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How to respond when asked to work with a technology you have not worked with yet?
I am currently working in a software development company. During team meeting my reporting manager asked me to look into issues related to node.js (one of the technology) whereas till date I worked ...
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How would it be perceived by future employers if I had quit my job just after one month in, due to the work culture not being suitable for me? [closed]
I am from south Asia and I am thinking about quitting the current job which I joined a month ago. Reasons are,
500 developers are working in a single git repository ( backend, frontend, tools etc ) ...
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Should I report my manager?
At my place of work, we have many employees who
Refuse to do their assigned work
Do others' work and not their own
Abandon their workspace whenever
Yell at customers
Just leave whenever things start ...
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Everyone suddenly started ignoring me! [closed]
I had some problems with my manager that she refused to discuss, so I decided to stop trying. Due to the nature of my work, I had to travel to another country. I left in good terms with everyone, I ...
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How do I handle malicious coworker making work unbearable
I recently started working for a small team. At the same time company hired another person for the same position. We were meant to form two person team, because our competences are complementary. That'...
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When in a conflict with someone, should I tell them that I intend to speak to their superior?
In a workplace, if there is a conflict with a coworker, the best approach is to talk to the coworker about the problem directly. If a resolution cannot be reached, one can then try talking to the ...
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How should I deal with coworkers who don't want to engage in small talk?
I work with a great team of people. I'm the only female, and I'm younger, while the others are middle-aged. We usually get along great, have fun, engage in ridiculous banter, and share a lot of laughs....
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Tricky situation causing great mental fatigue
Context
Asking for my mum. She is a head at a warehouse. There is a new employee that has been causing some hassles. This has created some tension.
Description
The new employee, by all accounts, is ...
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Ex boss doesn't want me to work on a project---rest of the dev team wants to go behind their back
An odd situation has been arising at work, specifically within the team I'm on, and I wanted to ask about it here to see if anyone's been in a similar situation.
People:
BigBoss - Team head
ExBoss - ...
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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 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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How do I approach my manager about passing my work to a colleague?
I have been at this job for under a year. There is some very obvious duplication of work responsibility between my colleague and me. The colleague has started to stay away from work a lot.
I am ...
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Is it professional to tell my manager about office bullying
I have worked in this company for a few years and have changed managers a few times due to organizational change. My current manager is a really cool guy and it was great working for him. There is an ...
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