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Tagged with manager communication
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Too many pull requests in backlog
I work in a small company, and my manager is involved in managing 2 projects as well as doing his own coding. I am increasingly frustrated as there is a queue of 50 Pull Requests waiting to be either ...
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Owner is determining raises based on customer work
Each year the company owner determines raises to go out to each employee. This year I accidentally read a memo addressed to HR that a lot of weight will be given to how "billable" an employee is. ...
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How to deal with manager who refuses to communicate with a team member?
One of the newly appointed managers always keeping an eye and criticizing the habits of one of the employees. He always keeps getting frustrated for one or another reason because of him, As being ...
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Should I tell my manager that I am being targeted by the team?
There were some lay offs recently, and I have noticed that I am being targeted by the team as a prompt to be the next to get laid off. For example:
Performance hits by decreasing estimates of my work....
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(Would be) teammate called me privately to tell me he does not wish to work with me
I've never faced anything of this sort before.
I interviewed at this firm for a position, for which I was rejected, but after the interview the manager requested if he could hold on to my resume for ...
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Should My Non-Technical Boss Try to Code?
This question is as straightforward as it sounds. Do I have the right to demand that he stay out of my projects due to fear he'll not know what he's doing?
He basically googles things and tries them ...
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How to annouce a first name change in the workplace?
I am currently going through the application to legally change my first name. I don't identify with my current first name anymore and it is not representative of the person that I have grown into.
I ...
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How to proceed if you detect a business mistake that has been done and repeated for a long time?
Today I overheard a couple coworkers on an unrelated business area talking about a SQL query they were using for two years that turns out is not quite correct. They were talking about what specific ...
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What does it mean if the upper boss gives me tasks, though I am not directly under him?
I'm working at a university as a software developer and I've developed some systems in free time (because of stuff that annoyed me). The boss of the faculty of computer science and me came into ...
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Am I entitled to ask my boss about rumours of my transfer?
I'm working at a rather large company with some relatively intricate politics. I have been here for under a year. My manager as well as others I have worked with have expressed that they are extremely ...
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Expressing gratitude for a raise
I love my job but I've been looking at other opportunities because I know I'm underpaid.
A few months ago, my manager had a very open conversation with me about how much the company values me & ...
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How to deal with a (indirect) boss who tells me not to ask questions, but then downgrades me at review time for not asking more questions?
A bit of background first: My employer is a subcontractor on a contract with a large organization. My work is done at the client's site. My corporate supervisor rarely sees or talks with me; instead I ...
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Should I approach my manager about an incompetent tech lead?
I work as an engineer in a team structured as follows
project manager (my manager)
└─── lead data scientist (my technical lead)
└─── me (and other engineers)
Unfortunately, I'm not convinced ...
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How to deal with violent language from superior in workplace
Background:
I am junior developer (about 1 year of experience) who was recently hired at a company smaller than 150 people less than 6 months ago. The web software team is made up of less than 5 ...
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How to set boundaries and define my role with the people above me?
I am a senior developer working in this team for 4+ years and have deep technical & functional knowledge about 3-4 internal applications that this team is managing.
Involved persons:
Developer (...
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