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Manager does not develop employees [duplicate]
I'm working as an offshore Senior ERP Developer with a BPO Company for over a year now and my Manager and peers are working in the United States.
I've been successfully been taking on large projects ...
user62478
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Manager does not respond to my emails [duplicate]
I am a software engineer from the Ukraine working in a multinational company. My manager is located in the USA. I have a communication problem with my manager that I will explain with an example.
I ...
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How can I turn down a promotion gracefully?
I am about to be offered a very large promotion, but it would require me to relocate which I don't want to do. I will hear out the offer, but am almost sure I will end up turning it down. When doing ...
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Boss plays loud music affecting my concentration. How do I take this up with him? [duplicate]
I am a software developer, and recently joined a new company. Five of us, including my boss, work in a small office.
My boss plays music very loudly while he works — the kind you hear in nightclubs —...
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How can I better understand manager or clients with strong accents?
In most of my daily life, I can understand most of the American English(and some Chinese) speaking people I come into contact.
But in my office/workplace, there are more and more people with a heavy ...
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My manager wants me transfer to another location that I am not comfortable with
I am currently working in a place that is near my home. My manager wants me to transfer to some other place that I don't want to go (family reasons).
How can I tell him politely that I don't want to, ...
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Former Manager still giving me tasks
I'm working as an offshore Senior ERP Developer with a BPO Company and have a Onshore Manager ("MM").
I have some issues working with MM, and to name a few examples:
I feel he doesn't want ...
user62478
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What's the most polite way to tell a manager "shut up and let me work"?
I'm the youngest/most junior in my office and often one of my managers will come and give me something to do or change some requirement for a project, then just stand behind my desk repeating the same ...
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How can I debate technical ideas without being perceived as arrogant by my coworkers?
I'm somewhat new in this job (6 months) as a frontend/backend developer. My boss, whom I consider a really capable and smart manager, has a system for measuring developer performance, in which I ...
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How should I respond to a boss who complains if I'm 5 minutes late?
My boss wants me at work by 8:00 a.m. Outside of rush hour, my drive to work takes about 15 minutes. During rush hour the commute time can vary greatly. (Public transporation isn't a reasonable ...
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How do I tell my boss that he may be underestimating how much work/cost my project entails? [duplicate]
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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 ...
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How to deal with mixed messages during the probation period?
TL;DR: My probation period may be extended, but my manager can't articulate how I can improve and is trusting me with long-term, high profile projects. How can I encourage him to be clear on how I can ...
user27483
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Reporting possible damage to company owned IT equipment
Yesterday at work, I was finishing my morning espresso when my phone rang and in reaching for it, accidentally spilled some of the drink on the computer keyboard. I immediately unplugged the equipment ...
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What to do if your manager is biased towards a specific candidate?
Recently my manager has started looking for candidates for our team. One candidate in particular he was very bias towards because he worked with him in the past and despite not having a lot of ...
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How can I be more "proactive" at my job?
Some background:
I'm a programmer working in a group of electrical engineers in a very engineer-focused department. I have no education or training as an engineer, and have next to no overlap with my ...
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