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Questions relating to the various physical and psychological factors in the workplace.

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Is it really inappropriate to ask someone out in the workplace?

Im going to take a different tone to the existing answers. Go for it. Seriously, you stated that your company policy doesn't explicitly forbid it, so there is no real company-side risk for this. Be …
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Workplace is starting to turn into a toxic environment. How can I improve it?

In general it looks like you need a more confrontational and direct course of action against him. You already decided that you will be looking for a new job, so you aren't constrained by this being a …
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How should I communicate my unease with a new policy?

My company has instituted a new policy that requires me to share the best and worse events from my personal life once a week with my manager. That is entirely and positively off the rocker. Y …
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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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Entry level doing development at customer site alone - normal?

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 …
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How to urge the top management about resolving washroom crisis in office

There is a very easy case to be brought to upper management here. "The situation with the bathroom queues right now means X manhours are beeing wasted every day due to waiting times at washrooms. Thi …
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Dealing with a racist work environment

You can't really change your coworkers. Your only sensible option is to keep your head down, avoid making direct statements, deflect and search for a new job with the utmost priority. It may be uncom …
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Colleague commenting negatively on my look

At first she usually put it as a joke, but lately, she started openly insulting me in front of other colleagues with "just shave that, you look terribly" etc. Thats not okay. You need to push …
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Dealing with expensive office traditions

In the company I work at (more than 200 employees), it's customary to buy cakes for everyone when it is your birthday. This is all but an explicitly stated requirement -- it's taken very seriously. Al …
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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 wants to create an administrator account on my work computer that only he has the...

Does your company have an IT department? If so, your manager should definately talk to your System Administrator to see if this is all in the green. Otherwise, if your company doesn't, who generally …
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Is a 1 or 2 person programming team a red flag when looking for work?

I am looking for work as a software engineer, and I am suspicious about companies that have very small software teams. Small companies or companies where IT is only in an auxillary function do …
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