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How should I face my manager if I make a mistake because a senior coworker explained something incorrectly to me?
I work as a software engineer, in this situation we have two people, John and Mike, John is my boss and Mike my teammate.
John ordered me to do a task that I didn't know how to do exactly, the task ...
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What to say in one on one with a manager that's not my boss
There are several questions here and other articles on the web about how to handle one on one meetings with your manager. I have a weird situation and need advice about a strategy in this case.
The ...
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Group manager threw me under the bus to save her friend
I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do.
Back story: I was put on a project that was far behind and was very low developer quality adhering to no set of standards or practices. The project was not ...
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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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Many employees including my manager leave their computer unlocked - how to Enforce good practice? [duplicate]
My manager constantly leaves his computer unlocked. The problem is that he's the IT director, and I'm the IT Systems Administrator, and I leave my computer locked whenever I'm not near it. How can I ...
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How to deal with a manager who is bad-mouthing my client?
I'm currently working in a small team where my client can be seen as my line-manager, although he is not. My client and me are working for department X of the group Z. I'm contracting.
Another team, ...
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How should I tell my manager I'm not paying for an optional after work event I'm not going to?
My manager planned a night at the ball park work event. She asked us all to reserve a ticket by putting $10 down a couple weeks ago. It was made clear to me that this reservation was not requiring me ...
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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 ...
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How do I handle a potential work/personal life conflict as the manager of one of my friends professionally? [closed]
I have a rather peculiar situation.
My wife and I have a couple who we are friends with, and recently the woman (let’s call her Jane) was hired in my company and works in my team (I’m her manager!). ...
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My manager is forcing me to clean, vacuum, wash, and take out the garbage during trade shows
I am a marketing project manager working in an American company based in France. This role includes planning and managing logistics for industry events. I am responsible of managing end-to-end all ...
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Is it my job as manager to resolve a conflict between two of my direct reports?
If as a manager you had a situation of conflict/friction between some team members, setting aside their responsibility to collaborate in improving the situation, do you also look deep into the root ...
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How to deal with favouritism and credit stealing [closed]
TL;DR: I can not leave my job right away, how to handle a situation where my manager is more lenient towards his favourite while maintaining (wittingly or unwittingly) a different array of ...
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What to do about manager who isn't assigning any work?
I was, a year back, reassigned from one job role where I had a manager who was assigning me plenty of work, to a new project role with a different manager, who generally isn't assigning me any work. ...
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I snapped on my boss, when and how should I apologize?
I recently snapped on my boss. He's the CEO of a small company.
I regularly have scheduled meetings with another boss where you talk about work life, complaints, suggestions, etc. In the last year or ...
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Is it reasonable to send warning over a phone going off [closed]
I work as a software developer in an IT service company. Our office has about 50 people. Usually we have our phones on silent mode. Once in a while (approx 1-2 times a month) a phone goes off, since ...
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