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My employer is refusing to give me the pay that was advertised after an internal job move

I have moved jobs internally and was told by the manager who posted the job I would be paid £50k per annum and that is also what was advertised. Now after starting the job they have finally sent a offer letter for £5k less when I have already…
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Should I tell my boss the work he did was worthless?

I have been handed a project that has been kicked around for 4 or 5 months with ~zero progress made. The project is to implement a new tool that was chosen before I got here. It seems like a good product, and the vendor is very helpful, but I don't…
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Sexual Harassment, helpless and scared

Disclaimer: I am not even posting this anonymous, because I really don't care anymore, and I want to be able to answer every single comment, and thank every single answer. Background Information: Germany, huge company, Junior Dev, female, mid 20s, I…
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Avoiding morning and evening handshakes

I work in an open space office at the moment with ~30 people on the same floor. I tend to arrive early and leave late thus flocks of arriving and leaving people are zooming past me both in the morning and in the evening, each considers it customary…
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Should I ask a potential employer about their negative Glassdoor reviews?

I was recently approached by a company to interview for a software engineering position. The role sounds great and I'm very comfortable with the technology stack. Aside from an "acquaintance of an acquaintance" relationship, I have no connection to…
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How should I tell a customer about typographic mistakes?

I am working at a company which sends millions of SMS for all sorts of customers. Many banks are among them. For some customers, we have stored message templates in our database. Every once in a while, the customer contacts us and asks to modify…
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I've been asked to resign and leave, what to do and how do I tell my team?

Due to various minor conflicts my manager has asked me to resign. Its a situation in which I'm really not a great fit for the team rather than any specific cause for termination. Because of that he gave me a few months to look for another job. Now…
anon
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How to maintain a good relationship with boss after declining work on a project that conflicts with my views/ideology?

Background: I recently graduated from college with a Software/Computer Engineering degree. Right after my degree I started working at a consultant firm (about three months ago). Our firm usually gets projects in the Automotive, MedTech or Defense…
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How to tell coworkers I need to leave early without telling them why?

I need to put something in my calendar so people don't schedule me into meetings during a time when I'm out for medical reasons. However...I don't know what to call it, or how to respond to people asking me why I have to leave. I'd use the "my kids…
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Is it common business practice to consider constructive break times as billable for consultants?

My company is considering to work with an international IT company to implement an ERP system in our workflow. This is our first time working with this kind of cooperation (usually we just buy a package of the product and implementation), so my boss…
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Asking 'Why?' without coming across as smug or unprofessional

I am the most junior software developer on a small team. Having less than a year of experience myself, I naturally spend much of my time trying to learn as much as I can from my mentors. However, I'm having some trouble determining proper etiquette…
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Coworkers quitting under special circumstances -- should telling our manager be one of my options?

I work on a small team of 3. I am going on vacation at the end of February after my 1 year anniversary with the company, My vacation is approved, paid for, as well as expensive and non refundable. It's been planned since 6 months ago, and I…
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Is being casual unprofessional?

Background: I'm a 17 year old schoolkid who does web design as a hobby. I'd like to do paid work as a freelance website designer but I have zero experience aside from projects for myself or friends. Suppose one day I get a message from a potential…
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A fatal accident happened a few years ago with a product that I now work with. How can I tactfully ask what happened?

Background: Central/ Western Europe, Intern, Engineering. My current employer, a chemical engineering firm, had a fatal accident a few years ago. One of their employees was fatally injured while working with an earlier iteration of the product that…
anon
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Should I stop flexing my working hours?

I am doing my mandatory internship for my degree. When I started I was told that working hours are from 8:00 to 16:00 and I perfectly kept to that schedule for some days. However, I noticed that only a small number of people come in before 9AM. We…
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