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I've just been offered a dream role at rather large organisation. They said they'll kick off the background verification process after I sign the offer. There is no timeline to it. My previous ...
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Context: I’m returning to the job market after a two-year gap and want to present this period accurately on my resume. My last full-time role in my domain (embedded software development and technical ...
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This is the first time I work for a big company (60k+ employees over the world) and after 6 months I cant stand the fact that they believe so much in formalities! I have to email the customer and ...
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I received a letter that titled the company I applied to (but the email address is Workday) telling me to do the HireVue interview after sending them my application. In the email, Workday ask me to ...
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About 12 months ago I was hired as a contractor by a managed IT company. The owner has been running it by himself for a very long time. So far I've only been working a few hours per day and would like ...
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A manager at my workplace has grown understandably frustrated over time due to frequent non-compliance with periodic mandatory training modules. The trainings are typical things you'd see in any work ...
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Is it illegal for the employee to work off the clock, of their own volition, without being asked? I worked in a position where, to accomplish every duty assigned but with a limit of 40 hours, I had to ...
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Can a former employer withhold proof of credentials I obtained while working for them? While an employee of Company A, I became a CPR Instructor (with Company B) to train Company A's staff internally, ...
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I am a software developer. I have worked on a component which a colleague has deployed and is supporting the customer. He has verbally suggested there may be a bug in a feature I have worked on ...
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I’m an apprentice frontend and mobile app developer working remotely. I’m eager to make the most of this opportunity and grow quickly as a developer. One challenge I’m focusing on is balancing ...
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My company has a corporate directory that has a picture for each entry. As with my MS Teams account, I set my picture to the photo that is on my badge but several of my colleagues have pictures of ...
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I am a technical consultant in the US who is newly assigned to a project for a Big Four firm. They requested my client laptop but the requisition was bungled by the client so for an entire week I was ...
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I had an interview. Afterward I was given the feedback I came across a bit antisocial. I think the biggest disconnect was when the interviewer asked me what kind of management style I prefer. In my ...
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Context: I’m a vendor working on a client project where tasks are assigned by my American client manager, either through email or an internal project management tool. I’m required to log my working ...
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I applied for a senior role. The company asks me to do an assessment. They then sent me the assignment like this: As promised, I'm sending you our assessment here. I've attached the assessment to ...
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I work as a contractor for a small IT company. I recently was informed that a specific client company had switched providers, and I had worked closely with several employees of this company. It would ...
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We heard from the CEO that we are moving our office to a neighboring town for the following reasons: we could be closer to a major city with an airport, so that existing/potential customers would (...
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I’m new to the job market and was recently asked to provide my salary expectations for a position. I’m not very familiar with typical salary ranges or growth in this industry yet. How important is it ...
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This is a large Big Tech office in a mostly cloudy city. I'm working in a corner with lots of very large windows. Previously, we would only block the light when direct sunlight was shining in, (only ...
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I'm looking for jobs in one of two fields: technical writing, and Excel/VBA development. My work history has many examples of both, mostly short-term contract or freelance jobs. I want to customize a ...
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A new field rep transferred to my team. We work in the field in chain stores for our company. Her and I were assigned some projects for three days in a row. We were very productive and during our work,...
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I work for a small UK company and have done for 4 years. There's been a lot of upheaval recently, restructuring, 3 rounds of redundancies in just over 2 years, and very mixed messaging from leadership ...
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I have received and accepted an offer, I have an orientation date and the training department has called me. I have submitted to and passed a physical and drug screen. The background is in process but ...
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I'm attempting to apply for a job with a major US company. The job application requires an assessment performed by a third party. In this assessment is a (in my opinion very long and legal) Data ...
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I've been selected to an interview for a part-time teaching assistant job for smart and gifted children. The role is to assist instructors in teaching, maintain class order, monitor students' progress ...
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I’m a software professional currently facing challenges with a TechLead that are affecting my productivity and confidence. I want to handle the situation constructively and explore options for ...
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During the presentation of my invention to our director (n+3 above me), I explained how it helps in drone navigation, and I showed actual demonstration flight paths and data. The n+3 works in a ...
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I recently had a conversation with my boss, and he said: “Since you’re open to work, we won’t be holding you.” I’m unsure how to interpret this. For context: I work in a stable company (no layoffs). ...
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I’m still in my probation period at my new job and it’s quite easy for the employer to terminate the contract during this time (after that, it becomes much harder). My first feedback meeting is coming ...
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I am facing a situation at work and would appreciate advice on how to handle it professionally. I completed a task that required coordination for a production deployment and communicated with the ...
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Now that my first 3 months are up, my manager has scheduled our first official feedback meeting. He mentioned that he plans to ask his manager (“the big boss”) for input because he thinks the big boss ...
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I am quite new to the workforce. I am finishing a Pharmacy degree. I have been fired 4 times from community pharmacies. I worked 1 week cause I lied about having a car and they needed deliveries I ...
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Related: How to handle unrealistic expectations from management Here's how it should be: You collect your customers' needs. You analyze those needs and convert them to epics, user stories, tasks. You ...
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{original, remove} New {I see everywhere, both here and also in other sources, that HR is not your friend. The sources are always in the USA, and they always try to make clear for the employee of ...
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Received a verbal offer for a new job with the expectation that the written offer will arrive early next week (I live in the US and specifically in MA). The challenge I am facing is that I have a 2 ...
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I work as a consultant for a client fulltime. This client does not know my PTO budget. My current PTO budget has barely been used so I have a lot of days that I have to take by the end of 2025 or I ...
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A very experienced AQA (Automated Quality Assurance) has recently left our company (7 years in the company, 5 of which in the QA (Quality Assurance)); the context here is in software testing. Let's ...
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I have been applying to various software and IT-related jobs for the past year, but I keep getting rejections or no responses. I have updated my resume and LinkedIn profile multiple times, and I have ...
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I'm currently in my notice period, working in an offshore delivery role from India. I’m part of an ongoing project where the workload has recently spiked beyond initial estimates. Early on, I raised ...
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I have been told I would receive a job offer for a promotion to an area role for months. This came from discovering I had been offered a job within the company, and my boss turned it down without ...
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I'm currently serving my notice period (11+ years experience in my field), and my manager has asked me to train a junior new joiner (with just 1 year of experience) on certain concepts that are very ...
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I'm just about to graduate on Electronics Engineering and looking for a job (I have not worked still) but when I search for job offers on most of the platforms, all the announces say something like &...
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I’m in an assistant-level role and recently had a very positive review. During that review, I told my manager I was interested in progressing along the normal career path for my position (towards the ...
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I’m new in my job. Recently my boss asked me to create a tool for a recurring process. The goal was to map out the workflow, relevant aspects, lessons learned, etc., so it could later be published ...
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My firm recently hired a consultant to provide feedback on our department. After a few weeks, the consultant was offered a full time role and is now my boss. This person has been in our company now ...
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I'm currently working in an MNC in India, serving my 3-month notice period. Only 3 weeks remain in my notice period to complete, but they haven't found a replacement yet. KT sessions haven't started, ...
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I left my job two months ago. Why? Because of the following reasons: The work was menial. The pay was horrible. The blame was most. We were the frontliners in the IT war without much power in our ...
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A recruiter got me an interview. He repeatedly told me that they weren't given many details about the job. So going in I had little more than what information was available about the company through ...
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A recruiter contacted me about a job. The job description was short and he said he didn't have much information about the work itself. I had the interview. It was virtual and was with the manager of ...
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Looks I can not continue it, because honestly, I can not remember a bit of what I did. Everything happened verbally recently in the last months (already unprofessional, but that is it). I remember ...
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