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 Discussion on question by Papermate: …

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BSMP
Nov 15, 2022 18:27
Why did you expect your boss to just drop this? Are you two friends?
 

 Discussion on question by professiona…

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Oct 9, 2022 05:53
"I'm afraid I'm going to get fired..." Over just this mistake or has your boss been upset with you for other issues?
 

 Discussion on question by user136954:…

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BSMP
Oct 6, 2022 19:39
@Imhotep It sounds like someone's PTO level indicates how fast someone accumulates paid time off. So maybe someone on level 1 is earning 0.5 days every 2 weeks and level 2 earns 1 day off every 2 weeks and so on.
 

 Discussion on question by Ptvsucks: M…

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Aug 25, 2022 20:08
@jaskij To be fair, the question is also lacking details that would have allowed people to give more specific answers on how to address this with the boss. There are multiple comments now asking OP to clarify what exactly happened and where they're located.
BSMP
Aug 25, 2022 20:08
While I think your question is clear, it would help to edit it to explicitly state the outcome you're looking for since you have a couple of close votes indicating people can't tell what you want. That said, industry and location (it doesn't have to be more specific than a state or country) would be useful.
 

 Discussion on question by HarryJ: Sho…

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BSMP
Aug 3, 2022 16:05
How are they forbidding overtime if no one is tracking how much time is being worked?
 

 Discussion on question by neubert: Et…

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Jul 30, 2022 08:54
I disagree strongly with casting close votes based on the question people think the OP should have asked instead of the actual content of the post.
 

 Discussion on question by Willie: Jun…

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BSMP
Jul 29, 2022 05:40
To elaborate, it sounds like the problem might be that they aren't understanding the requirements, not just missing information. I think the meeting implies this because they're doing things that don't address the problem whether they're getting information written down or verbally.
BSMP
Jul 29, 2022 05:40
1) Is this your first time working with someone with no prior work experience? 2) Are you certain they aren't reading the requirements? Your anecdote about the revisions made during the meeting kind of implies that's not what's happening.
 

 Discussion on question by chrono_tach…

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Jul 14, 2022 10:27
@JörgWMittag I've never worked someplace that operated on billable hours that required you to note a bathroom break. Unless this company is particularly evil, short breaks are fine. They also ought to have an internal project codes for dealing with HR/IT/etc. issues that would be an exception to the billable time rule. (OP says they follow American work culture so this ought to be what's happening.)
 

 Discussion on answer by jwh20: Is it …

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BSMP
May 23, 2022 19:12
According to the end of this article, there’s a study that lines up with your experience: finance.yahoo.com/news/…
 

 Discussion on answer by Ertai87: Team…

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May 17, 2022 22:38
@22286 The point is that it's a lot worse now. It's harder to schedule anything nowadays (not to mention the fact that no one can "schedule" their kid getting sick). Availability is lower and the chances of something getting cancelled because a teacher/technician/doctor/specialist/etc. got sick is much, much, much higher.
BSMP
May 17, 2022 00:38
"We had this sort of inconvenience all the time in the pre-covid world and somehow we lived with it." Pre-COVID didn't have the kinds of labor shortages and supply chain issues we have now. I'm currently going through this with an appliance repair now: "Oh, we can replace the part." "Oops, we have to replace the whole machine!" "Oops, that requires two people and only one person is here today!" "Oops, we forgot to put in the order, it's going to be later!"
 

 Discussion on question by J. Doe: Dis…

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May 17, 2022 06:48
@J.Doe I don't understand what the problem is unless you think signing or not signing it changes something.
BSMP
May 17, 2022 00:35
But are you expecting that not signing it opts you out in some way or something else?
BSMP
May 17, 2022 00:35
"Can I reasonably say that I have some objections, refuse to sign and keep the job..?" You can't even use a web site without agreeing to its Terms & Conditions. And while this is the first time you've had a job with a formal Code of Conduct, it's not the first time you've had a job with rules, right? Why would an employer let their employees decide which rules to follow?
 

 Discussion on question by softwaredev…

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Apr 7, 2022 03:39
So you're a high performer and get excellent reviews but your manager is saying that's still not good enough? Have they been specific about how much work it would take to make them happy?
 

 Discussion on question by Beveled: Ho…

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Mar 25, 2022 23:41
The people who sincerely can't believe that an employee would be stuck in limbo because both their manager and IT refuse to agree on who needs to do what in order to solve the problem are really, really lucky. (The bit about "I need to make you a stakeholder to let you look over my shoulder" is rather banana crackers though. I'll buy them not wanting to help you but the reasoning is...weird.)
 

 Discussion on question by Groger: Man…

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Feb 25, 2022 15:21
1. Do you have reason to believe your manager that these other team leads don't have company phones? 2. Do these other team leads work for other managers or are they all under your manager?
 

 Discussion on question by ConfusedAtM…

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Feb 14, 2022 16:27
"Should I do A or B?" questions are off-topic but also, no, do not do this. I think this can be edited to ask if there are any employment laws in regards to disability or privacy that might be applicable.
 

 Discussion on question by Richard: Di…

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Feb 11, 2022 09:23
Regarding A C’s comment, it actually would be useful for you to explain how you know they’re spending so much time on leetcode, especially since you’re only estimating that it’s 2 hours a day. You could end up looking foolish (at best) if you confront them on this and either your time estimate is wildly exaggerated or this person on leetcode isn’t your employee.
BSMP
Feb 11, 2022 09:23
Can you clarify whether this is a full time employee with an employment contract or a contractor? Also, is the work expected to be done during specific hours?
 

 Discussion on question by Josiah Hasw…

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BSMP
Feb 2, 2022 14:10
Also, can you edit your question to explain where you are in the hierarchy in relation to her and the people who are giving her grief?
BSMP
Feb 2, 2022 14:10
"Her team is staffed exclusively by other women and LGBTQ+ folks..." Is it the case that all of the women and LGBTQ+ folks in the company are on her team or are there other women and LGBTQ+ folks elsewhere in the company?
 

 Discussion on question by Socrates: C…

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Dec 31, 2021 11:33
For the record, federal employment laws prohibiting discrimination against disability start at 15 employees so unless there are state laws with lower requirements, they aren't wrong. The answers below are correct that it's a moot point but they were correct when they said those laws don't apply to their 10-person business.
 

 Discussion on question by Danubian Sa…

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Dec 17, 2021 19:58
@Randal'Thor Yes, though I should let someone who thoroughly understands the bug explain it at this point. Maybe one of the folks who posted an answer.
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 19:56
@Randal'Thor Ransomware: nbcnews.com/news/…
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 19:52
@Randal'Thor If I understand the problem correctly, it allows malicious parties to run their own code on your server. So a better metaphor might be leaving a spare key to your house where anyone can see and get to it.
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 19:49
@Randal'Thor I would have liked to list specific software that's affected but it seems that part of the issue is that so many things use it (and it isn't immediately obvious whether something is vulnerable) they don't even know the scale of it yet.
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 19:32
Unfortunately, the comparison is more about the OP's opinion on the behavior of the developers and not the seriousness of the issue.

I did find an article saying that they've seen people try to use this to deploy ransonware. Would that make the problem clearer?
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 11:20
I wasn't saying anything about responsibility. But just as you included a note about the severity of the issue for non-IT people, I think it's worth explaining that the problem isn't related to someone's paid work, because that might affect the answer. It's also worth noting that this is an open source thing and that's how/why knowing folks real names is a thing. In most circumstances, the name of the individual people responsible for an error wouldn't be public.
BSMP
Dec 17, 2021 11:20
It's worth noting that we're talking about volunteer work here and not something someone did at their job.
 

 Discussion on answer by jwh20: How sh…

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Oct 26, 2021 02:32
Simply asking: "Do you have any questions?" is almost always ineffective in my experience. This times a billion. The fact that the actual teacher is doing this is a red flag about the quality of the rest of the course, in my opinion. You cannot ask someone who doesn't realize they've misunderstood something whether they understand; of course they'll say yes!
 

 Discussion on question by Igor Mytyuk…

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Oct 26, 2021 02:32
English I think is a basic requirement for software development as all docs are written in it, so one of the trainees even lied about his English level... The only way you can say this employee lied in the interview is if they actually said they were fluent in English. You personally thinking English is important to software development doesn't mean that anyone who says they're interested in software development is claiming to have good English skills.
 

 Discussion on question by Acumen Simu…

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Oct 9, 2021 00:07
Have you generally been suggesting that they are over or understaffed? Also, did you have this problem before the pandemic?
 

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BSMP
Aug 10, 2021 03:11
Ugh, I was trying to link to it without doing the onebox thing.
BSMP
Aug 10, 2021 03:10
[Accused by the team of “stealing” my role from a colleague: all team members are against me](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177359/accused-by-the-team-of-stealing-my-role-from-a-colleague-all-team-members-are) - I would like to gossip about this question because I have two theories about what happened:

1. Bill was angry that Ann leapfrogged him with that promotion and went from reporting to him to being his boss. The OP got hired to spite her.

2. Bill didn't think John was right for the job but Ann did. She told John he had the job anyway thinking she could either change h…
BSMP
Dec 11, 2020 21:57
Somebody seems to think that cramming as many popular subjects as possible into a question will get it attention. I half thought it was written by a bot until I spotted their last comment.
 

 Discussion on question by Voxtenwatt:…

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Aug 6, 2021 06:35
I don't think any of them have firing power. Is there a way you can find out? Is there an HR department you can ask about who would actually be in charge of determining any disciplinary actions, raises, promotions, etc. for you? If these PMs can't fire you then presumably there's someone else who can.
 

 Discussion on answer by EJoshuaS - Re…

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Jul 2, 2021 16:37
@JoeStrazzere Yes, I know.
BSMP
Jun 30, 2021 06:02
"Not feeling my best," being stressed, and being poorly rested are not legitimate reasons to take a sick day. This is hardly universal. There are jobs/industries where being tired or distracted would be dangerous. Even just commuting can be dangerous if you fall asleep at the wheel. People who aren't fit for work should stay home.
 

 Discussion on answer by gnasher729: F…

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Jun 8, 2021 15:43
Would this really land the company in court when OP isn't speaking on behalf of the company? They aren't a manager or anyone with authority over their co-worker.
 

 Discussion on answer by nick012000: A…

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Jun 2, 2021 19:36
@nick012000 The OP isn't leaving because they found a 'slightly better' employer; the OP hasn't even found a new job yet. They're considering leaving in order to retain an important benefit: remote work. I don't agree that leaving an employer for a slightly better one would be unethical but more importantly, I don't think that's a thing that happens. Changing jobs isn't worth the effort if you aren't even going to get something out of it.
BSMP
Jun 2, 2021 19:13
*They're taking advantage of the company's training and then leaving.* Training your employees is part of the cost of business. You're not ethically obligated to repay a company for training any more than your computer or desk or bathroom toilet paper. If a company decides it wants to make employees pay for a particularly expensive training class if they quit shortly after, then they can put that in their policy or a contract.

When a company says that they don't want to hire junior employees due to high turnover, it's not because junior employees in particular are fickle. It's because the …
 

 Discussion on answer by neubert: Decl…

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May 14, 2021 01:52
@neubert Yes, responsibilities can change. The problem is that management hasn't actually changed anyone's responsibilities yet. They're still treating work that has to be done as something optional for their employees.
 

 Discussion on question by BigMadAndy:…

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Apr 29, 2021 07:44
When you say, "...if I mention it was actually me, I will be seen as not a team-player." Is it Peter saying that or management? Is that something you've been told before in this job?
BSMP
Apr 29, 2021 07:44
From option 2 it sounds like part of the goal of these meetings is to assign work so everyone knows who is doing what. Do I have that right?
 

 Discussion on question by Jason: Gend…

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Jan 27, 2021 22:51
_"I am arguing that hiring managers who don't know me can make any kind of assumptions..."_ I would have thought that confidentiality requirements would mean that the hiring manage never sees these forms, only the company's EEO-1 contact. However, I couldn't find any information specifying who is/isn't allowed to view the forms before they're sent to the EEOC.

Probably a moot point for your purposes since any company making a decision based on the form (including whether or not you answered at all) is already breaking federal law and not likely to be obeying any rules about who sees it any…
BSMP
Jan 27, 2021 22:32
Two reasons that I can see. 1) The question literally stated in the question is a polling question and thus off-topic. The question the OP was trying to get at, "What should I do?", is also off topic.

2) Your interpretation of the question boils down to, "How often to US companies break federal law?", which isn't answerable. It's another polling question only we'd have to somehow survey companies claiming to be Equal Opportunity Employers. The best we could hope for is for is an HR person with a long and varied career saying, "X% of employers asked me to throw out applications that [didn't…
 

 Discussion on question by Stan: Termi…

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Dec 24, 2020 19:09
...flirtatious emails between my friend and her boss. Was the flirtation one-sided where the boss was attempting to flirt with your friend and your friend didn't flirt back? Was flirting with the boss a condition of remaining employed?