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Questions regarding the people one works with. This includes questions about communication, teamwork, or other issues caused by ones co-workers.

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What happens if I poison a co-worker who has been stealing my food?

I strongly recommend against doing this. First of all, since you didn't do this before and started doing this after your lunch was stolen (which was brought up with management), there is probable cau …
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Coworkers lying to supervisor

Is it appropriate for me to report them, should I even bother if I am am only there for another week? That depends. Do you think your supervisor will actually lend credence to your report, or d …
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Employee wants to bring in his dog for a kids event

I'll suggest the divergent path here. I tried to explain to him that the point of Bring Your Child to Work Day was to expose children to different careers in the workplace and to inspire them. …
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Is it rude to correct a non-native English speaker?

As a non native english speaker, yes, please do. Its not rude, and he probably doesn't know he is making mistakes. If you are so inclined, please take the time to correct him. The vast majority of peo …
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Coworker is not making any progress (how to help him?)

From what it sounds like in your description, the first thing he needs before anything else is an intensive english language course, followed by alot of work on his programming. There is only so much …
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Is it rude to email a coworker that I expect him to do something?

You've mentioned that you don't manage this guy. Your choice of using "I expect you to" rather than "I would like you to" or "It'd be better if you would" sounds very much like an order. But since you …
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Dealing with collegue who tries to steal projects

Firstly, who assigns your projects to you? Your manager? In that case, talk to your colleague first and state that you find his current behaviour problematic and that it makes you uncomfortable. Try n …
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What to do when you're completely out of work and your co-worker tells you to “just go and r...

You really should take his advice to heart. If there is nothing to do, the best use of your time is to save time for your company in the future by getting up to speed now. There's a reason they don't …
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My boss tells me to send a copy to him of all emails sent from a colleague

Disclaimer: This is not legal advice, it should not be taken as legal advice, I'm not establishing a client relationship with this, etc. This is the musings of a random german off the internet, you ne …
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Colleague used admin access to view my private employee order

What would be the best way to handle this? Your response to this depends heavily on how much trouble you want your colleague to get into. The mild variant is to write him a strongly worded email …
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Coworker is lying about having kids to get extra time off. What should I do?

You probably somewhat realise this yourself but He's not on my immediate scrum team, so it could be safe to just stay out of this completely. Is completely correct. It might offend your sense …
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My manager has read out my Resignation Letter to my work colleagues, what should I do?

We can't give legal advice here, and a lot of what you can do depends on the laws of your country. First off, reading a resignation letter out loud is a horrible breach of trust, and you should absol …
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