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Do I have the right to negotiate if I change bosses but not role? I work as the sole web dev in a medium sized company. I have been performing well, and have been told in the past that another department head wishes to poach me to his team. I was recently informed that I will soon be removed from under my current rep...	But in the US at least, you always have the right to say "You know, something here at work changed, and consequently I'd like to renegotiate a new salary and benefits."
Too much info on a CV is bad? I am a CS student right now and I am thinking of writing my CV. Over the years I have experimented with a lot of programming languages that I don't know very well at this moment. When writing a CV is it worth mentioning all this little things or I should keep just the ones that I'm good at...	If you feel that your experimentation with different languages is an asset, then mention it as one of your positive points, but not under experience. You'll want to limit it to things that are relevant. When responding to a specific job-opening, create a custom CV that highlights the skills that make you a good fit for...
Colleague's performance being affected by salary Managing a team, the colleague doing QA has been under performing recently. Today, I took him aside and tried to find out what is going on. I told him that he should send me an email. Anyway, from what I read to summarise: Missed payments for salary Salary has been d...	You should find out why the salary was cut, why there are late payments, and why they are not doing the job they were hired for.
My boss asked me to keep an eye on a colleague and report how he performs. How should I respond? My boss has asked me to keep an eye on a colleague, who is working with me on a project. He wants me to report to him after 2 weeks what I think about how he is doing his job. Even if I think he could do better at his job,...	You should avoid providing subjective assessments unless you are widely thought to be an expert within the company .
Next step if i complete work before time I am a Front end developer. I am sometimes assigned task that i do before time, therefore i ask my manager to check it. Is it a good idea to ask your Reporting Manager or Project Manager to have a look, making him jump off his seat to come and look at the work or it is better to...	If you think you're going to be done with a task early, alert the person who would assign out your next set of work (Project Manager most likely).
Over demanding boss, burning out I have written quite a few threads on here. I am middle management, where I am currently working for a tech start up, and I am in charge of all projects and the product we are building. My boss is extremely demanding and constantly putting a lot of pressure on me to make sure everythin...	Work/life balance is important to me to prevent get burned out As you search for your next job, pay closer attention to the attributes that will impact whatever it is you want for your personal work/life balance.
How to motivate a junior team member who has been procrastinating and is being somewhat careless I'm a team lead and I have a team member who has a little more than an year's experience. He is basically smart and capable but he has been having an issue for couple of months and I have not been able to pull him out of ...	I've been in his position, your position, and the position of an observer a few times throughout my career, and it really is the best course for everyone to sit down and have the discussion as to how to maximize the output of the employee, even though it may be a difficult discussion to start. If he's blown off multipl...
How do I perform well with a difficult manager? I have 6 years of work experience (pre-MBA) and now (post- MBA) for the past 8 months have been working with my current manager. She is Eastern European and has a heavy accent. She's a very nice person but I'm having a really hard time with her as my manager. I have diff...	Emphasize that you will need to ask questions and solicit feedback sometimes - this is true of every good employee. Frame the discussion as though these are facts, not opinions.
voluntarily work on vacation My project deadline is coming up and I need to deliver some things asap (which got delayed mostly because of inexperience with the task at hand and limited communication with some colleagues). The "problem" is that I also have to take a certain amount of vacation days until the end of the y...	However if you need to finish a project the benefits might outweigh the cost, so your boss might be okay with it
Can I ask to switch locations after 3 months? Started a job 3 months ago as a software engineer... I have a brutal commute ~ 1hr 30min which has proven itself also dangerous at times because traffic and weather. Is it acceptable to use these conditions as a reason to switch to a location closer to me? There's a locat...	You can ask if there's any way to cut down your commute. Be prepared to accept a "No", but if you don't ask at all, chances for a switch are zero. But be prepared to be told "Sure. I wouldn't even worry about justifying wanting to leave because of the commute, a three hour round trip five days a week is a perfectly rea...
Can attending a free course organised by another company be seen as a conflict of interest? I am wondering if anyone could help me with a potential work conflict of interest. I am currently working for an agency which offer UX services. I have wanted to learn to code for a while and a friend told me about a free traini...	I think this isn't a problem because a training course shouldn't ever be a problem (and is clearly not the intent of non-compete clauses, as others have said), but always ask if you are not sure. If you know that your company is rather relaxed about this kind of thing and that it doesn't have a history of viciously enf...
How do you deal with collegues who think aloud? For the last few weeks I've been sharing an office with new colleagues who think aloud all the time. I've asked them to break this habit and though they promise they'll try it starts up again after an hour or so. I remind them of it occasionally but the silence doesn't la...	Do the same as anyone else in a noisy office environment - either ignore/block it out or use headphones (if employee policy permits). Creating confrontation won't win any friends. One time I had to deal with this I stopped and engaged them every time they spoke out loud to themselves as if they had spoken to me (since ...
Starting a project over from scratch I have been made product leader for a big international customer, designing a physical product for them that will have to perform action A, B and C. But seeing as the needs of the customer will change and we wish to include other functionality the design needs to be flexible. Now,...	Ask the design team outright how their design will deal with those specific cases. Almost anything is cheaper than having to retool after you ship a design to manufacturing, so the best time to have a redesign done is now.
Bottleneck in the work place I am a junior developer in a big company. The team, which I am in, is developing a very old system (since 15 years). The system is very very specific to this team and only two people know much about it and only these two people assign a new task to me. When I got a new task, I ask so many ...	When you have a task, ask them, get whatever information you can get out of them, then you start searching the documentation (maybe you first have to search for the documentation), look through source code, learn what you need to learn, and add documentation as you go.
How do I confront a colleague who has been stealing my stuff? This may seem pretty trivial, but it really bothers me. We have an open office layout and anyone can sit wherever they like. I mostly sit at my single place since I'm the one who arrive very early in the office. We are a team of 10 people. I am an iOS Devel...	Get a lock box and put your stuff in there. Confronting someone without proof is only going to make you look as if you are the problem. Mark your things so that they clearly belong to you.
"Professionalism" After Work Hours and Separating the Two I apologize if this is "off-topic", but based off my reading of this stack for a while (man, are there ever some interesting questions popping up around here), I believe I am within site scope. The question closest to my situation was closed here , but I believ...	Don't say anything about your company, about your co-workers, about your company's clients, about your company's product, and possibly about your company's industry.
Employee has issues with proper grammar after numerous verbal and written warnings I have an employee who, after a great pre-employment interview, has problems with the use of proper grammar even after, initially, being advised of the problem in private employment reviews and written evaluations. She has been advised t...	You could get her a tutor. Just saying in effect "do better" is unlikely to help.
Coworker feedback - Is it appropriate to suggest more professionalism when not having any strong examples of the lack of such? I've been asked to write feedback for one of my colleagues. While most of it is positive, I do have some points I want to make regarding his professionalism which I feel he could benefit from (...	But if you don't have constructive feedback that the person can act on... just don't.
As a intern, should I take annual leaves for a home visit if I am entitled to? OK so I've been working as a full-time intern for almost 4 months. As part of my benefits, I'm entitled to annual leaves and paid sick leaves, although I've never used any of them. I'm thinking of visiting my family after finals for a whole...	Yes, it is absolutely fine for you to use your time off.
How to handle rumours in the workplace? I've been with my company for over two years and feel my performance has been good. We don't have performance reviews, so I don't know how my colleagues feel. Recently, I have heard overheard rumours about my performance around the office, as I can hear quite clearly all around....	Pitch the idea of performance reviews to your boss. Don't let yourself be influenced by these rumors.
How to enforce better code practices among junior developers I am in a situation where my team has mostly junior developers and recent university graduates. Even with my few years of development experience I already see many things going wrong with the project we are working on. Certain developers with non software bac...	My last bit of advice is to get people to review your code too.
Is it normal to stay late working without the extra pay? I work in a retail store. Being the new guy I always get the closing shift. Usually there is only one other coworker for the closing shift, and we have a specific set of tasks including locking various doors/gates and turning lights off. The store officially clos...	If you agree to stay longer, I believe past 15 minutes is considered overtime and you will see it in your check. Explain to your boss why you can't leave late in the evenings. So the best way would be changing your shifts - what way you don't have to keep trying to get your colleagues out of the door. This does seem to...
What is the best way to coax application ideas from coworkers? I'm a new developer at a company that has had a very small development team (2-3 people) for a long time. All the current JIRAs are spoken for and there's no backlog. My big boss told me that since the development team is so small, the other employees are u...	Hold the meeting, gather ideas, write them up for your boss to prioritize them. Make a solution to them. Record every idea you come across in JIRA.
My supervisors and the VP meet me in private to tell me to lower the quality of my work, any advice? I am engineer and in my spare time I pursue a PhD. I developed as a consultant and recently I decided to become a quantitative analyst at an energy trading company. When I was recruited for this new position I was tol...	If you have peers doing similar or better accomplishments with what they are working on take note of it.
Requesting change of team I am graduating this year from university (United States), and have a job offer at a large scale software company. I was an intern at this company this past summer and I was not a huge fan of being a part of my team. They are all great people individually, but the team environment left a lot t...	If you request not to be on that team, the manager must be notified so that they can find someone else to fill that role.
If I discover a breakthrough for my company should I expect to have a share in it? As a full time employee for only 1.5 years in a start-up, I may have found a breakthrough that could help the company be a leader in a certain application. If this turns out to be a breakthrough how should I behave? <Q> I'm sorry for bei...	If this breakthrough was done on company time, you most likely are doing your job and will not have an additional stake in it. If it's such a big thing, then you need to discuss it with the owners.
How Do I approach my boss that I want to run my own Business on the side I am a Software Developer in my trial period, which is about to end soon. During my spare time I am creating applications which I want to release, but I am not due to my contract. A new contract will be written as my trial period ends. I want to ...	In my case, I only needed a written authorization from my boss that my activity was not related to my job and that I was allowed to work for my own company as long as it doesn't interfere with my job.
How can I more accurately give time scales at work? I'm a junior web developer and I've been working on an ongoing website for the last 6 months. Last Friday I went and spoke to the client and he asked me to give time scales for my next section of work to which I quoted two weeks. Two working days later and I've almo...	Decide a realistic timescale for each of the chunks. Your client isn't interested in the most likely amount of time it will take to do the work, they want to know when you will commit to having it done.
Manager timing work-related conversations with a timer I've been working at my current job for around 18 months and the business have had its share of ups and downs. My job is team lead of a small team, which includes software development and also conversations with the software team, team mates, management, etc. The c...	If a manager is timing work-related conversations, I'd say "we will be having this conversation until we've resolved the issue.
How do I say nothing in an exit interview? I already know not to say anything of substance in an exit interview. My question is - how do I do that effectively? My impression is that most exit interviews are conducted by HR staff that don't really care that much and are just filling out a checklist. However, I work...	Focus on the positive. I would say to " Say a lot of nothing ". If you have a good and trusting relationship with your current management and if there is a genuine desire from management to learn and get better, it's okay to open up and share some of the reasons.
How can I make an online portfolio without it looking like I'm trying to resign? I'm a software developer in Australia. I want to make a website/portfolio for myself that shows Who I am What I do (programming) What I've done (projects etc) Why I think I'm good at what I do (what languages etc) Share why I love m...	You could start out by making a personal site that doesn't include any specifics about work.
How to deal with "talk the talk" profiles at work? How do I deal with a colleague who pretends to be very helpful in meetings only? I am working for this company for 7 years and we have this person with the same experience, but has been working on our team for around an year. In meetings with managers and stake holde...	I do think that the mind your own business approach is best, but that will not work if she is calling you out in meetings where management is present .
How to deal with colleagues applying to the same company where I was just hired? I am in a new situation and I don't know if I am supposed to do something about it or not. I was hired by a new company and will be starting in January. As soon as I had the new contract I resigned from my current company and I am serving...	You are not a party to your colleague's decision to apply nor are you likely to be a party to your new employer's decision to hire - and that's probably the way you want it. So far as I am concerned, your worry is much ado about nothing. Their application is their application and it has to be evaluated on its own merit...
How to handle/deal with people pranking me at work? What can I do about people picking on me at work? When asked they reply with: I only pick on people that I like This keeps happening to me weekly, and has now progressed to pranks that involve messing with my car. <Q> If you have asked this person to stop this beh...	Tell your boss that this "picking on" is affecting your work and let him deal with it. Document, in writing, what they've done and when. If they are messing with your property, especially if they are making your car potentially unsafe to drive, you need to go to a manager. If people are messing around in the office the...
How to deal with a colleague who has been with the organization very long? I started working with my present organization 3 months ago. It's a very rural, conservative company. I'm in my late 20s and a foreigner of color and the company doesn't exactly have diversity. My boss hired me due to my educational qualificati...	Tell your boss so you can accomplish the tasks you were hired to do.
I left my job because the company was failing financially and not meeting payroll, vendors, etc- how do I explain that in an interview? I was employed by the same company for 10+ years, was promoted and took on many duties. Over the course of the last few years, the company has been doing terribly financially, payroll ...	Simply say "I left when my paycheck bounced" and leave it at that. Don't just say that you didn't want to work there anymore, because that can sound like covering up that you got booted out.
Length of a job search I have been looking for a front end web development role in the UK from another country. I have been searching for a full month already, I've sent about 30 CVs, had 2 Skype interviews - for the 1st I didn't have enough knowledge, for 2nd I didn't have a college degree. I have about 2 years of ex...	Something that can really really help is getting ahold of a really good recruiter.
Management expects full participation in holiday nonsense video Management expects every department to pick a song and participate in a song and dance video to be shown company-wide (think https://youtu.be/X0v_InsGdSE ). Everyone is "expected" to participate, though many find it demeaning. How do we opt out without b...	If you don't want to risk being seen as "not a team player", then you can participate in such a video without being an "actor".
How do I handle submitting work that was done previously by a coworker who didn't communicate about its completion? I recently was assigned the task of writing a piece of code for a very specific function. It wasn't complicated or anything massive, but it did take a couple hours. After I completed it, I realized that ...	Keep a copy of your code and run it by the team lead so that they can comparison shop. What you could have done better, and the way I would have handled it, is: tell your PM what you have told us . Mark it as complete. If your coworker wants to delete it then let them.
Dealing with Unwanted Attention The executive I report up to (my boss's boss's boss) is a very eccentric and awkward individual. He is a very polarizing figure, but most people I talk to are weirded out by him. Here are a few examples of things he's done in the last week : Walked by every single person's cube on t...	I would ignore him and invest in headphones -- in other words distance yourself and be unavailable. Based on your list of odd behaviors, I would say person has a personality disorder. Unless you think he's engaging in some form of harassment, there isn't much you can do to change the behavior of your boss's boss.
How to handle coworkers where complaining is a big-ish part of the work culture At my last job, everybody loved to complain. The developers, the tech support, the salespeople, even management; I never really could understand it. For the most part, all the complaints people had were split between the customers, third ...	It's bad for your psyche to be in continual complaint mode, but be aware that many of your coworkers probably gain validation and self-worth through complaining. Just listen in a non-judgmental way
Should I offer additional help to my supervisor to correct my recent mistakes? I have recently made some mistakes at work which might reflect badly on my reputation as an employee. Nothing similar happened before, I just had a temporary streak of underperformance. Additional external stress might have played a role in...	So to answer your question, no, don't do that.
Should I send HR a gift for Christmas? Is it a good idea to send a gift to the HR hiring manager as a thank you/Christmas gift after I have been accepted into a job? The HR manager has certainly gone out of her way to assist me, answering my questions etc. Thanks edit: Chocolate and Card? <Q> Gifts are always tricky...	People shouldn’t feel obligated to purchase gifts for someone with power over their livelihood, and managers should never benefit from the power dynamic in that way. For example a box of chocolates could be put up in the kitchen where everyone can take a piece.
Teammate Excludes Me and doesn't give me info I joined my current workplace 6 months back and I am a fresher (no previous work experience). My team initially consisted of just me (a girl) and another guy (who has 8 years work experience). I thought we get along well. He expects me to include him in any work I do, but ...	It's most likely a part of his job to tutor new people and have an idea about what they're doing and know how they're performing so he can give feedback to your boss on how you're coping in the new workplace. You need to make an authority aware of if you're being excluded from crucial/essential information.
Replying to an appreciation email Recently I did a major overhaul of a business website, which made it more user friendly, the director of the department sent out an (to the I.T Department) email on doing a great job. Of course, being a newcomer I wouldn't be able to do my job if I wasn't given a proper setup and help ...	In my experience, department/company wide emails like this don't really necessitate a personal response. If you want to thank the team, take them out for lunch or dinner, or at least bring a cake / pizza and share.
Invited to the Christmas Party of an ex-employer, how to show my best side? Some years ago I was employed by a contractor company around 1.5 years long for a project. It was ended because the customer had financial problems, and he had to build down the project I was working on. The contractor didn't have another proje...	Show up It sounds like you're interested in potential future offerings, and would like to genuinely go to the party.
Holidays falling under 2 week resignation? I've currently received a job offer from another company and am figured out when to put in my two weeks at my current position. At my current job, we have holiday pay/days off for Dec 23rd,Dec 26th and Jan 2nd.If I put in my two weeks today or tomorrow, my 2 week period will ...	If they are days which the company make you take out of your allowance, then they do count (I think). Depending on teh the health insurance situation at your new employer, you may want to give notice after the new year just to make sure you have health insurance in Jan.
Getting signal from boss and other manager to work under other manager I am a few weeks into a new job. I was hired in one department but have been receiving signals from other manager and my immediate boss that the other manager is under-resourced and needs more help than he (my boss) does. I personally would also agr...	You don't want to appear too enthusiastic to switch, since that might send the currently manager a wrong message that you'd rather work for someone else than him
Is an open-source software contributor a valid work reference? I am applying on multiple new careers, and I came across a question on one of them titled "Work References": Name: Phone: Worked Together At: Now these are limited for me (unless I use multiple persons from the same employer) so naturally I filled i...	In fact, you can add anyone you like as a reference, doesn't even need to be in the same field.
Is it ethical to review CVs of potential competition, sent to me in error? I am an employee at a medium-sized tech company. I have no hiring authority, but somehow several recruitment agencies have acquired my company email address and occasionally send to me unsolicited messages containing CVs of contractors/consultan...	You'd have an ethical problem if you started copying the contents of other people's resumes. As these haven't been sent to you in error, then there is no issue in reading the contents/attachments. It's perfectly fine for you to open these.
Is it safe to discuss work grievances with a company psychiatrist? Asking this one for a friend located in the United States. She's currently experiencing significant stress coming directly from her place of employment. All attempts to mediate this with her coworkers and boss have apparently failed and one of the ben...	My advice is to frankly ask this question to the psychiatrist, and I would expect the psychiatrist to provide a direct and honest answer that I would trust.
Company year end party - taking along my personal laptop to do some personal work If I bring my personal laptop to my company's year end party, will it make me an outsider? Also, I will need to ask the hotel staff for WiFi.I'm not seeking attention, I have some personal documents to prepare and I'm seriously busy. I'm...	People might notice if you don't attend and wonder why, but you working at the party will be noticed and could really distract your colleagues or superiors from enjoying the party.
As a college student when do I start leaving summer jobs off resume? I am currently a junior and college and am working on my resume. I currently have 4 different projects (related to my major) on my resume (class final projects, directed research, etc.). However, I have only had a single internship. Currently I have l...	You should only put things on your resume that add value.
What is the impact or relevance of previously accepted patents for employment oppotunities in IT? I have had a couple of employers ask me if I have an existing patent. Why is this relevant please? How does having or not having one impact future employment opportunities? Please elaborate on the whether there is a differ...	Like any other accomplishment, a patent is going to be irrelevant for some jobs, impressive but not terribly relevant for some jobs (however it could help you stand out from the crowd), negative for some jobs, and a huge plus, if not a requirement, for a few jobs.
How to Spin Being Fired In An Interview I was terminated for cause from a 5 year stint as a manager. I was accused of things which did not happen: Lying on my time sheets by not punching out when leaving for the day (but there were other times when I did punch out and continued working) Accused me of giving extra ...	If the recruter knows you were fired:Just explain the truth, there is not point of lying. Honesty in this situation is the best policy - you never know, it may not come up. Depending on how long ago you were fired you can definitely spin this in your favor. Put try to explain it without emotion and quickly.
I made my manager angry. What do I do? I've worked at a small, family owned/operated store for two years. I have co-workers who have been there 10-20 (20 years is as long as the place has existed), it is a close knit work environment. My manager and I have a good relationship. She asks me to do things, I say yes, sh...	It would be a good sign of respect to approach her and try and remedy the situation.
A company addressed me by a wrong name, and then sent me an offer. How should I approach this situation? A little over a week ago, I applied for a data science position with a company, not really expecting much to come of it. The next day, their recruiter emailed me to set up an interview, starting their message with ...	I would call to thank them for making me an offer. It could be indicative of an underlying problem within the company causing high turnover in the position, or the company having trouble keeping the position filled.
What is proper email etiquette after a coworker accidently sends a "reply all" message to a large number of people? I think we all know that moment... A coworker inadvertently sends a "reply all" email instead of replying to one individual, and he/she doesn't realize it went to a large number of people. What's worse is...	Don't reply-all. The sender is going to have apologize to that someone on the thread that they were snarky to.
How should I tell my boss that I cannot meet the deadline? I recently started working for a software company in another country. They flew me over to make progress with the project. I did some tasks there and then came back to my homeland to continue working from here. I have been tasked with building new features fo...	At this point, your focus should be on fleshing out and proposing doable alternatives to what they want you to do. Let them know that attempting to work with the code as-is to introduce new features - that's an exercise in futility. Inform them asap that you cannot handle the work.
Politely asking for more work as an intern I'm a student in college, currently in my 3rd year of my 4 year study. This year means I have to complete an internship, followed by a minor. I have barely any experience in the language I'm working with (C#). I have no experience at all with working in a scrum team. I curren...	Go ask someone for help. And I always suggest that interns talk with their boss/mentor about what they should be doing if they run out of specifically assigned work.
As a male manager, how do I address a problem with my female employee's bathroom hygiene? I am the male manager of a female employee who clearly stands up to urinate. She happens to be obese. I don't know her struggles and will not judge her, but clearly this is not the end-game solution. I did some research and found ...	If you didn't want to change the toilet arrangements, you could still just send a politely worded email to the entire staff, asking that they leave the bathrooms - as in plural - in a clean condition. A discussion will help determine the best course of action. If you don't have an HR rep (seems like a mistake) and you ...
Absent due to sickness make up by working late hours I was recently absent a day from work due to the flu.I usually stay back late hours and work. So I missed 8 hours that day I was absent but working two hours extra over regular work hours would see me make up those lost hours in 4 days. Would that count as me making ...	Ask your manager, and ask whoever it is that manages your time within the company.
How to write a good resignation letter when quitting under poor circumstances? How does one write a good resignation letter? Should the reason for quitting be included? I had recently started a job. The person responsible for training was on vacation so the main manager trained us for a couple hours, then handed us of...	Don't write anything negative in the resignation letter 1 regardless of circumstances. You are not obligated to give a reason.
How to best handle turning down a job after signing a contract? This question is based on working in United States. I have accepted a job offer and signed a contract with Company A about a week ago. Just today, there was another job offer from Company B with significantly better compensation. The working culture and t...	All you can do is tell them that you hate doing it to them, but have been offered an exceptional opportunity to further your career and are regretfully forced to decline their offer only after you get an offer in finalized form from B complete with start date do you tell A that you can't make it. Your best bet is to be...
Is it fair to expect increment in pay for changing location? I am working in a company as a developer and now I'm getting transferred from my home town to some other state which is quite expensive to live in.So I want to know if it's alright to ask for pay hike just because I'm changing location. And what should be th...	Yes it is fair to ask for more money if you are going to be inconvenienced by the move.
How should I proceed when my employer continually delays my employment contract which was promised months ago? I work at a relatively small software company, and have done so for around 6 months. When I landed the job I was told the employment contract would be signed on my first day, and since I have asked the upper m...	Despite the absence of a signed document, if you were told terms and accepted them, and started work, you and your employer have a contract. Do press for information, and to get such information in writing.
how to make sure an employee is working effectively? Let's say I hire some developer or an artist for a project, and that I pay him hourly. How am I supposed to know how many hours he worked for the content he provides to me ? <Q> If you are concerned about this, contract by the job rather than by the hour. <S> That el...	Once you've determined who will give you a reasonable rate, you need to check references and ask if they produced results on time and budget. You can still ask for and receive a detailed weekly status report indicating what they have worked on, as a sanity check.
Career as a backend engineer, problems? I've been researching backend engineering jobs and I am confused how one could become a backend engineer. The requirements aren't only one language. I've learned NodeJS/Express, MongoDB, Ruby/Rails but not the native SQL language. Now finding a job here is difficult because co...	If you want to know what is required to become anything, read the relevant job postings, and acquire the required knowledge and experience - it's that simple.
How can I politely say to my co-worker do not look at my chat messages when I'm chatting with clients One of my co-workers, who is sitting next to me, is also working with me on the same project that I'm working on. The leadership people from the client's team are chatting with me about the project and the team's perfo...	You would politely ask your co-worker to step out of the office for a few minutes while you discuss a confidential topic.
Giving extended notice period to employer? I'm moving away from the area at the end of March and I want to give my current employer 2 months notice instead of the statutory 1 month. This is due to the fact that we are already one member of staff down in our office at the moment, and I want to give my employer enough ti...	Write down the possible advantages for you of giving two months notice instead of one month.
"No immediate openings but would be good to meet as something could potentially come along soon" I recently applied to small company which I got a referal from a previous company I just applied to few weeks ago (they don't have openings as well). I sent an email attaching my resume and the General Manager of the compan...	Companies will always have openings at some point in the future.
My boss gives me a lot of time to work I am working in a company as a programmer.I am in charge of a project which recently came to production. No bugs, just some modifications.The system had as deadline 4 months, finished in 2 and the rest went to do trial and error tests. those who want some modification of the syst...	Your boss is probably either trying to temper expectations or he is trying to create a buffer of possible bugs/issues/changes that will be requested on a given project. You should speak to your manager and suggest his estimations are generous.
Is it Ok to renegotiate a salary with a staffing firm after giving a range? I'm working with a staffing agency on a full time position with a company and I feel like I'm going to get the position. I gave the staffing agency recruiter a salary range of 65-70k, but later found out from the staffing recruiter that the com...	Like all salary negotiations, you may be asked to justify your counter-offer.
New workplace: should I use my personal browser account, or not? I'm a software analyst with a relevant work history, which means that I (like others) have a large collection of bookmarks with useful links and resources that are useful during my work (along, of course, with numerous links of funny pictures of cats). N...	Aside from the policy aspect, I don't want my employer to know all of the websites I visit during my free time for things completely unrelated to work.
How to evaluate whether a career coach is beneficial? I am trying to find/change my career trajectory. Its a good cozy job, but I want something that I get excited to work on in the morning. Career change is hard, for a lot of reasons. So I cant just try out a lot of different careers, and need to be more methodical in...	First of all, build a list of career coaches available in your area. - There isn't really a point of getting a career coach if the benefits don't outweigh the costs.
Working from home, paid per hour - but I'm learning most of the time, how should I count hours? I'm a student + working from home (coding - not internship). I'm supposed to count hours I've worked on the projects, but then I'm still somewhat new to my job and 2/3 of the time I spend working is basically just learning, ...	So hours spent learning towards the goal of performing the task that you need to perform counts as working time.
How to reject a candidate whilst allowing, in the future, that they will be accepting of future offers? I am recruiting developers for my team, and there is this nice candidate that I cannot make an offer to now, because I have proceeded with another candidate. However, in the future, we may have more open positions, ...	Finally I'd let him know that if another position opens up he will be contacted. I would give him a personal note attached to the standard "Unfortunately, the position has been filled..." Whatever you do, don't write something in a passive voice by computer, that is likely going to be interpreted as a type cast rejecti...
How to answer "what is you estimated time to complete coding task?" I am currently the only software developer in my company. When there used to be other developer(s), we would follow agile scrum method and gather to have sprint planning meeting to try to come up with a story point for all the tasks in the backlog, and...	Make sure you not only estimate how long it will take, but how long will it take before you have the time to work on it. If something takes two hours to do, it's very difficult to say when it will be done if you don't even know when you can get started.
Religion in the workplace...? I am in quite the predicament. I started working for a new company couple of months ago and everything was great. Loved my co-workers, managers,etc.. Everyone seemed to like their job and we all have our usual 'good morning' routine. Until last month that is. My co-workers decided to thro...	It is certainly possible to beg off from a holiday party if done tactfully.
Effect of leaving full-time for a high visibility contract on my career I was hoping to get some help with a situation I've been struggling with lately. I'm not asking for help to figure out if I should take the job, but rather how taking the job might affect my employability. I've been offered a position at a very we...	You can simply describe why you left your last permanent position as "an opportunity too good to refuse" and with the recognizable brand of the position, they'll believe it.
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 contact with may infl...	A friend of mine told me that hiding stuff from Facebook may imply that I have something to hide, which is not a positive sign for the human resource department. It is well-documented that people have lost jobs because of what they said or did on social networks. If you don't show it, HR won't find it.
Is it normal for meetings and communication during normal business hours to push my coding to late at night? I work at an open style workplace. Like many other people at startups, I wear many hats at work, which forces me to collaborate with other workers a lot. I am also often distracted by meetings and emails through...	Being distracted by e-mail is a problem you can easily solve: don't respond to an e-mail unless it needs a response now . If that doesn't reduce your load acceptably, start talking to your boss about what your role is - are you an "individual contributor" whose primary role is to actually write the code, or are you a "...
Received contract offer through one recruiter, then contacted for full time offer at same company by another recruiter. How to proceed? I just received an offer to XYZ, Inc. through recruiter A. Now this opportunity is a contract position and I would prefer full time, but I can take the contract if necessary. Now I wa...	You ought to express your interest in a full time position to them.
Sharing code to prove experience Is it necessary to share code from my own projects, when being interviewed for a software developer position? Some background:I am a young adult, in my 20s. I haven't yet gone to college for financial reasons, but I have been passionate about computers since I was 5.The job that I'm ap...	You do not need to show the whole app's code, just enough to prove that you can do the job. If they request the code, give as much as they want.
Downtime as a project manager? My busy periods are when taking on a new project for the first time. I have to scope the work, delegate and structure the project accordingly. Once the team has been assembled, and processes are in place, I am then busy at the start of the day where I do my daily stand ups (and deal with...	Review your skills set and decide which skills are worth acquiring or strengthening now. The other thing you can do is some actual work. You might want to think of this free time as a safety valve - if one of your projects has a significant problem you have the time and energy to fix it without burning yourself out.
How to handle a conflict of interest with a supporting business colleague in the same office? I am a residential designer providing home plans to builders and homeowners. I rent my office from an engineer who provides all the engineering for the plans I design. He recently hired an employee to help with the workload....	You could say something like "Hey, I noticed you have started to create a portfolio of plans." and then listen for the reaction and take it from there. You need to decide if are going to continue to rent from him and if you are going to use him for all your architecture work.
Coworker outed as xenophobic. Is there something I should do? In case this is significant, this happened in Germany. Today a co-worker explained me how he believes how almost only the lazy immigrants who can do nothing leave their countries to come here, among others. Then I smiled and pointed to me -I am myself a immi...	It is ethical to remind someone of what is accepted as professional behavior at the office, what isn't, and what is not allowed there. Drop it, befriend the guy if you so wish, and if he brings up politics again just stay out of it. I thought on giving some information for example about why the most part of strangers l...
Worked a job, but it was under someone else's name. OK to put on resume? So the specifics are as follows. My spouse got a job as a independent contractor for an online job. They didn't work it much, and when I didn't have a 'real job' (for a matter of years), I worked the job. I did the max hours a week, got paid, perf...	Just leave this off of your employment history, since you weren't actually employed.
How to communicate with a boss in a different time zone who is not an email person? I am currently volunteering as a corporate English coach (of some sort) at where I work now (the COE of an industry leading IT infrastructure provider in China). Recently during a training session a Chinese team manager came to me for a...	First thing I would suggest, is that she should make sure that her inquiries need her manager's intervention.
How to encourage recruiters to email you instead of calling right away My question is similar to this one . I'm in a similar position as the OP there - I strongly prefer email to calls as calls can be disruptive (since I'm generally working on something else when they call, plus it's a lot more time-consuming than ...	Send every call you can't identify as "must take immediately" to voicemail.
Approaching the easily accesible promotion I had a question about me being silent and my colleague being dominant (good manager). Now i am confronted with new situation. I have been nominated for long term onsite project starting in 6 months (every one fights for this, but for me, it has come without a sweat) and ...	When you go to accept the project, ensure that you note that you believed you were going to receive a promotion, and you would still like to receive the promotion along with this project.
Labeling employee lunches that are left in refrigerator I need a simple way for employees to label their lunches as we have a problem with people not labeling them and when getting upset when their lunch is thrown out. <Q> I've seen this issue before with communal refrigerators shared by 100 people. <S> Some suggesti...	If you get those clips with magnets on them, you can just stick them on the frig for their day. If you say, "everyone should label their lunch", someone can reply, "oh, I don't have a marker". Something like a cloths pin could work.
How can I get the information I need from a colleague who doesn't want to share it? I recently started working in the IT department of a "slow" company. We have almost no documentation for our code and systems, neither as wiki nor as self descriptive code/comments. I have to do QA for a software application on which on...	Explain to management that the absence of documentation makes it imperative that James cooperates fully and enthusiastically with you Instead, the place to start is by talking to whatever 'project manager' is in charge of the project you're working on. Things to try: 1) Get him to meet with you at your office, or where...
How to deal with random people taking away our food from semi-shared common rooms? I work in a building that is semi-shared with several other teams. We have over 5000 employees in total across all the buildings we work in. My team likes to have small gatherings that include free food. As their manager, I want to ensu...	If you keep food in a common room without making it clear who it is meant for, people will assume that anyone can have it.
Impact of a negative job reference when changing jobs? Long story short, graduated, worked as a developer for a family business (tech start up) after 5 years things went sour between my employer and I. Employer mixed family and office politics which ruined our relationship. In an effort to get rid of me, employer and l...	And for being a good employee all that matters for a company is that you are ready to move on and in your case you have already much to show that you have moved on. The worst they can do is refuse to give any reference. It would have been difficult to join a company after those 5 year spent in your family business as a...
Do employers typically not like hearing negative things about their company during interviews? I interviewed for a company several of months ago (I got the job by the way) and I did some some online research and reviews on what past employees thought of the company. I usually take these reviews with a grain of salt. ...	Nobody likes hearing you talking badly about the thing they are trying to represent.
How to document a bad project without shaming anybody? I've taken part in a catastrophic freelancing project full of bad decisions. I left it. As part of the handover, I have to "document my work", which essentially means I have to document the whole project (I am the first who wrote any documents on it). Now I have t...	As you mentioned, you should not put any of your personal input into the documentation regarding how you feel about the project, people who worked on the project, design details, etc. If you kept a good paper trail or have the paper trail from the people who were on the project, you will be fine since it will be clear
Extended opensource software as a side-task, how to ask my boss about to contributing it back to the community? Note, it is not a software licensing question, it is a "how to ask this from my boss" question. The IP part is here irrelevant. In my current project, I have a relative high freedom, actually the goal is on...	I believe, we should publish updates to GitHub, so that: our experience in the technology area is visible and recognizable the community would support and improve functionality based on this and we get all those for free.
My employer never asked me to fill out a w4 I have been working for the Same employer for almost a year now. I have never been given a w4 to fill out for tax purposes, instead he asked me to fill out a I9. I was under the impression that the I9 form is used for private contractors, meaning I will have to pay taxes at t...	State agencies may use Form I-9. You can submit to payroll or HR an updated Federal or state W-4 at any time.
Appropriate to reference rent prices during salary negotiation? The price of rent in the area of a potential employer has increased dramatically without regard to the rest of the state and surrounding areas outside reasonable driving distance. In fact, it appears the trend will continue and I will be looking at an enti...	The theory says that a company is only interested in the value of your work, and that cost of living is irrelevant. It may not be a huge factor, but mentioning it is not going to harm you.

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