Questions tagged [social-nuances]
Items related to various dimensions of interpersonal conduct, including any of several practices, expectations or traditions within a given institution, organization or industry.
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How can I repair my relationship with management after accidentally getting access to a confidental document?
For context, I have been working here a month and requested access to an employee evaluation form I wasn't supposed to have access to. My skip skip level manager told my manager, and she started ...
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Can I give a book as a present to one of my bosses now he is retiring?
One of the owners of the company I work for is retiring. He always goes out of his way to be kind to people, and since I'm very shy I've always found very reassuring knowing he was in the company's ...
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How can I mitigate effects of a greatly reduced team due to situation I don't control?
Similar to my previous series of questions (here and here), this question involves dealing with the unpleasant consequences of dating a colleague.
Today, I found out my girlfriend, a project manager, ...
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Is hugging and handshakes between colleagues in Japan as a form of greeting a faux pas?
I just arrived in Japan last night and was met by colleagues in divisional headquarters. I and many of my visiting colleagues greeted our hosts / counterparts with handshakes and hugs as a sign of ...
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Can my UK company order me to join a social event?
I like doing my job and with COVID I love working from home with meetings via Teams. After COVID, I'm continuing working from home. My productivity is higher than in the office and I often work (...
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Interview process with aspergers
I have Asperger's and have major issues passing job interviews. In the past I have had a large number of job interviews (haven't kept count but probably somewhere between 60 and 100) and failed all ...
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What are the social expectations when leaving a job in the UK?
It's the last week at my current job and I was wondering about the exact social protocols / expectations for leaving employees in the UK. I'm leaving on good terms and everyone knows it's happening. ...
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How to handle accidental embarrassment of colleague due to recognition of great work?
I am a team / technical lead in the cybersecurity team where I work. Our current company has a peer recognition system where anyone can nominate anyone else for contributions above and beyond ...
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I'm elitist: how to avoid being detrimental to my team members and value their contribution?
My mindset
I'm elitist. I mean that I hold quite high standards when judging things and people.
An Uber ride on time, or an Amazon product that does what it says on the tin? That's worth 3 stars.1 4 ...
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Boss wants me to join a team I dislike
In short: How do I tell my boss I don't want to join this team, or how do I negotiate conditions for joining if needed be?
Long version:
There's a group in my company who is responsible for developing ...
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How to praise other people's work without sounding patronizing or insincere?
I recently started working with someone who throws around a lot of light praise to others, such as "good job on that!" "nice work" or "keep it up". He seems sincere but ...
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How to handle poor social behaviour to a old senior from a colleague?
Background
I am working in a small business (< 15 employees) as a software developer. Roughly half of us are. The rest is working as IT specialists for system integration. The coworker I am ...
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How to applaud in a teleconference?
Suppose a work culture/environment where, in an in-person meeting, if a presenter does a good job, other attendees express appreciation with applause/clapping.
Suppose now that the same meeting ...
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What do I do when a newly-hired manager occasionally dispensed praise and accolades towards me?
I work as a programmer in the information technology area. A new employee was hired to be a manager of an adjacent department, where the department is a 'customer' of my work. They request various ...
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Company indirectly discriminating against introverts, specifically INTJ
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On pretty much all tests out there, I heavily score as INTJ in the Myer-Briggs system. Some tests even suggest slight Asperger, combined with what I suspect is a healthy dose of OCD. I don'...
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