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What to do about a teammate who is burnt out

Our team has been working hard on an extremely difficult project with an insanely short deadline. We aren't working 80-hour weeks, but the time we are working is stressful to say the least. Everyone is fatigued to some degree and one team member in…
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Do I have to relinquish my PC password to my former boss?

I worked in a tech company and recently put in notice. I was told to leave and to not come back. I did not get an opportunity to clean personal files off of my work computer. My former boss has now just sent me an email to my personal email asking…
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My boss wants me to inform him if I plan on resigning

I recently had a meeting with my boss about my pending time off this coming December for my wedding and honeymoon. There seems to be some idea that I may be quitting as I (32F) am getting married to my fiancé, who lives 1 hour out of the city. I…
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Employer made me redundant, then retracted the notice after realising that I'm about to start on a new project

The company I work for called me into a meeting out of the blue last Friday, notifying me that they do not have any work they foresee me being able to do in the next 3 months and were terminating me on the grounds of redundancy. I was sent a letter…
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How often does a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) work out well?

I've been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). Obviously I disagree but that's not the point. Regardless of the specifics of my situation, I'm curious how often these "work out" to the satisfaction of the both the employer and employee.…
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I feel more comfortable working from an office. Is this now a 'drawback'?

Well. When I first experienced remote work, I was excited as most of us. Some years later, it seems to be a model that is imposing itself in the IT environment at least. In my personal case, I am back at the office right now. The thing is, I prefer…
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How to tell my manager's manager that I don't want to work under my manager anymore

Long story short: Strained relationship with Manager drove me to job hunting. Manager takes six month sabbatical. Working directly for her manager in that time is infinitely more enjoyable, and in one month alone have made more progress towards…
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Manager faked my experience to get projects from a client

PLEASE NOTE :- The answers given here does not answer my question, as it does not mention the problems that I have been through. I am in a very similar situation as the OP of this question. Unlike the OP of the question link, I was forced to take…
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Accused of cheating during a technical video interview

Summary: during technical zoom-based interview I looked around while thinking for answer. My interviewer commented that maybe I am looking for answer online. I showed them that there is nobody else in the room. I passed the exam but feel like I've…
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How can I explain on my CV that I managed to successfully work with a difficult and needy customer without badmouthing the customer?

During the past year, I worked on a giant project ordered by a national government. This customer practiced what I would call a panic-driven-development - the project was ready and deployed months before the deadline, but the customer kept regularly…
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I think I am being perceived as too junior in job interviews despite my experience. What can I do to prevent this?

I had an interview for a job where I had 2 years extra experience than they were asking for and a higher level qualification than what they asked. The feedback was that I seem very intelligent, capable, with great experience and well spoken, but…
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Would it be advisable to email a potential employer letting them know that you are about to take another offer?

I'm asking this question for someone else (let's call them Alice). Alice has been looking for a job for a long time and finally came across companies A, B and C. They are all interviewing for an open position. She applied and had a phone interview…
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Is a public "shoutouts" channel a good or bad idea?

I work at a small, but rapidly growing company (~40 people now, 100+ people in sight). We use Slack as our primary communication tool, and recently, a new channel has been created that is dedicated to public (yet internal to the company),…
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How to professionally acknowledge to a client that a former coworker made a mistake in production?

I work at a tech consulting company in the US and I recently took over a project from a coworker (Bob) who got laid off. (He was mainly let go because of covid, but he wasn't the easiest to work with and people occasionally had complaints about…
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How to deal with a colleague who's taking all the nice/important tasks

I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development. I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He…
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