Questions tagged [deadlines]
Questions related to meeting or changing the predetermined end-point of a task or project
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Should I admit that I didn't meet a deadline due to stress from personal issues?
Last month I had a very difficult time (had to decide how our family property will be split between me and my brother and sister), and although it may sound weird, it was so stressful for me that I ...
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Should I deliberately work less to reduce expectations if my manager is giving me higher work load? [closed]
This question is a followup of another question I asked a month back: How can I handle too many expectations at a job I recently joined?
What has happened since then?
As expected, I have been given a ...
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How to speak to a supervisor about needing more help
I am brand new to a programming language and a job that knew I had to learn this programming language when I joined them.
I am feeling like the senior guy is expecting that I should already know ...
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What should I do if I am over tasked?
I would like to know what people on here do when they have a workload which is at maximum, and then they find a task they have runs over time. Examples:
Technical tasks which are difficult to solve ...
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Colleague keeps setting deadlines for me but never meets them himself. How to approach this?
In my job, I am part of a junior team who works with senior employees to support them in their roles. Usually we have several seniors who all need similar services, and the seniors normally say "...
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How to deal with an inflexible and difficult project lead
Alright, I work as a Data Scientist and here goes my situation. About a month and half ago, I was 'pulled into' an ongoing project led by a Mechanical Engineer also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in ...
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Working with very bad code but on a deadline
I am currently working as a newly assigned lead developer (just in name, not really leading anything) on the frontend code for a project which my employer wants to deliver to various clients.
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Start date pushed back because I didn't meet an address verification deadline that wasn't stated [closed]
I'm in the process of moving and had an email coming in last Monday for confirming my address so my work equipment would arrive on time. I figured I could get back to them a week before my start date ...
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Exact meaning of "application window will close on <date>": submission ok at <date> or only (<date>-1)? [closed]
A job ad says the following: "The application window will close on the 14th of January."
Does this mean on Friday the 14th applications can still be submitted until the end of the day or ...
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Ask again for a document in email
I want to write an email to a person that I already contacted to remind him about an application deadline, and that I need a document from him that I already requested but still got no response and ...
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Confront Manager about Unrealistic Report deadlines
Disclaimer: I know there have been a lot of posts already about unrealistic deadlines, but this one's a bit different, so please don't mark it as a duplicate right away.
Background: For the past two ...
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Job application form submitted after deadline [closed]
There was an on-campus internship opportunity at my college.I got the mail and deadline was 10AM 15
June.I misunderstood it as 10 PM.We had to fill a google form and attach our CV.Nevertheless I ...
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My Boss delayed a website launch from a client due to changes in workflow
Today was the deadline to deploy a new site for a client. I worked on this alone for the last month or so and finished mid last week. I told the client that their site will be live this Monday morning....
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How can I avoid providing a deadline to others who insist on it? [duplicate]
I'm often asked to look into projects or technical issues that I don't understand fully. If you've ever had to do this, you'll know that it's very hard to come up with a deadline or a completion date. ...
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I have been interviewing for my dream job, then things went fast with a different company and I receive an offer, how to professionally manage this?
I have been interviewing for the past two months with a company X that is one of "The big 4", for a dream job. Successfully finished several interviewing rounds and now my last and most difficult ...
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