Questions tagged [relationships]
Questions related to personal relationships in a work context.
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Drunkenly said something offensive to a coworker
So. Christmas dinner office party. Drank way too much too fast. Told a coworker he reminded me of a cow, but I didn't mean anything bad by it. He has this sort of "cow looking at the cars from behind ...
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Management Relationship [closed]
I am in need of some perspective.
Background
My boss and I have a good relationship overall.
She has told me several times that she is very good at reading people and situations.
Several people ...
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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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Senior colleagues are deriding my work
Let me give you some context before. I'm working in a very well-known international company as a DevOps Engineer with 6 months of experience. I feel so grateful and lucky to develop my skills and ...
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Hiring Significant Others
I work for a very small company: 4 employees including myself. We recently let go of our warehouse person. My customer service mentioned to me her boyfriend was unemployed and still looking for work. ...
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Why isn't everyone as excited as I am to work at my company? [closed]
I work at one of the most (if not the most) well-regarded companies on the planet, in terms of technical reputation as well as workplace benefits.
Orientation was great, and I was fully bought into ...
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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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Coworker reviewing code too late in process
Over the summer I changed jobs from a big company as a senior engineer to a way smaller company as a principal engineer. Now I oversee about 20 jr-to-mid-level engineers working on 3 different ...
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A recruiter said they may be able to represent me to a company, but a different recruiter has approached me first [duplicate]
Recently, a recruiter approached me for a role which turned out to not be the right fit for me. They said they had a few more roles coming up that they would "keep me on the cards for". One of these ...
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I am a personal assistant for a blind person and not sure how to deal with this problem [closed]
I work as a personal assistant for an older blind person, I will call her KK. This is a new job for me. She is very extroverted and has a lot of friends. The thing is that her male friends are all ...
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How can I react professionally to sarcasm by my manager?
My manager sometimes uses sarcasm. I do not know how to react to that.
An example from today:
Him: Did you implement this all alone?
Me: No, I used code found on the internet as a model.
Him: What a ...
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How do I unfriend a co-worker? [duplicate]
TL;DR; I want to unfriend a coworker for her overly attached behavior, but she is also a QA of some of the projects that I develop.
I was dragged into a group of 4 girls at work without me trying to ...
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Professional relationship with close friend, who may be acting illegally
It is not my main job, but as way to increase my knowledge in a different field, when I was asked by a close friend to assist him in his business of selling consumers products (he promised me some ...
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What should I do when coworker insults me [closed]
We have an online group to discuss stuff we work on.
There are multiple people in that group; those people are located in multiple countries.
I asked a question there.
A coworker (from remote location)...
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Can I be a reference for my girlfriend?
As stated I know the answer to the title is a hard no, but hear me out.
I started a side business setting up video game clubs for libraries and schools in my area while I was in college. Eventually ...
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My previous employer has asked me to fix a bug in code that I wrote for them
My previous employer wants me to fix a bug in the code I wrote while I was working for them. Should I provide assistance to them—on contract (paid) or for free—despite the fact I am no longer working ...
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How do I deal with an unreliable employer?
I am currently in the process of getting a job at a small company. I have known the owners of the company for a while, and they have expressed interest in hiring me.
My problem is that they are ...
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Is it ok to ask your employer for English lessons?
I have recently moved to an English speaking country and started working at a software company some months ago.
We are at that time of the year (apparently, since it's my first time) where we provide ...
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Is it fine to quit after company spends for future business trip?
Me and my fiance are in the same team under same manager. The manager and the rest of the team is unaware of this. We plan to tell them 2 months before our marriage. We are not sure what happens after ...
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Ex colleague wants me to introduce them to my contact, we are in the same job pool
An ex-colleague has asked me to introduce them to a contact of mine. I would normally do so without hesitation, but we are currently looking for the same kind of job. I was even planning on talking to ...
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How to tell boss about romantic relationship with coworker
I recently started a romantic relationship with one of my coworkers. How do I best inform my boss about the situation?
Background:
Our relationship has been growing for ~2 months now, we're both ...
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How to respectfully flirt with an intern? [closed]
I'm a project leader in a small (a few dozens employees) Spanish IT company.
In one of my projects there is a 22yo female intern (I'm a 29yo male) who I'd like to flirt with.
I noticed my attraction ...
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My boss is leaving the company. Is it okay to ask him for a LinkedIn recommendation?
I work for a fast-growing startup and I just found out that my direct manager (leading a team of ~25 people) will be leaving the company. I'm fairly confident that he's leaving because of the ...
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Why is it considered bad to "breach the line between private and professional interactions"
In an answer to the recent question Is it inappropriate to help an employee outside of work? It states that "you shouldn't breach the line between private and professional interaction"
Vaguely ...
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Is it unprofessional to car share?
To save some money, my colleague and I decided to start car sharing to and from work. Our workplace operates a flexible working policy between 7 and 7 and we often come in early and leave early to ...
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How do I deal with a coworker who offloads his work and personal tasks onto other coworkers? [duplicate]
I have a coworker that has no problems with offloading his work or even private things on other coworkers. He does not do this with me, since I have rebuffed him once, but he does this with a ...
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How to come out gay without jeopardising relationships with colleagues?
I have a friend who is openly gay, but the team does not know. The team refers to his partner as his girlfriend. This has been going on for a while, and it is now too awkward to go back and disclose ...
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How do I improve my relationship with difficult/pretentious colleagues?
I'm a programmer at a smaller company and I enjoy the responsibility and the freedom that this brings. It also mean that the professional relationships you have inside the company are more important.
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How to handle interpersonal issues with my supervisor at work? [closed]
I have been working at my job for over a year now and I have some minor but extremely annoying interpersonal issues with my boss. He's British and I'm Canadian but we are living in Ireland. I'm a ...
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