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Questions referring to how one presents themselves and interacts with others in a professional environment

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Does the general advice to not date coworkers also apply to employees of companies your comp...

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 …
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39 votes

Reimbursed more than my travel expenses for interview

The most likely explaination is that they have some minimum reimbursement amount or whoever was responsible decided to not do the math or look it up and go for a round 100$ instead. The reason this i …
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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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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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Invitation to team lunch for project I haven't contributed to

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 …
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3 votes

Disclosing information on your disabilities: How and when?

Only when strictly necessary. You're not doing yourself any favors by disclosing. I know it sucks, and it's by law outright illegal to discriminate for disability status, but that's the world we're l …
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69 votes
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Hair length as part of the dresscode

I was wondering if this is generally normal and accepted as part of the dress code. My employer has no real formal dress code outside of not wearing jeans and t-shirts with print on them, but they do …
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Can it be seen as negative having applied for a job posting late at night?

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 …
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2 votes

Employer changed duties - possible bait and switch?

How do I approach my manager about this ? Should I wait for a while and see if things improve or should I request that I join another project ? Ask yourself what you want to gain from such a …
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9 votes

Would it be appropriate to ask a colleague out?

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 …
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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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134 votes
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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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Contract to Hire-pregnant

First of all, you should probably start looking at other jobs right about now. Considering that pregnancy shows at a certain point, you do not have the chance of keeping it entirely secret from them …
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2 votes

Adding projects to résumé as a consultant

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, …
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3 votes

Is it ok if I share my code solution as part of a recruitment process publicly for a peer re...

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 …
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