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Should I ask for a pay raise for employees I manage?

I talked with one of my team members about another guy who is quitting. During the talk, he mentioned that it might be because there was no pay raise for the past 2 years. These guys (one who I was talking to and another guy who is quitting) are…
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Personal and legal liability with respect to inexperience?

I am a recent Bachelor's graduate in computer science - I have been employed in the field for less than a year. My current employer is asking me to design and implement a relatively advanced information security schema, and it makes me somewhat…
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Is there anything too menial to be done by an intern?

I am a student, currently interning at a fairly new startup. (I am amongst the first 10 employees). I have a role of a software developer there and the work for the most of it is very good. The pay is also sufficient, but there is just one small…
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Should I disclose a 'learning disability' (dyslexia) to my employer?

I'm a CS undergrad. As undergrads are prone to do, I worked an internship at a tech company last summer. They seemed to like me, so I got a return offer. I'm back this summer, but the company's intern program has changed slightly, to include a final…
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Is it ethical to include opinion based code comments for future developers?

Scenario: You are a developer working alone for a company. You are due to leave the company in the near future and your successor will not be starting until after you leave, meaning no handover period to pass over some key lessons you have learnt.…
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Possible repercussions from assault between coworkers outside the office

Recently a coworker (who from now on will be called "A") invited me to A's house to have some drinks and snacks. I asked if I could bring someone with me (coworker "B"), and A said it was okay. In the course of time, A started serving stronger…
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Can an employer refuse my resignation?

Recently a friend working in Texas took his boss to a meeting room and handed over a letter of resignation. The response from the boss was: I don't accept your resignation. Now a resignation letter is just a notification of a termination of…
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Recruiter is asking for sample code

After a good telephone conversation with an IT recruiter, he asked for sample C# (software) code of a project of my current employer. Although this is a logic question, it is impossible to send code of my current employer. As an alternative I…
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Panic attack in interview: Just leave or explain?

I have been working as a Software Developer (mostly programming) for a few years now but I am really unhappy in my current company. I want to change jobs, but potential upcoming interviews are making me anxious. This has prevented me from sending…
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Boss is sending me out of state for an 8-day class. Would it look bad if I asked for an extra day to do something fun?

I'm being sent to California for an 8-day training course (8 consecutive days; I don't get a weekend off). I'd like to spend a day at a nearby Six Flags park for some fun while I'm in the area, but I'm a bit worried that my boss would look down on…
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How to proceed when remote boss doesn't answer emails?

My boss and I sit in different remote sites, several thousands of miles apart. We don't see each other often. On several occasions in the last few months, I have sent him emails asking him for things like vacation or other resources. Typically, if…
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Should I mention that the team culture is toxic at a retrospective?

At my work, I've started helping out another technical team. I've been to a couple of standups now and my first impression is that the relationship between the business area and technical team is completely broken. Every standup has been very tense…
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Potential client has a problematic employee I can't work with

Background: I'm newly hired in a consulting company (IT), and recently I've met with a client where my employer would like me to go to work. I had an interview and met the team. The problem is that I know one member of the team as I had worked with…
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How to tell a superior I won't be able to complete a task because I am going to quit in a month

Background: I work for a medium-small company (40-50 people) completely unrelated to IT, as a fixed-term apprentice "IT guy" (they call it "data processing center" employee). There is another employee in my office, an older man who does many IT…
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Project lead refuses to use English though it's the company language

Large company based in continental Europe. How to handle a project lead who refuses to use English in meetings, even though there are engineers in the meeting who are known to not speak the local language and have been hired with the only language…
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