Top new questions this week:
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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-…
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I currently have a direct report who I’m struggling with. He has some good attributes, but is not really stepping up to the level we expected of him when we hired him and when he was in onboarding. …
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I applied for a job in a bank. HR told me that the next step is that they would like to perform a background check on me. In my past experience with applying for a job, I have always gotten the offer …
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This question is from the United States. Summary: I am looking for a job with better health insurance. I want to negotiate higher salary instead of offered plan and be self-insured, is it reasonable? …
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I have recently transitioned from an individual contributor at senior scientist level to a team lead role, where the first task has been to build my own team from scratch. It has been an interesting …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I need to list in a resume-like document how a system I’ve worked on was so misconfigured as to be ludicrous (like I cannot describe the level of incompetence that led it its state when I found it), …
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Currently on my resume for education I have the following: University I went to Graduation date: Month, year Bachelor of Science in Subject I studied GPA: 4.0 …
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A friend of mine went on an interview recently for a software developer position at a well known company. It was a senior position, and he had very relevant business experience in the industry. I …
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I have a 3 month notice period in my contract. This means if I resign on the 18th October my last day at my current company should be the 18th January. I however would like my last day to be the 19th …
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A close relative is in really bad condition. I can’t show up to work for the next few days. I am planning on emailing my supervisor right now and informing him that I cannot be at work next week. …
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So I got an email from someone reading “blah blah, X is attached”. However the email has no attachments. Obviously they just forgot to attach X before hitting the send button. How should I hint …
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For years, I have used the following technique to ask for a status update for requests I have made. If I have not received a response after at least 48 hours and normally more, I sent the following …
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