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Salaried Employee Being Dinged For Tardiness

I am a salaried employee, scheduled to work 8-5, M-F, and one Sunday a month for month-end closing. I typically will arrive for work between 7:58 and 8:04. On really, really, bad days, sometimes it’s been 8:06. On Mondays I come in before…
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Difficult situation after many, many resignations after aquisition

I’m a senior team leader in a big multinational IT company, call it A. After month of negotiations, A bought a small (just less than 200 employees) IT company (call it B) located in eastern Europe because of B’s very interesting assets and products.…
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Is it a bad idea to hand deliver my CV to a company on spec?

Recent events caused me to terminate my employment with my (now previous) employer. I am searching for technical work in my field (programming), with the understanding that if something does not materialize quickly I will need to search for a…
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Invited to staff photoshoot, but I'm resigning soon

I work part time two days a week. I've been invited to a staff photoshoot taking place tomorrow, on a day I don't normally work. In most cases I'd go, but I've got another job lined up for January, so I'll probably be leaving soon. While the…
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How much should I reveal about a new job after resigning from my current job

I recently got a new job at a firm that is paying me only slightly higher, but the work is going to be much better. As such, I have resigned from my current job and the exit process has started. I am now being asked all sorts of questions by Senior…
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My old company forgot to stop my restaurant card contract

I was working in a company where we had a meal card that had 7 euros each day credited so we could buy our meals with it. After I quit the company, I continued using the card with the intent of draining it. But, after a few months, to my surprise…
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In a business where staff churn is costly, should I let employees lead and request their salary increase?

I've asked the same question on the Economics Stack Exchange here to get answers from the perspective of applied economic theory. I'm the managing director of a company in which we run appraisals every 6 months. Each time we negotiate salary I have…
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Peer achieving more, by putting in more than regular working hours for not so urgent tasks

I have a great team member who is very reliable and dependable and a great asset to the team. However, of late, I have realized that this person is working for almost 14 hours a day. There is certainly work out there that needs to be done and the…
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I was told to hide in another room from an auditor, is this acceptable?

When an auditor was inspecting our workplace I was told to go hide in another room from him. I have never, and would never do anything that would create an issue. I find being told to go hide very hard to take. Next time this happens I am going to…
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Is it really a bad idea to work at a company that misses the mark for perfection once or twice?

On The Workplace, I see very frequently a comment along the lines of: That is a company I would personally never consider working for. That is so stupid and short-sighted that it means the rest of the way the company operates will be similarly…
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How to prevent employees from escalating issues straight to the CEO?

I'm a CEO of a mid-sized company (40 employees). I tend to get along with most people and since the company is small, I have conversations every so often with new hires and interns. I don't mind talking to new hires and interns about non-work…
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Should I give honest (but bad) feedback about a colleague when asked by another team looking to hire him?

A colleague of mine has potential job offer from another team, which I have worked for in the past. Somebody from my old team has asked me what I think about him. To be perfectly honest, I think he is a horrible co-worker. He is a a skilled…
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Is it appropriate for an employer to ask skilled professionals to do manual labor?

Although I think it applies to many positions, I am a software developer (mid-level). The company is rather small (30-40). Recently, my employer brought up the idea that to help another department, me and the other software developer may be called…
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Crypto mining by employee for 5+ years

An employee has been mining cryptocurrency for 5+ years. They installed mining software on most of our company PC's (approximately 40), and purchased items stating they were required by the company but in fact were for the mining rig. They used a…
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Telling a coworker they aren't invited into my house

Long story short, my former manager, but current coworker's, poor treatment resulted in me developing a case of PTSD. I was diagnosed about two months ago. However, we don't have an HR team so there is no one to disclose to or deal with her bullying…
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