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How can I politely ask potential colleagues about the negative aspects of their company?

After a series of interviews with a software company, I have been invited to work with the team for one day. During the day I will attend the daily scrum meeting be assigned a low priority bug ticket to demonstrate I can deliver be doing some pair…
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When do I tell my boss I'm out of work to do?

I'm a software developer, but I'm not the "manager of my time" because I have a boss who gives me tasks and deadlines. Sometimes I happen to be inactive for hours, sometimes even days. During these periods I always look at the code and study or…
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Should I do my work as my boss says, if I know of a better way?

I'm a junior level programmer in a company. My boss gave me a task to do a job in a particular way, but I think it is too complicated, and also requires some studying. I can do the task in my own way, which requires using a particular open source…
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Is hiding my friendlist on Facebook a bad sign for HR?

For a while, I've been wondering on what do I have to do to avoid appearing unprofessional on my Facebook profile—I have quite a good reason to think about it. Within this issue, I wonder about my friends. Seeing what kind of people do I have…
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Addressing my weight as a job seeker

I'm a woman in my 30s and about 80 pounds overweight. I gained weight because of a drug I took to fight a life-threatening illness. I've recovered but need to remain on the drug, and so I've been told it's not possible for me to lose weight. I'm now…
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Going back to a potential employer after turning his offer down 45 days ago

I have been founding and working on my start-up for a year now. In April (~45 days ago), a potential employer from California approached me with an interesting lead position. We exchanged a few messages, I did express a genuine interest but I…
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My colleagues feel that I go into discussions too aggressively - how do I fix this?

One of the main feedback points I got from my performance review was that my colleagues complained/commented that they feel that I go into discussions too aggressively, that I try to push through on my own viewpoint and that I drag out…
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How can I sell a willing demotion to my management?

Two years ago I received a promotion into a higher level technical role, separated mostly by access to production data and servers. This was not a promotion into a management role. Since then, I have paid off my mortgage and feel I have my finances…
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Supervisor "Jokingly" Slapped my bum

I was getting ready to leave my Christmas party when my supervisor (both of us are women) grabbed then slapped my ass quite hard. In her head I think she meant this as a joke, but that combined with the numerous loud proclamations of the fact that…
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If I did a good job delegating all my work to a team I built, and there is no work left, am I redundant?

I have been commended for doing a good job building a team and I currently have absolutely zero hands-on work. I also believe the team is doing very well on their own and need minimal supervision. Or more precisely, they now communicate directly…
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How can I convince management to offer training to employees?

I work for a midsize software company. Recently we have experienced some attrition for a number of reasons, one of the chief complaints is that we are not offering training for our employees. There are several types of training we need to work on…
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How to avoid having a higher total effort after delegating tasks to the team

In theory, the idea behind having a team of people to do something is that I can delegate some tasks to the team rather than doing everything myself. I work in software development and I regularly face the situation where I end up wondering whether…
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Do Software Engineer contractors really make more than salaried engineers?

I've heard many people mention that as a contract software engineer you can make 20-30% more per hour than if you were salaried - because of no benefits. However, when I look at contractor rates on sites like glassdoor.com for senior positions, I…
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Most professional way to leave company when boss won't acknowledge you're leaving?

I recently put my two weeks notice into a company that I had worked at for 5 years. At most previous jobs I've had fantasies about quitting, but this job I thoroughly liked. My boss (the CEO, it's a small company) was generally good to work for, the…
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Is being disliked due to making unpopular decisions expected in every management position?

Almost a year ago I got promoted into my first management position to lead a team of 6. Even though I think I'm doing a passable job and my team is mostly happy with my style of management, I'm hating a big part of the job. What I like I like having…
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