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To be quite honest, its a little shocking that people would even go that far in the workplace. It is ofcourse unprofessional and unacceptable at the same time. You should have a word with these perp …

I haven't been officially invited for this yet. If I am (just because the entire team A is going), I want to be prepared with a response. Head says I should just join and go along with it, b …

(it had a sexist joke, but our group jokes around ALOT with it). Im gonna stop you right there. So not only do you admit to making sexist jokes in the general email, you admit that your team is d …

First of all, since you have not mentioned where you live, you will have to follow local laws. Be aware that some offices both in the USA and in Europe require a doctors note for every sick day you ta …

The thing, however, is that in one previous email, they asked me not to share or publish the problems they assigned to me. This is dangerous for you. What that means is that probably, the compa …

Absolutely not. It's one thing if you ask someone out you've known for a long time, and there was a connection or familiarity beforehand. That's still not ideal to do at work, since that person usual …

Absolutely not. There are at least 10 reasons that I can imagine for why you would apply late at night, and none of them would be of any interest whatsoever to me as an employer. I'd hazard a guess …

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. …

My question is: does this advice also apply to employees of companies that your company does business with? To give a concrete example for my situation: one of the receptionists at the front de …

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 …

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 …

I find it very strange that he said he wishes there were more women in this industry but then rips my head off? Thats not acceptable, and neither is tearing into a Junior because she doesn't ge …

Its a sign that your company trusts you to not mess up. Thats an awesome opportunity for you to learn, grow, and leverage in future salary negotiations. It may or may not be normal on your company, bu …

Yes, and you should be honest as to what happened and do it as soon as possible. If you come clean right away and explain that it was a honest mistake, you will easily be forgiven. If they find out l …

That depends heavily on the kind of work you do and what you signed when accepting this project. If its a publicly visible project, like a website, most clients probably won't mind you mentioning it, …