who left told you the same thing (but that you won't name names). … That's about all that you can do, given the fact that management refuses to accept that they are to blame. …
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Letting an employee know that another is better suited for a task?
You might have asked them to define how you would make the choice. Find some set of criteria which they could both agree on, suggested by them. And then you decide.
Offer some other "goodie". You sa …
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How to handle my boss withholding information from me?
TLDR: Boss is a great guy but doesn't know what he's talking about
when it comes to tech. Asks me to implement stuff, micromanages me,
and keeps me out of the loop about the advances in the com …
1
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How to get a response from a busy team?
I do get asked before receiving teaks, and I can make suggestions, which can result in changes, but the onus is on management to schedule my work. …
0
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Is it acceptable to give manager feedback about something that didn't happen to me, specific...
So, John says it's not your problem since you may not know the full story and clem says it might affect you, so you should take to your boss.
What about the middle way? Go to the boss to discuss it a …
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Will switching out of IT hurt my chances of getting into IT later?
The thing is - will you want to move back to IT in three years time? You can't predict the future. Perhaps you will look on the new job as the best move you ever made. You obviously like the idea of i …
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Inherited nightmare scenario, looking for advice
Also, this is not your problem, but management – of both companies - who are responsible for arranging a smooth handover.
Is there someone on the other team with whom you personally resonate? … Again, this is a management problem, as they should have been tracking the project, including documentation, not just coded, all along. …
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An important collaborator is delaying my project with perfectionism and lack of turnaround -...
Show them this, with special attention to "good":