Questions tagged [working-conditions]
Questions related to the conditions under which one works, focusing mainly on occupational health and safety of the workplace
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Legality of company mandating employees to work late hours
The company I am employed at has a system where most (currently ~8) full-time employees are instructed to take turns staying late (previously 18:30, now down to 18:00) to make a pass around the ...
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How do I look more like I'm on a call when I'm sitting at my desk
My job means that lots of people want to talk to me or for me to go to meetings.
I am frequently sitting at my desk on a meeting with my AirPods in (I have long hair, so they aren't obvious) talking ...
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How should I reject a promotion that is based on compliance rather than merit?
I have been given the prospect of a promotion, which really is just a title change that comes with more responsibility, but not more money or more authority.
But it has happened that someone (let's ...
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Is there anything I can do so this does not happen to anyone else?
I had a really good job of 13 years; I was a biller for 10 years and then when they sold the company, they dissolved my department. I was the only employee in my department the new company kept. I ...
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Invited to give talk, but want to refuse
I'm currently WFH and I feel a bit embarrassed about how tentative I have been about returning to normal life (which is largely due to my elderly father and girlfriend, whom I both live with, being ...
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What is the chances of being asked to do a polygraph as a web developer? [closed]
I consider the request of a polygraph a complete deal breaker. I understand that a lot of companies in South Africa give employers the option to request one in the employment contract. I still will ...
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Is it acceptable for my employer to tell me to keep my laptop on overnight, running automation tests?
So I'm a trainee Automation tester and I have been given a laptop and have been told I need to run test cases overnight using Selenium. This requires me to have my laptop on all night running our ...
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How can I explain on my CV that I managed to successfully work with a difficult and needy customer without badmouthing the customer?
During the past year, I worked on a giant project ordered by a national government. This customer practiced what I would call a panic-driven-development - the project was ready and deployed months ...
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Boss locked me out of my email as a punishment for being absent for a few hours this week
I work at a startup and up until now I had a good relationship with my manager. He’s 15 years younger than me and he owns the company. He sees himself as a very ruthless manager and he prides himself ...
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Advice for final meeting with boss
I quit my job of 5 years after enduring years of overwork and sexism. In the past year, 7 women quit under similar circumstances and an additional one was forced out. Three of us had work-stress-...
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Working hours in EU with multiple jobs
I am working as an International research assistant (in a University Library) in Germany, a startup (based in London) ask me to work as a research consultant (kind of freelancer, 5-10 hours per week). ...
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Forced quarantine by company [closed]
As part of a new job for an international and well-respected company, a friend of mine is moving to a different country.
This country does not have in place a mandatory quarantine for travellers ...
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Forced to take 50% paycut with full working hours. What can I do?
I work for a software development company. Yesterday my company announced 50% paycut for all employees because of corona virus epidemic without reducing our work hours. Management is calling us ...
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How to ask for re-evaluation of salary and conditions when you are paid much less than the job market standard? [duplicate]
I'm a software developer working remotely for a company in a very developed country. I started working for them for a very minimal amount of money, because I just wanted to get started and hoped that ...
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Feeling bad about going home at the end of the shift
Does anyone also feel like they should stay extra hours at work or feel bad if leave on time while others are still there?
I don't have a shift sheet to fill or any control of my arrivals/departure at ...
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