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How much time/ Is it reasonable to ask for an extension in start date? So I have a company that I interned at for the past year (full time and then part time during school) and I will be joining them for a full time position at the end of a study abroad semester that I'm currently doing right now. It will be over 4 mon... | Just make it clear to them that you are okay even if the extension is less (or none) than what you requested. It is definitely reasonable to ask. Depending on their own situation / plans, they might accept, or they might reject your wish.
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Is it OK to contact a company asking for the closing date of a position? Main Question I am looking at a job opening that has been open for a number of weeks. There is no closing date listed on any of this company's job listings. Is it OK to contact such a company and ask them how long the job opening will be availabl... | Showing interest in a position should never be a bad idea. Many companies will only respond to candidates they are interested in.
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Mistake in years of experience in resume? I have 3 years 9 months of experience but since notice period for my organization is 3 months so I calculated that I will be having 4 years of experience on my last working day. I have mentioned in my resume that I have 4 years of experience . I got Job Offer from different or... | If you strongly desire to calculate your experience for the reader then you will have to add a date stamp to your resume so that they can perform further calculations.
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New hire (closing on 4 months) is inadequate, and I am torn between telling my boss or just keep quiet My company has basically 3 tiers of data scientists:junior, associate, and senior. I am myself an associate. Juniors should be under the supervision of another employee, associates should be able to take a project on ... | Testing edge cases is definitely not something a mid-level would be doing. For me it sounds like your responsibility is to make sure new hire is capable of performing some (previously yours) tasks.
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Should I reveal my mistake after project delivery? I was working on a project, as assigned by my manager. It was completed, reviewed and delivered, and is now under maintenance. While I was searching through code (for a different purpose) I realized that I had made some mistakes. Should I reveal the mistakes to my m... | The professional answer is yes, report the error. As long as you don't make excessive amounts of mistakes or repeat the same mistakes over and over, owning up and becoming part of the solution is a good thing.
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How can I deal with a coworker who only yells? This isn't a case of workplace aggression, just some guy I work with who only yells to communicate. He's not mad ever, he just only talks in a super loud voice. Everyone tells him to talk quieter and he doesn't. It gives me a headache when he comes over to my desk and star... | You need to simply ask him why he yells.
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Justification for leaving new position after a short time First off, apologies if this has a duplicate anywhere, I looked but couldn't find anything that mirrored the situation I'm in. I'm a recent engineering grad, who just started up full-time at a company that I interned at during my time in university. I spent a y... | If a potential employer sees your leaving as suspicious or disloyal then you probably don't want to work there, because it speaks to a culture of fear and blame. Explain the situation simply and honestly. It's important to remain happy in your career and seek development so it is completely understandable you would wan... |
How to positively present "why I want to leave" in interviews with <1 year in current company due to working significantly below my level Related to this previous question - in essence: I was taken on for a senior-level strategic type role but then after a few (about 3/4) months of carrying out that role (not due to ... | Ummm... explain it exactly as you've explained it here. Simply say, I am looking for a role that fits my experience, and expertise and this role with your company looks like a good fit.
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My manager asked me if I wanted to be team lead even though I am interviewing. Would it look bad to take the position and then leave? Recently my manager approached me because our team lead is leaving and asked if I wanted to be team lead for the team. This has been a career goal of mine for some time but I also have b... | Accept new team lead position (if you really want it and if is your best job offer at the time ), try to be as professional as possible, when you get an offer, simply say: I know it's not perfect I think the thing that keeps me from just taking it is I don't want to burn this bridge if I can help it.
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How to guarantee commitments made by email appear in a contract? I got a job offer after a successful interview - I then got an email stating that the pay will start at £30k for one month, due to the company wanting to avoid higher recruiter fees. After 5 months it will increase to £33k and finally after this period, p... | You can't, so make sure it's in the contract.
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Work requires me to come in early to start computer but won't let me clock in to get paid for it The computers at work take around 5-10 minutes to boot up and have all of the necessary applications for my job to be up and ready to use. I work 9am-5:30pm. But the other day my boss told me to come in 10-15 minutes earlie... | I would recommend to you that you arrive at 9am and clock in, and wait those precious minutes for your computer to boot up (maybe get IT guys to install SSD's, they're amazing and help boot speeds immensely), and stay an extra 15 or so minutes past 5:30pm and leave later to make up for the lost time at the beginning of... |
Should I add a note for recruiters in my LinkedIn public profile? I'm a lucky person with skills and experience that are currently in demand in my region (working in IT in France, not in Paris ;-)My LinkedIn resume is up-to-date, and the "Looking for new opportunities" checkbox is currently unticked. However, I still r... | What you can do is make a generic template message that you can send to recruiters you are interested in upon initial contact.
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How do I deal with a coworker that won't assist me when he's supposed to? I've worked at a company for about a year and most of the stuff I support is custom. At this point in time I'm pretty comfortable supporting most of our software to external customers. However, occasionally I have to support something that I stil... | Get a meeting on his calendar.
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Feels like I am getting dragged into office politics My technical manager and a Business Development person from my office have differences. They have complained about each other to the senior management. They are indulging in office politics and aiming to knock each other down. Some time ago, the BD person tried to f... | In such a conflict, be as neutral as possible, staying loyal to the company and to your manager.
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Did I ruin my chances at a job offer by going out of the country for 1.5 weeks? Good news - a company I'm interviewing with wants to move forward to the last round of interviews and asked for my availabilities for next week.(Potential) bad news - I'm going to be out of the country for a little bit (10 days) in a couple... | Given you situation, I don't think your availability (or lack thereof) for 10 days is going to be a problem for the interview process.
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Declining welcome lunch invitation at new job due to Ramadan I am starting a new position next month and I have been kindly invited to a team lunch. I would love to go, but due to the month of Ramadan I will be fasting during the day - no food or drinks allowed. I am not sure if it would be rude to decline their offer.... | Explain that you won't be able to go, thank them for the offer, and also give a timeframe when you would be able to in the future. The point of such a "welcome lunch" isn't really about you eating or drinking things - it's about getting to know your new colleagues in an environment that is less formal than the office o... |
Quitting for ethical reasons before obtaining a new job At my current job, I have been presented with an unavoidable situation in which I must immediately, continually, and indefinitely act in an unethical manner in order to stay employed. Even if I oblige, there is a good chance this could backfire and I'd be out of ... | If a professional body agrees with you on your specific type of ethical dilemma, this should give you the confidence and the official language to talk about the reasons for leaving your position.
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Can my company stop me from working overtime? I have been doing the same overtime for several years, my company now want to stop me from doing this and let other people do it who earn less money. Can they do this? <Q> <A> Yes they can do this. <S> I used to work at a company where some employees were purposefully do... | You need to check what's in your contract - but broadly speaking if this is overtime in the sense of being outside of your contracted hours then yes they can.
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Can I put on my resume the experience I got while I was in school? For the last 2 years I have been working as developer. Coming September, I'm going back to school for ~4 years. I will be studying and working as a part-time developer. After I'm graduated, can I put a total of 6 years of professional experience as a de... | I would not describe yourself as a developer with 6 years experience, as that would be misrepresenting the truth.
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Why are companies interviewing for roles in bad faith? Is there a sudden trend for companies to interview people when they're not a position to offer a job ? I've had 3 interviews in the past 6 months where everything went really well, got positive feedback, got a verbal confirmation that they intend to make an offer,... | The most likely explanation is bad luck.
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can i add my current one month job experience in resume? I have been joined in a company as a software engineer fresher and worked for a month. I want to apply to other companies which are doing more exciting work and paying better. Can i add my current job as a experience in resume? How will it effect my resume? One p... | - your resume is yours to write, you can put anything there that's truthful and helps represent your experience. In many cases, someone with a very short history, and who's looking for a new job after only one month will just get discarded from the search, unless there's some obvious or special circumstance.
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Abbreviation for bachelor's degree with minor When describing the degree one has obtained or is pursuing (for example in an email signature), is there a way to include information about a minor in a cleanly abbreviated manner? For example, someone who is working towards a degree in Mechanical Engineering would list th... | I would not list anything about your education in your signature.
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Negotiating salary after job offer I have received a good job offer, but it is at least 10k below the market rate. At the time I stated my salary expectations, I didn't know what the market rate was but do know now. I have since asked the org if the offer is open for negotiation so that it is more in line with industr... | Your options are Try to push for a higher salary.
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How long can I delay my job decision? I received an offer from a company and I need to respond back regarding my decision. However, I'm still waiting to hear back for 3-4 orher companies regarding my applications. I was wondering how late I can delay my decision? Does 2 weeks seem reasonable? <Q> Rather than ask for a ... | My advice is to just ask for a deadline and, depending on what you think about the professionalism of the company, be open about waiting for other company's responses. While if you state your own deadline in advance, you may find yourself unable to meet it.
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I got a new job, and a friend turned hostile because of it. How to manage friendships professional network? A friend of mine used to be a few steps ahead of my in his career. I was very happy for him, and I saw him as a trustworthy person and a future leader. He got into senior management in some startup, I was happy ... | Don't try to patch up the situation by trying to do favors for him (like offering referrals to jobs) until you know the cause of the situation.
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How do you deal with a coworker who seems provoke you constantly? I just switched jobs (I work on Qt based display codes; currently assigned to fixing assigned issues/bugs) in December. I was assigned to a project; good manager, okay-ish work, a polite client. All in all, everything was fine. Now, a guy was transferre... | Provide examples, but try to make sure they don't come across as being petty. Tell them that, although things seemed to improve briefly, this person is now affecting your work output again.
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Cancelling an non scheduled arranged meeting A couple of days ago, I had this conversation with a client: Client: Did you want to have a call? Me: Yes, I'm available on Monday morning (9-12). Client: Let's do it at 10. Me: Ok. Now, even though we talked about having this meeting, I haven't received a calendar... | What you should not do: not cancel and leave the client hanging blame the client for the missing invite
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Drug Testing and Prescribed Medications What happens if you take a prescribed drug and it shows up on a drug test? Should you tell the person giving the drug test about the prescribed medications? <Q> What happens if you take a prescribed drug and it shows up on a drug test? <S> That depends on the goals of the t... | Before taking the test, you should tell the drug tester about any prescribed medications that you suspect might influence the test.
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How to deal with a difficult boss? I am around 2 years experienced Software Developer in a small company. I have this boss in my company who is in this company since 2001 (that's also his first company). Now he thinks that the only way to improve any junior is to scold him and hurt his ego. He made me a team lead of 3... | So you will need to learn to stand up to him if you stay around. With that kind of boss, show him you're a better manager and leave - with your team. Keep your distance by avoiding office politics and be non confrontational
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How do I gracefully opt out of my workplace hackathon? I'm a new developer at a tech startup (I've been there a few months) and the time has come for the regular internal company hackathon. This is a 48hr window where developers work to build ostensibly "whatever they like" within the parameters of the business' needs.... | You might get a raised eyebrow or two from a coworker, but I doubt anyone will judge you too hard for opting out. I simply said, "NO"
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How to avoid making self and former employee look bad when reporting on fixing former employee's work? A former employee in good standing has changed jobs. Unfortunately a lot of their work just prior to leaving did not satisfy some acceptance criteria found by QA, and had other bugs. I'm picking up the slack in fixin... | 1) Don't make it sound like I'm speaking badly about the code or the former employee that left, who's work A bug is found, you're assigned to fix it, state the progress you made yesterday and state the plan for today; also mention if you need any help from the team to get over any obstacle you have. The whole team is ... |
Manager quitting, should I ask boss to take new responsibilities? I've been working for some months for a very small startup with a bunch of remote employees and interns. I work remotely, mostly doing non scientific research to be published in the company blog. Manager had a lot of responsibilities, but now has deleg... | If the CEO is your next-in-line in your report structure now that your manager is gone, they are the person to ask. There is nothing unprofessional about asking for more responsibilities, nor is there anything wrong with asking for duties that will help you shape your career to what you want it to be. No, it wouldn't b... |
How to deal with relatively technically incompetent coworker? I'm a software engineer. I work in a mid-sized startup that is growing very, very fast. Overall, I love my job, my coworkers and the atmosphere. One thing about my company is that most staff have technical background. Even our product managers, QAs, custom... | Communicate the solutions you can offer Occasional chat / help is understood and appreciated but that should never reach a point where you're doing someone else's work for them. There is no excuse for being not qualified for a role / position. Direct this Engineer to work with the Developers who are directly responsibl... |
Appropriate ways to speak about commitment vs. involvement I work in a software organization that has implemented a variation of the scrum methodology. One manager has shared the chicken and pig metaphor on multiple occasions to describe how the team members (developers + QA) are responsible for the approaches, tools... | If you want your team to feel commitment to the project, provide them with the power and the tools to make meaningful decisions about the project that affect its successful outcome - let them choose how to do it, and support that choice.
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Can a company back out after accepting a signed offer A firm sent me and offer, I accepted the offer and this acceptance was acknowledged by the firm After a few weeks, I got a call from the firm informing me that the offer is still pending approval ? <Q> Yes it is possible for a firm to back out of an offer. <S> T... | If they cancel the offer more than a week before the planned starting date, then that is an end of it.
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Incorrect date of birth in Job Offer I have recently been provided with a written job offer from a German company to sign. While applying for the job during the application process, there was an issue with the website so I was only able to select the first of the month in the DOB field. Suppose my date of birth is Apri... | Unfortunately, there is a typo in my date of birth. Bring the issue up to HR and follow up with them.
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How to deal with a job interview if you are not sure you want to switch jobs? I've been with my current company for just couple of months. The job itself is great. But since we don't get along well with my direct boss, who mentioned that we might need to part ways, I started searching for a new position and - to my sur... | As long as you approach the interview in good faith, meaning there's some reasonable chance you'd take a job if offered, then there's no need to cancel.
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Two recruiters both claim to have exclusivity on a role Recruiter A called me a informed of an available role and mentioned that the role would not be live for a few days until they get sign off. They also mention they have exclusivity on the role and so I replied to an email saying I'm happy for recruiter A to repres... | Expressing a desire to do the right thing by a prospective employer is unlikely to do you any harm. Depending of the negotiation between his agency and his customer, they may have a exclusivity period like 24H or 48H where the customer must accept or decline the candidates, after the deadline, other recruiting agencies... |
Interviewing with an early stage startup - how to find the expected work/life balance without seeming like one wants to just clock in and out? I’m in talks with an early age startup (would be joining as employee number 2). I do realise that working in a startup is not a classic 9-5. I understand that there might often ... | Ask the founders if you can speak with the other employee about the company, to get a feel for how everything is.
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What to do when no company is offering reasonable salary because of the past company? I'm new in the workforce. I have been working as a designer for past one and half years. The problem is the city I live in doesn't have much opportunity (actually not any) in the profession and my first employer was a startup in my t... | Redirect if possible, and be firm in saying that you're not interested in disclosing your prior salary. The only way to get more salary is to take the best offer you can get and start job hunting again.
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Is it a breach of confidentiality for a UK manager to tell others of my resignation? I resigned in writing from my position yesterday afternoon and have been working away from the office and my colleagues today. I received a message today from a colleague saying they are sorry to hear I’m leaving. I questioned where th... | Unless you explicitly asked for confidentiality with regards your resignation and your manager agreed to it, your manager informing your colleagues is not a breach.
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Recieving new offer but no matching title and salary Three years ago I started as a helpdesk employee. (salary scale A) At my company we currently have 4 helpdesk employees and 3 application managers. I received good/excellent reviews 3 years in a row now. When I started there were 4 application managers, 1 of them sw... | You can choose to continue on at your current company, but my suggestion would be to start looking for other opportunities for a person with your skill and experience level.
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Dealing with a collegue with habit of spitting I am a junior android developer. I work in a startup. I have one colleague in android department . He has a habit of spitting . If he does not like somebody's opinion. He spit on on the floor in front of that person. He does that to express his disagreement. Suppose He m... | If you have already asked your coworker to stop this in a polite way, and did not work, you should take this to your manager/superior , so they can sort this out the way they see fit. You're doing this every time someone disagrees with you, whenever you get negative feedback, or whenever you feel someone has offended y... |
Can I adjust my previously stated salary expectation in the interview? I applied for a Data Scientist position in a company in Germany, and I found out that the salary expectation I've stated in my application (it was required) is 10K below what the company usually pays people with profiles similar to me. Now, I'm sup... | You should have tried to find about that average salary for your profile before making an offer; unfortunately in this situation you found it afterwards, so there is nothing you can do to revert that.
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Can my manager threaten me with firing over not collecting enough email addresses? I work in sales. Every time customer makes a purchase I have to ask if the customer would like an electronic receipt. Most customers do not want it, and as a result I have only taken 10% of email addresses from 2000 transactions in the l... | You will succeed in the workplace by understanding what's required of you and focusing on exceeding those expectations.
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Is it professional to answer questions about self evaluation? In our company during interviews or evaluation processes, there are situations that you are asked to evaluate some specific skill of yourself: What are your strong and weak points? Between 1 and 10, how do you evaluate your communication skills? Do you t... | The point of asking these sorts of questions generally isn't about the specific weaknesses - instead it's to see if you have the sort of mind/personality that can self-identify weaknesses and work towards improving them.
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Why should HR post the job ad. again on social media before conducting the interview(s)? I've been invited for a phone interview scheduled for a few days from now (Germany), but I noticed the job advertisement was uploaded again on the social media yesterday (Xing, Linkedin). Is this a typical act expecting from the ... | There are several reasons that can be summed up as follows: The candidate pool is not large enough or skilled enough or a combination of both that they feel confident there will be enough people to hire.
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Salary Negotiation: Recruiter raised basic pay but removed signing bonus So I have this ongoing negotiation with my recruiter. The original job offer included a signing bonus (of a significant amount) and the basic pay is 15% short of my expected salary. Eventually they bumped up the basic pay and is now 10% short of m... | If your expected salary is non-negotiable, then you'll have to decline their offer. As with any other negotiations, you decide what you need and what you want.
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Should I justify my "bad" GPA in my application? I'm in the last year of my bachelor studies and I'm looking into writing my bachelor thesis at a company (hopefully abroad). Preparing my applications is do struggle a bit about my resume: My current GPA is a bit lower than 2.7ish (unable directly convert my german gr... | Do not take extra-steps by yourself explaining in written.
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What should I do about the 3-4 months gap in my employment history? I quit my previous job earlier this year because I got a freelance job which was paying much higher and had flexible work hours. I was able to travel a lot during these 4 months and also worked on a couple of long due personal projects during free time... | There is no need to try to make anything up. You may have been underpaid at the full-time job or simply interested in learning about new problems to solve that the part-time one offered. "I was working as a freelancer during that period of time."
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My new job gave me a Macbook for work, but I have no idea how to use one I recently landed a great job in software development. The only problem is they gave me a Macbook. However, I have zero experience using Mac. At home I use Linux and at my current job, I use a combination of Linux and Windows. This company is ver... | It'll be a new learning, and given that you're familiar with Linux, learning your ways around Mac will not be too difficult and time consuming IRL. Don't ask for special equipment Using the same platform and tools as your co-workers has many advantages - you can share tips, learn from each other, mutually solve problem... |
Does a career change mean I would have to take a pay cut? I am currently a mobile developer and have been that for about 7 years now and I have been in IT for about 10. So I'm an experienced IT professional. I'm considering changing careers to either cyber security or computer forensics. But I would have to take an ent... | You should expect your pay to be based on how well your skills and experiences fit the requirements for the new position. In "normal" career development, taking pay cuts is not usually a good choice.
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Introducing software management practices in poorly managed company I believe the company I work for has very poor software&people management practices. I want to approach upper management about this. I believe I should have a concrete explanation on what the problem is and what possible solutions could be applied.... | But you could setup a meeting with those of your peers who are interested, and discuss things like agile methods and how you can use them in your personal work if nothing else, explore communication/project management tools and report to each other about them etc. The most practical thing you can do is to gain the coop... |
Structure for client visit we have a very important client visiting our office. One key aspect of this visit is the client’s desire to interact with our staff at all levels, ask questions, understand what they are working on etc. There are 8 client executives visiting. One thing we are struggling is how to structure th... | The best way to handle these encounters is to have the employees trained for this kind of encounter.
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Should I send a "thank you" message to someone who forwarded it to a colleague? I would need some advice about the customs of answering with a "thank you" message to someone who forwarded my mail to a colleague. To give you more context, I was contacting this person for the first time to ask him some advice. He answe... | A quick "Thanks" can never hurt.
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What should I wear to go and sign an employment contract? I've finished my interview sessions with a company (2 individual interview days), and also discussed the first draft of the contract with them. They offered me the job, and I've accepted their offer.Now, I need to go there once more to sign the last version of t... | My take on it is that it is fine to dress down some , but you still want to present a fresh and professional appearance. You'll never go wrong by overdressing a bit.
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How to like somebody who you dont like at work? I guess its the most natural of all feelings, some people we like, others we dont. But at work, wanting to be professional and to the advantage of the business, I believe collaboration is best when you like each other. So when you feel you don't like somebody but you want... | Do not force yourself in trying to "like" (or dislike) , you do not need to like someone as a person, you just need to make sure you can communicate and work with them - basically to be in sync with the work they do. The answer is your objective - focus on getting that achieved. The more time you spend with someone the... |
How to handle work with a lot of bureaucracy? My work has a number of bureaucracy. For a request, a number of approvals must be made, and after approval, my request will go to different teams for implementation. All those approvals and implementation by each team is sequential, meaning that if there is a bottleneck at ... | Be prepared to explain exactly why it's a rush job.
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how can I help my team be included in company social events? I manage a small team of myself and 2 others. The other software engineering teams at my organization tend to all get along and interact with each other socially a lot, while my team members are excluded. For example, an employee recently left the company an... | If your company makes use of email aliases, see if there is a "development" one and make sure you and your team members are on it.
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How to handle hourly employee taking unauthorized overtime? I have a hourly employee in Texas who has taken to milking the time clock: the employee will stay a few minutes late to complete a document that came in towards the end of their workday, or they were taking their lunch at their desk and if someone interrupted ... | Say that you care about their relaxation and instruct to ignore incoming work calls during that time, even if they are at their desk. You could try to discuss whether there are any fringe benefits that would offset lower compensation.
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My interviewer asked me to do a coding challenge in a framework I've never used. Red flag? As the title suggests, I did a 20-minute phone interview for a remote software developer position. One of the questions was "have you used any frameworks with X language, specifically Y framework?" My answer was "no I haven't use... | It's possible that the "short coding test with Y" is simply a training exercise to see how well you catch on to coding in a new framework. I don't see any red flag at all. Everything you're asked, or asked to do, in an interview is relevant to the person asking it, but that doesn't mean that there is one correct answer... |
Planning to move next year, wanting to stay with the current company My partner wants to move back home (across the country) to be near her family, so I told her we could do so in the next year. I am currently a Lead engineer at a good company with a great salary, equity, etc. with three direct reports. When I move, I... | Usually, it all boil down to company policies - whether they (can) allow remote work or not. Don't offer to make any concessions... initially.
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Unrealistic duration for the task: refuse or start with understanding I will not do in time? The size and complexity of the task I have just received (days only) does not match the firmly set deadline, when it should be done. How should I respond? Simply say I cannot do this in time. Agree to take the task and star... | You do all you can, but never ever let them think that it will actually be done in the time frame they asked for. If they turn to be unreasonable, start looking for another job, while doing your best at the job you have.
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How would a developer who mostly fixed bugs for years at a company call out their contributions in their CV? Looking at several CV writing blogs and tutorials, everyone suggests to call out your contributions something like this: Developed project X with 50$ million profit. Developed this application saving support... | Yes - by simply calling that out as directly as possible! To build on @Justin's answer, not only should you say what you did, you should spend a few words describing the project (what it does, what technologies it uses, how it is architected, etc.)
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I want to ask company flying me out for office tour if I can bring my fiance, entirely at my own expense Here is my current situation: I am a student graduating in September who is looking for a full-time job. A company located across the country from me interviewed me (remotely) and extended an offer. They said they ... | Since you're willing to offer paying their expenses (versus asking the company to pay them), it doesn't even seem like you need to ask the employer if they're OK with you bringing them along - it seems more appropriate to just inform them of your plan and politely ask for the coordinating details.
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There is a large spider above my work desk, does my employer have any obligation to get rid of it for me or move me? There is a large black spider located above my desk location. I am terribly afraid of spiders, to the point where I can't work without being afraid of it jumping down and if I lose sight of it then I am ... | In the most of the (civilized) world, it is in the obligation of the employer to provide a clean and safe work environment.
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Experiencing a desire to play a more technical role I am currently a Product Manager at a large software company. I have been doing it for 3 years after a career change from sales. I do not have a technical or business degree but have been able to excel at the role. I mostly play the role of the Product Owner on scrum ... | And, of course, expect to enter your new career at a level that matches your skills and experience - in other words, you may take a "demotion" to make the switch.
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What to say and what not to say to a recruiter when he or she is checking in? I have never known what to really say or not to say to a recruiter when he is checking in after assigning me. If everything is going well, I usually just say that and often follow it up with "does the client have any feedback about me?" I d... | simple "Yes, I'm good" should suffice. If you are having trouble with the people you work with, you can mention it. Suck it up and do the job they're expecting you to do.
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No update after 1st round of interview After attending the 1st round of interviews for about 45 mins, they told me they will call for the 2nd round in the next week, as they wanted to interview few more candidates. After the week, when I checked with HR, HR told that I will be updated by next week. After repeated mai... | If HR is replying "still no updates" then they are clearly looking for more people for the job, still interviewing, and therefore they are not happy they have found the right candidate.
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How to deal with a colleague who is being aggressive? I’ve found that a relatively new addition to our team is being needlessly aggressive and I’m not sure if I should speak to them or our mutual manager about this face to face, or try some other technique while working to reduce her aggression as it is affecting my co... | When you speak to your manager, outline that this new employee is making erroneous claims as to the quality of your work, is being rude, verbally abusive, and that working with her makes you uncomfortable, as you never know when the next confrontation is going to erupt. Perhaps even avoid being alone with her in order ... |
Internship without work to do I've been in a coop program for 3 months and there are 3 months left. The company is the one that I highly esteemed before I came. Unfortunately, it seems my manager doesn't care about my internship and told me at the very beginning that my mentor will manage all tasks. However, my mento... | In my experience with coop (I've been a student and hired students), when there's nothing to do in your team, try and see if your manager will let you branch out in the office.
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Open office space - complaints for noise - how to respond I work in a big corporate office and a slightly more senior colleague of mine under a different reporting line, with maybe ~25 years in the industry, Alice, has twice complained to me about how loud I speak - or it could be my actual voice. The first time I wa... | How to respond If someone has already complained (like the case you mentioned), apologize, and then either Actively try to keep your voice level in check while having conversation Pick a meeting / discussion room or conference room when you need to get into a lengthy discussion. What is acceptable to you, may not be a ... |
How are you supposed to get any work done when the whole day is meetings? I'm in a very small department, about 15 people, and we spend most of the day in meetings that aren't necessary, either all together, 1 on 1s, or 3-4 person groups. I usually only get about 30 minutes at my desk between 9:30 and 5:00 to get any a... | What I would do is explicitly decline the meetings that you think don't need your presence, and perhaps send a vague "no time" message.
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Manager pushing acting manager aside when she is about to go on maternity leave when the pregnancy is a secret Asking for a friend, I will try my hardest so it doesn't appear as a "what choise to make" question, sorry about the long post but it is an interesting scenario: The setting is a highly political government a... | Definitely don't tell the boss, that would be a very bad move.
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My employer signed an NDA on my behalf I work for the US government in a research facility. I basically cannot sign anything on my own and definitely am not allowed to sign an NDA without written authorization from my supervisor. Yesterday I attended a meeting at our facility with an industry representative. At the mee... | You are every much bound by your employment contract. You are not bound by the NDA directly, because you didn't sign it.
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How long should I take to tell an employer my decision? I'll have my first face to face interview soon and I have a few questions. Do I have to accept or reject the offer on the spot or is it okay to ask for some time? How long do you think I should take to reply? <Q> Do I have to accept or reject the offer on the spo... | Normal is one week to think about it, longer might be seen that you're not so interested. If you have done your up front research properly and nothing overly surprising happens at the interview, you should be able to make a decision quickly.
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HELP! I shared a confidential offer letter from job A with another company (job b). Will I lose my offer? I recently was given a very generous offer from a well known company (Company A) that I was thrilled to get. At the same time, I was interviewing with job B, which was taking some time, even after mentioning other... | Be prepared to admit your mistake if confronted by Company B. Perhaps if you appear sorry enough and if you appear to have learned from the incident, they won't hold it against you. At this point, there's nothing you could do about it anyway. There's nothing you can really do about this now, so I strongly recommend tha... |
Removing long term experience off CV My first role upon graduating was working in a start up for 4 years as a Software engineer. Unfortunately things really soured with Senior management after the 4th year causing me to resign and move on. Senior management were extremely vindictive during this period, by putting me o... | There is no requirement to include every job on your CV/resume. Be prepared with an honest answer if asked about that gap.
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Coworker told me I'm distracting, what steps can I take to be less distracted and be less distracting to my collegues? A bit of a different take on the: "My colleague is distracting, how can I resolve this?" Maybe a bit of background. I myself am a young developer, autistic and am working my first full time job. In my... | If you can't control it (do try, work on it and try to control your voice tone when you're too enthousiast), just present apologies to the people you distracted and go on : that's not a big matter really, and I personnaly feel less pressured when someone around me is laughing from time to time. Isolate yourself : If yo... |
How should I sell the self-learned skills that I have not used in my previous jobs? Almost all positions related to Data Science are asking for skill and experience in some specific tools/software/frameworks etc (besides the relevant theoretical knowledge). As a matter of fact, I have the experience of working with som... | You don't need to associate it with any of your work experience, it's just another skill that you have, which is listed in the Skillset block of your resume / CV. If people ask where you used it, just tell the truth.
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What does a 'resume' for a US company in Europe include? I am wanting to apply for a job at a US company based in Europe (Switzerland). On their application site they ask for a resume. I am used to uploading one document with CV, certificates, references as a single PDF. The 'resume' they ask for is quite limited in si... | Resume is different from CV in a sense that it should not include any information that can be used to discriminate against a candidate - information that American employers are forbidden to ask for by law - and that European CVs often include. Resume is focused primarily on your work experience and relevant skills as t... |
When should you inform your employee that they are getting a raise I've got a 10% raise for an employee approved, but it starts from when he is going to make 1 year with us (which is in a couple of months). But the usual compensation talks period for the whole company is this month. Should I have a meeting with him now... | Kindly ensure that you communicate the effective date of the raise to avoid any confusion, particularly with the new joiners who may not be aware on how the raises work in your organization. During the initial meeting you only tell him he's being considered for a raise (and under what conditions he may or may not get i... |
Group manager threw me under the bus to save her friend I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do. Back story: I was put on a project that was far behind and was very low developer quality adhering to no set of standards or practices. The project was not following the company's Standard Operating Procedures even the mo... | Request for a formal meeting (in writing), again, with your group manager and team manager, for a follow up on the review discussion and present all the evidences you have gathered. Do make sure that your positive achievements are shown with proof.
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Is it OK to bring delicacies from hometown as tokens of gratitude for an out-of-town interview? I've been invited for an all expenses covered out of town interview from Singapore to one of the states in Australia. I'm wondering if it is common practice for candidates to bring some of their local delicacies as a symbol ... | If you absolutely want to give some sort of gift ( which I would not recommend ) you just need to make sure that the gift is small/insignificant enough that it will not be considered some sort of bribe towards landing the position. If you want to show gratitude for the opportunity make it a point to thank them in perso... |
How to break the cycle of being a "load bearing employee" because of no time to cross-train others because of constant deadlines? Edit: I considered this question (How to protest a deadline that is too short?) as a suggested duplicate, but in my situation there is no realistic way to 'protest' a deadline, since there... | So you need to make your manager aware of your concerns in writing, then if it hits the fan, you have evidence that you raised the problem and nothing was done.
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Coworkers talking on cell phones in the bathroom I work on a floor with approximately 120 people sharing one set of bathrooms (one men's and one women's with approx 6 stalls each). There are a couple of people on the floor who feel absolutely no compunction about bringing their cell phones into the bathroom with them ... | Find another time to go to the bathroom Accept that you get to listen to your coworkers' private communications -- maybe even enjoy it! Find somewhere else to go to the bathroom Do your business as quickly as possible so you aren't subjected to the conversation
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Not being assigned work by teammates I've worked at the same position and same company for two years. I work with two team members. Other employees have always admired my work and gave my supervisor positive feed backs. But these two guys on my team don't buy me at all. They don't assign me any important task, which b... | Start asking other supervisors what you could be doing for them and if they need an additional person, or if you really want to be doing anything, find another job.
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How do I explain a 2 week job overlap? I was working in this Organization X when I got an offer from other Organization Y. The joining for Organization Y was in 45 days but the notice period for Organization X was 2 months. Here is where things get complex. I put my papers and asked my manager (X Firm) to release me e... | In my experience, nobody is going to ask about the concrete day - usually, you express work period in months.
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My teammates are all unhappy with their raise, but I know I got more than them. How to handle? I have just come back after one month break from work (this is relevant) and am faced with a bit of a strange situation. This is in the UK. Whilst I was away there was pay review meetings at work that supposed to take place ... | If they ask specifically you about your increase: Sorry, I'd prefer not discuss your salary or mine. You should tell them to speak with the management.
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How should I handle an unreliable coworker that I recommended? I vouched for a close friend of mine to get a job at my current workplace. 2 weeks in and I've noticed some weird behavior. He has missed some important meetings He has lied (twice) about a personal emergency to get out of the office On a typical day he... | My other suggestion, is just stop caring so much about something so trivial as your work reputation. You should just talk to your friend, and say whats on your mind.
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I am now going to the US to work from the office there for a couple of weeks. What about european bank holidays? Essentially a bank holiday will coincide with my trip in the US (I work in Europe). I am wondering if I'd be entitled to get that day back as vacation or something equivalent. I don't feel comfortable just ... | You could ask for a compensation day, once your back, you could ask to get the extra day paid out, or you could ask for some other benefit in return Look at your employee handbook or HR policies, check if something is in there.
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Is lowballing salary offers normal? I was recently headhunted for a software developer position, and once I received their contract draft, I noticed that the proposed salary was way lower than I expected. Once I voiced my concerns, they immediately raised their offer by almost 40%, which I ended up saying yes to, but ... | If you'll accept a low offer then that's what they'll pay you.
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How to officially communicate to a non-responsive colleague? I have a colleague that works in different building. I only know this colleague by name but not by the person, meaning that we never see each other face-to-face. I have a work that is dependent on this colleague. I've been trying to contact the colleague, by ... | Take a few minutes to walk over to their office, introduce yourself, and talk about the work that you need this colleague to perform.
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How to structure answers in a 30 minute interview? Frequently I will have an interview with a hiring manager that last only for 30 minutes. The person will say they want to discuss: my background, my work, my method of working, a discussion of the company and the role, and then they answer my questions if there's time.... | In preparing for behavioral interviews, take time to catalog and rehearse stories from past experiences that you think you'll want to share in response to questions. You can answer briefly but fully, and then indicate that you'd be happy to expand on your answer if time permits.
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Started new job, given difficult/impossible project. What to do? Almost 2 months ago I started a new (data scientist) job. I was assigned to a team that has not used machine learning before. They have assigned me a wretchedly difficult project that I'm simply not enjoying. There is a second team in the company's analyt... | When you're struggling with a task at work the professional thing to do is make this visible and ask for help. 2) Ask for help.
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How to deal with (in my opinion) bad firmware design forced by my boss First some back-story. We (4 Developers, 1 of them is my Boss) are currently in the process of designing a new iteration of one of our products. So my boss told me to come up with a new firmware-update mechanism for this specific product. I sat tog... | You can do this by getting your boss to explicitly state what he wants over what you suggested in writing, through e-mail or whatever. Forget that you suggested an alternative design and focus on making the best product you can while staying within the brief.
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Employer wants me to lie so they can qualify for a a subsidy. Should I be ok with that? I've been working for a small company as a contractor for almost 6 months. Now they've agreed to hire me full-time, but said they would like to do so through a government program in order to qualify for wage subsidies.They provided ... | What your employer wants to do is fraud.
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Both me and the employer are interested in my taking a job, but paperwork has an arbitration agreement; how can I negotiate to remove it? I recently interviewed at a fairly large company for a position I was interested in. The recruiter said that I "far and away bested" the other candidates, and that they were really i... | Make a counter offer and be up front if a condition is legitimately a deal breaker for you.
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Prospective job postponed by employer Recently I went through interview process (3) for a job I really wanted. I receive an email follow up today from the employer, stating that they’ve decided to put the position on hold for now, and hope I can be contacted in the future when they continue with the hiring process at ... | Thank them for their time and let them know they are free to contact you when they continue the hiring process.
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Withdrawing a job offer by employee after having accepted it (in the UK) I know it is not ethical to do so (I mean withdrawing a job offer by me as an employee after having accepted it) and I won't be proud of it but my interests are more important now. So I got a job offer in the UK via email, I signed it and sent bac... | Signing the offer letter you received mainly certifies that you've received and accept the offer, but you aren't under any contractual obligation to start the job until you've signed a contract with a given start date and location.
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