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I emailed my customer asking multiple questions. Their reply addressed only one. What is the polite way to point this out?

I asked the customer three questions, and they only answered one, as if the others didn't exist. I need answers to all those questions. Frankly, I find it a little rude that they didn't read my email and give me a thorough answer, so I don't trust…
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How should I reply to an email which feels unprofessional after declining a technical interview/test?

I recently got a telephone call regarding a new opportunity. We scheduled a technical Android test completion date on the coming Sunday/Monday. The other party asked me how much I was getting paid at the moment, I told him it was too early to…
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How can I approach management when asked to work without a software license?

I need to use Windows at work and I do not have a valid license. When I talked to my boss about this he said I don't need it and to use it the way it is. I would rather not keep ignoring the warnings and using it anyway. How can I approach my…
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How to deal with less productive days?

Yesterday I had one of those days you get once in a while. You are less productive it is hard to focus on work related subjects or just any subjects at all and you cannot wait the day to be over. The day seems to go past very slow and you are simply…
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How to refuse a business trip due to low budget

My boss wants me to take a business trip to meet some team members. This business trip has no other value than just hanging out in person. The given budget for the accommodation would get me a hostel-level kind of accommodation (shared…
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Co-worker always asks me to do small things when they aren't my responsibility

I have a co-worker who will very often ask me to do things he could easily do himself, when they are not my responsibility. Often something like this. Him: "Hey, I wanted to talk to you and Jim about XYZ." Me: "Sure, does noon work for you? I could…
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Giving an employee their work PC and phone after termination

Situation is: I am owner and CEO of a company. We are terminating a young employee. I wish him no ill will but he has been non-performant for several months and had some personality conflicts with others in the company. He has been warned and failed…
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How can I tell my boss the required uniform makes me personally uncomfortable?

I am a 17 year old boy. I have been working at a privately owned hotel in Cornwall, England for a month as a general assistant, mainly doing admin work. I really love the job and have fitted in well. My main duties is doing clerical work; however,…
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Is it normal for a team leader to use pull request comments as an indication of performance?

I was in a performance review recently and my team leader, who is a non-technical person was going through the usual: what do you feel has gone well so far this year, what do you think could have gone better, etc. I was then completely caught off…
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Accidentally didn't really side-step a recruiter

I was talking to a recruiter about a possible role with a company and she said she'd put me forward for it. The recruiter works with that company but not for that company, and there has not been any contract between me and the recruiter either.…
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How should a new employee handle discovering data falsification by their boss?

I have been navigating the workplace in hopes of finding a similar situation with a solution, but unfortunately I have had no such luck (perhaps by fault of my own). A friend of mine (lets call them V) recently confronted me about an ethical dilemma…
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How to answer questions in survey for job application such as "do I have any bad habits" or "have I ever lied"?

I'm applying for a job and they have an online questionnaire. Each question in it is a statement which I must rate on a scale of 1 to 5 how much it describes myself (with 1 being not at all like me and 5 being very much like me). Some of them are…
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What should I do if the environment for an in-person interview is distracting?

I had an in-person interview. The office was one big open room. There were two people sitting close to me interviewing me. There was another person close by who was working. He started talking very loudly on the phone (I think for a work-related…
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How can I approach my company for advertising a role the same as mine for a much higher salary?

I am currently working as a senior Android engineer at a startup for the last 10 months. When I joined I was the single Android developer working towards the product development. I have worked very hard and turned the product that was just…
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Being blamed for something you don't consider your mistake

Several months ago I accepted a job which was project-based. I soon discovered that my projects required me to work very long hours. I'm talking about around 65-75 hours a week every week (these hours are illegal in my country). We frequently had…
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