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Móż
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Told to report to unexpected work location at new job
It would also be worth finding out how often your work location is likely to change. There's important differences between "this week B, but I'm trying to get you moved to C, and eventually A" and "you work at B. Always B".
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Does the first person to mention a number in a salary negotiation lose?
I have gone for "low starting wage, review after 6 months with explicit pay rate or fire" and in all but one case was put onto the higher rate between one and two months later. In the last case they waited six months then tried to negotiate the salary down. I had to go to the company owner (who I'd made the agreement with, and it was written into my contract) before they paid. That was only one reason I left before I'd been there 12 months, but it was characteristic of the problems. It was a bad match on several grounds.
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My boss frequently calls me outside work hours. How should I deal with it?
I've been in this situation and I found that a combination of status updates and not answering the phone works 99% of the time. One employer instead wanted to give me a cellphone, until I pointed out that my contract specified average hours of work and of course time spent dealing with the work phone would be part of my working hours. Suddenly it wasn't so important after all :)
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How can I prevent loud meetings near my desk?
Part of the point is to interrupt their meeting, so that in future they will close the door themselves just to avoid the interruption. It's also very hard to complain about "hey boss, when we have meetings this rude person who sits near the room keeps closing the meeting room door".
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Is it appropriate to ask for a raise as a student?
I would be inclined to phrase it as "I know of the policy, but wonder if it is flexible or whether an exception could be made since {all your reasons}"
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How do exit interviews benefit the company?
Thinking about this, it's also good to make sure that as much as possible what you'd want to say in an exit interview gets said while you still work there. It's IMO better to leave saying "I told you this needed to change, it didn't, so I'm going".
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Director wants me to draft an 'internal reference letter' - about me. How should I go about this?
I would work on the spelling and grammar of the letter more than the author of this quick sketch has, though. This is a content guide only! And do try to get your gender correct, if only to avoid misunderstandings.
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How to interview for a job in the tech industry, with long hours and without a formal PTO policy at current job?
So when you get hit by a car and end up in hospital for a week, what happens? Does your boss eventually get around to calling you and say "hey, I've noticed you haven't been around much?"
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Meager raise after herculean effort
What would be a useful answer to you? At this stage this reads like a rant. I'm more interested in the management/ownership politics than the "I worked hard" part - what are your relationships with the owners like, since you seem to be dealing directly with them. How you asked why? Have you made you desire for equity explicit? What was their response? Are they dealing with you indirectly via email or something where you can ask directly?
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Hearing rumors one of my employees is interviewing elsewhere
do you mean "make you feel more appreciated" rather than "more appreciable"
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Resigning when you are on annual leave
Sorry! I read exclamation marks as shouting! That's ridiculously old school, I know, and probably pedantic. What do you use them for?
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Should I allow my boss to make me an offer to stay when I'm planning to resign for a different job?
FWIW I got a raise from $85k to $100k based purely on performance within a role (programming), so it's not completely out of the question.
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Dealing with aggression where contacting HR is discouraged
@sleske he mentions Ukraine in his profile, so I'm guessing in or near there.
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