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Build new company software on my own time? Or is that overstepping? [closed]
I started working at this company about a year ago. I work on a team that maintains their web application.
The web application was built about 20 years ago using Java Spring and is extremely outdated ...
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Old foe is now my boss [closed]
Questions
1-Is there any way of arguing that gets me out of this new boss that sounds reasonable and professional?
2-How can I keep upper management informed about my dissatisfaction, even if I manage ...
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How should I tell my boss that I'm going away for another company?
Premise:
I'm 21, and I've started my path for my current company when I was 16 in a school internship. Then for all next years every internship or every holidays I was working for them as a software ...
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My boss doesn't want me to have a side project [closed]
It all started back in February when I decided to start an e-commerce store.
When my boss learned about it, he started talking less and less to me. Some days he doesn't talk to me at all, like he ...
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How to foster relationships with managers that are geographically distributed
I'm a manager of managers - and I have a counterpart on the other side of the ocean with ~9 hours offset.
I'm wondering how I can foster the relationship between those managers that are located here ...
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Colleague left me with his unfinished work [closed]
TL;DR: By the end of the day, a colleague of mine told the high level boss that she must go home and that I can handle the task by myself. While the task had nothing to do with me except for her ...
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Dealing with attraction to my boss [closed]
I'm a recent college grad who finally got my first real programming job. For better or for worse, I am extremely attracted to my boss and have quickly developed feelings for her. This seemed awesome ...
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How can I maintain my friendship with a person if they were to become my boss?
I am a software developer and have been working at my current company for nearly three years. A very close friend of mine, Bob, is also a software developer at another company, but in a more senior/...
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Possibly overheard that my manager will be replaced, should I notify him? [duplicate]
It is quite clear my team manager and the general manager don't go along that well. The general manager thinks he is unfit and would like someone he knows well on the position. However the team ...
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Coming into the office early and leaving early [duplicate]
It was brought to my attention (from part of my boss) that my coworkers have told him that they've noticed I've been leaving 10 minutes early. I leave early because I have an hour commute to work - if ...
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My boss frequently calls me aside for long private conversations about office politics. I'm unsure how to react
My boss often calls me aside for long private conversations, usually outside the building or over the phone, where he lets me in on higher level discussions and "drama" taking place between him and ...
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Boss expects me to work some weekends but doesn't ask if I'm free, wasn't discussed before joining
I'm a recent (1.5 years ago) graduate, and I joined a new company about 6 months ago in an in-house tech position. Shortly after joining, I was asked to spend some time to deploy a new release on the ...
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Development Team vs Management Team - Politics [closed]
I am a team lead, in a company that may be a little "disfunctional" in its organization. There is a separation between development team(at least some team members, but that has been increasing), and ...
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What should I do when the boss "pulls rank" to get their problems solved over our customers' problems?
My boss and I were reviewing items in a bug fix list. One of the bugs was relatively low priority: the program is rarely used in the way that produces the bug, and there is a work around which avoids ...
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Am I in a "supervisory relationship" as an unofficial team-lead? [closed]
Am I in a "supervisory relationship," or do I have a "reporting responsibility" over a colleague in a team I happen to be the most experienced developer on?
Company policies:
If employees begin a ...
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