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Is it advisable to inform the CEO about his brother accessing his office?

Facts: Mid-sized company with multiple branches. I wrote the access-control (among other things) powering the smart readers and I'm entitled to a master-token. Brother of CEO is employed as well in a minor position due to family ties. That brother…
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Is it a problem that pull requests are approved without any comments

I've recently joined a new company within this pretty small team. I'm running into this issue where my coworkers approve my pull request a few seconds after I ask them to review it. There never are any comments on it, no matter how complex the pull…
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How do I deal with a coworker that keeps changing the look of a report I'm building, without documenting the changes in a design template?

Ideally this was to be an easy project. Create a report for a website. Something like this: I am provided a template (drawn up by graphics designer) I implement/update the programming to match (codify) Repeat 1 or 2 as needed if I miss something…
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Unavailable manager says ‘I’m always available’

Due to working in a small business, my manager is also HR. Pretty much every memo we get from him says ‘see me anytime’, ‘let me know if any problems’ ‘I’m always available’ etc. However, he is generally not available. He’s often at another…
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Is it reasonable to decline to interview a candidate that is not dressed for an interview?

I have been interviewing for various professional positions at my company and 80% of the applicants come in dressed in casual clothes like shorts, t-shirts and ball caps. Can I decline to interview a potential new hire when they show up looking…
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How to answer when asked "Are you able to work long hours" in a job interview?

Background Software Engineering Field, Sri Lanka. Generally, 60 - 80 % of Software Engineers are working 12+ hours at their job in Sri Lanka. The "Are you able to work long hours?" question is asked in almost every software engineering interview…
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Is it normal to ask selected job candidates for a reference from their current boss

So I was doing some interviews with my boss for a Software Engineering position, and my boss asked the candidate "If we select you as the candidate we wish to move forward with, are you able to provide a reference from your current manager?". The…
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Should I list "boredom" as a reason for leaving my previous job in an interview?

Is it fine during a job interview to affirm that one my reasons to look for a new opportunity is boredom in my current position?
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How to help a colleague after termination warning

I am a software developer. I have a colleague of mine, who is a tester. The colleague was given a termination warning last week. In the warning, he was given a huge amount of work to finish during four weeks. Otherwise, he will be terminated. This…
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Remote worker, minimal feedback, how to avoid fearing for my job every day?

I am an application specialist working for a small startup from the West Coast in the US. I am working remotely from the UK. In my team we all code and work with customers, and I think I was hired primarily for being personable and well liked by all…
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Can I be blamed for people leaving?

My resignation has been high profile. I did not send emails or anything, but word spread quickly and I am having people approaching me on a daily basis telling me that they just resigned, they are planning to resign, or they are interviewing. These…
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How can I socialize when I sit apart from the rest of the team?

About a month ago, I started work as a software developer in an office of about 50 people, as part of a team of eight. Most of the team sits in cubicles in a section off to one side of the office; however, when I joined, there were no open desks in…
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How can I politely decline my boss's invitations to social events after-hours or on the weekend

I'm currently working in a software company and I am enjoying it so far. Everyone is quite friendly and gets along well together. A lot of times since I have started here my boss has asked me to attend after work activities or events on the weekend…
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Is there a professional way to refuse a time-consuming programming task given as a test for a job?

In the context of hiring for software development jobs, I have found that it has become common for companies to assign "programming tests" which tend to be increasingly time-consuming. For example, I have been asked to write code that ended up being…
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How to deal with a "team leader" who hates it that developers contribute to Stack Overflow during work downtime

We are working in a software company in India, and in our team, we have a lead and he simply doesn't like the developers who try to contribute Stack Overflow in a regular basis (meaning try to hit the rep cap daily). Though we finish out the work in…
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