All Questions
Tagged with employer-relations manager
19
questions
55
votes
5
answers
23k
views
Manager that is mad because I won't work during sick leave
In France, we have strong sick leave laws, with the prohibition of work :
If you are in a work stoppage (due to work-related or non-work-related illness or accident at work), you must refrain from ...
- 677
-3
votes
2
answers
462
views
What's it called when a manager changes narrative to employees in the wrong?
What's it called when a manager changes an employee issue with the organisation into the employee doing something wrong?
Example 1: Consider this as an example: employee reports a problem (say some ...
- 1
40
votes
6
answers
33k
views
I made a mistake last week and am trying to not get fired. I need help
Context:
I made a mistake last week and sent the wrong data (including other manufacturers' data) to them due to a copy & paste error in Excel. Yes, the sensitive data shouldn't be sent using a ...
-4
votes
5
answers
670
views
Is my boss insecure?
I'm struggling with my boss --- not for the first time.
I'm the kind of person that likes knowing what is expected of me, learning how to do it, and then working hard to excel at it.
What I am ...
- 93
2
votes
4
answers
16k
views
Manager does not reply to my message for days. What should I do if he ignores my follow-up message?
My message is regarding a time-sensitive issue. It's not a complicated question though, as it just requires a yes or no answer.
He read my message on the chat program we use, but he did not make a ...
- 39
51
votes
8
answers
15k
views
Gave a bad feedback to an employee on an appraisal and my manager has basically demoted me
I'm the marketing manager of a very successful start-up and the social media manager who I have been managing for the past two months and a half is really bad. She's incompetent, she's a bad colleague ...
- 1,443
89
votes
7
answers
26k
views
How to say No to idea given by team member, when I know from my experience that it is going to fail?
I have a very hardworking team, and I like when they try to think about a project with broader perspective. I want to respect their contribution and don't like to refuse their ideas, but sometimes I ...
- 841
2
votes
4
answers
3k
views
How do I talk to my boss about lack of support
I am the GIS Analyst for my company and work in the project management office. I want to preface that this isn’t a gripe about my job, I just feel the way things are being run is unsustainable.
My ...
- 761
40
votes
13
answers
13k
views
Humiliated in front of employees
I work at a small company of about 20 people. We have the owner/president, 2-3 managers (depending on how you look at it), and the rest of the people are employees. I'm one of the managers.
Each day ...
- 281
16
votes
12
answers
11k
views
Employee is not hitting 40-hour week expectation
Problem
Employee X is not at work 40 hours each week. For the last several weeks, Employee X has worked roughly 37-37.5 hours each week. Employee X is the primary web developer for each of our ...
- 211
9
votes
6
answers
1k
views
How to combat an experienced line manager who uses calculated silence effectively?
I'm a junior project engineer in small technical engineering team (not software or IT) and my line manager is an experienced technical person with extensive managerial experience. I have come up ...
- 99
-1
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How can I ask for more work and potential overtime work? [duplicate]
As it may seem odd to you but I had this question since long time ago. I am currently working as a contractor for a big fin-tech firm in Northeastern US. We are doing financial quantitative projects ...
- 9
10
votes
2
answers
3k
views
How do I tell my boss that he may be underestimating how much work/cost my project entails? [duplicate]
Background
I'm an intern in a small engineering firm. Every engineer in the company is a mechanical engineer (including my boss), whereas my tasks purely entail software development. I'm only working ...
- 109
73
votes
9
answers
37k
views
Is it okay for my family to intervene when my boss treats me unfairly in the first few days of work?
I'm an 18 year old student who just started a part time job a few days ago.
This was what happened: I went for the interview for the part time job and was told that the boss's wife would give me a ...
user45467
0
votes
1
answer
343
views
How to address The Commissioner General of an authority
I am the class president of a customs and tax (revenue) administration school in a country x.
The last lot (2yrs ago) the remuneration for the trainees was double, almost triple our current stipend. ...
- 137