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How much information to provide to my boss when taking a self-reported sick day?

My workplace allows employees to take sick leave of up to one week without a doctor's note. Essentially if you think that you shouldn't be around other people or know you won't be able to work you can call in letting your project lead and secretary…
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Before I leave my company, should I delete software I wrote during my free time?

I'm looking for other jobs because things have changed since I started my current job. The management is making things worse and my team is not getting any help. My question is, at my current job, I've written programs at my own free time to…
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Got the offer letter, but name spelled incorrectly

A silly question. I obtained an offer letter, but the name on it is spelled incorrectly. Should I ask for a correction or simply sign the document and then return? If I ask for a correction, how long should I wait for a reply?
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Should I still give two weeks' notice if I know my company won't honor a notice period?

In the US it's customary to give two weeks' notice when you resign and it would be considered very unprofessional to resign immediately, even if you're legally allowed to. At the same time, it's often said that companies who escort employees out…
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Should I tell potential future employers I am in love?

I am a computer programmer and I live in a mid-sized city. A year ago, I started making plans to find a better job and move out. About 3 months ago, just as my dream job was coming into focus, I met someone and fell in love. I'm not an impulsive…
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Boss wants my team to work weekends

I am currently managing an in house team of developers, late in a sprint my boss requested that the team gets some work done by Monday. He mentioned that if the work cannot be done on the Friday, that the team should work on Saturday. The team got…
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Drawing the line between expertise and arguing with the client?

I have a client who wants to scrap working, yet unstable software and the associated implementation and build it and some automation tasks from scratch. I obviously disagree with his point and idea and suggest that the software needs to be modified…
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How To Handle 'Revoked' Holiday/Vacation Time?

This recently happened to me and I was so taken aback by it that I didn't really respond (yet) - but I suspect I'll need to act soon (tomorrow). I'm a salaried employee with X days of vacation per year. The process for vacation here is that I…
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How to resign due to incompetence?

I work as an engineer at a technology company. For the past few months, we've had an issue that is caused by a deliberate limitation of the platform we're using. I'm the only engineer working on this part of the project, and given the limitation, I…
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Is it appropriate to ask why a coworker was fired?

So in the last month a few people have been terminated, 2 were old hires, 1 was a new hire. I've not heard any official reason why this is happening, just hearsay from colleagues. I'm relatively new to the company and I'm worried that my job might…
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Ethical to report a critical software bug; the project is due in three weeks

I am a 21-year-old graduate student computer science major, and I am doing an internship this summer at a well-known insurance company as a software developer. Before my current job, I was a research assistant at university, which is a very…
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Declining a job offer and added to blacklist

Company A extended me a job offer verbally two days ago (Monday). They promised to provide me a written job offer letter to review and consult with my parents, but they failed to do so because they're waiting for a start date from their client. What…
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Pornography In The Workplace

NOTE: This is a situation I've faced in a previous job, it doesn't relate to my current employment. I'm curious to know how people would handle this. Part of my job involves reviewing video clips which people have sent in. We review these videos…
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What are the chances and potential consequences of faked work experience being discovered?

A friend of mine has been unemployed for nearly 8 months, and is coming to the end of his unemployment benefits. After reading about how difficult it is to find jobs after 6 months of unemployment, I recommended adding a (fake) part-time job in his…
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What should I do when my company overstates my experience to prospective clients?

I just joined an outsourcing company this month. On the first day of work my manager asked me to update my resume to follow the company format. The only weird thing is that in the resume they gave me, my experience was boosted to 4 years, despite…
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