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What to do when your manager is being excluded by colleagues?
I recently joined a new company as a manager. My company is a large company where managers have several levels, e.g., Manager 1, Manager 2, Manager 3, Director, etc. It is slightly odd but not ...
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Can I refuse to review the work of the team tech lead if I have a lower grade than they?
Long story short, I work as a data scientist in a small team. The working environment is quite unusual. Key facts:
The lead data scientist's technical expertise wasn't checked during the interview (...
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How to ask about a work life balance and conflicts in the team?
I'm interviewing for a Software Engineering Team Leader. I already passed all the interviews. The HR scheduled a meeting for me to meet a Group Leader.
Is it okay to ask the group leader the following ...
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How can I raise behavioral concerns as a candidate?
Introduction
I'm waiting for an offer from a company I'm currently interviewing with.
The job is a Software Engineering Team Lead at a company with 300 employees.
My Interpretations
During the ...
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Unequal pay for web and app developers with the same experience - How should I approach my boss?
I recently got a great opportunity to work at an American company that sponsors visas. I am currently a web front-end developer, and there are two other developers on the team. One is an iOS developer,...
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How do you handle a coworker who does not know how to work in a team? [closed]
I've been seven months in a small company of thirty people, I work with another guy, who also happens to be one of the first employees of the company, in the same project.
This guy does not use the ...
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Startup scaling but ignoring its seniors' warnings - retry or give up?
I joined a small software dev startup in the moment they started scaling up. The software was a working prototype, a very complex one (multi-threaded CPU and GPU app pushing top notch gaming PC to its ...
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In what situations are you able to call the police at work to deal with abusive colleagues?
I am in England. Both I and many of my friends have experienced abusive/misogynistic/bullying that veers into mobbing/ harassment/sexual harassment at work. I think everyone's first instinct is to try ...
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Why do my bosses ask if I am okay?
I tend to care about my work and so I tend to work long hours.
I am a manager, so when my employees call out, I pick up their task and complete it. I am told I am an open book and my team and upper ...
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How can I protect myself from a sexual predator at work?
I’m an eighteen year old female, and I just started my first day at my new work placement as a farm-hand.
I spent 2 weeks searching for a work placement so I was very excited and grateful. I’m afraid ...
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How to handle emotionally, a chronically irritable manager?
This is in the context of a UK work culture.
I work in a small isolated team with a chronically irritable manager. I wouldn't go as far as to describe him as angry but he's certainly not merely abrupt/...
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Performance review without me invited [closed]
I am working in a small tech company and have done majority of the work by myself. There are times that I worked over the weekend or till 11 pm to make sure the project would be completed on time.
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For non-tech jobs, how important is facetime in the workplace for advancement if you are in a lower- or mid- level management position?
This has been something that’s been bugging me for awhile, and I wanted to get your guys’ opinion on it. Now that we are living in the post-COVID world (or hopefully soon once Omicron is done) with a ...
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Why would management get angry that an employee who is not valuable is leaving?
I have a problem understanding workplace politics. I usually google these questions. However, this is one scenario that I couldn't find an explanation for.
Disclaimer: I'm not exaggerating when I say ...
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Is it normal to have a distinction between "business" and "engineering"?
I've been in the software business for over a decade but haven't changed many employers so my view of the industry is somewhat narrow. However, in the limited experience I have, I've frequently come ...
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