Questions tagged [manager]
For questions related to the person responsible who evaluates your performance or oversees your work on a daily basis.
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Still in my probation period — upcoming feedback meeting. Can I give honest feedback or better stay cautious?
I’m still in my probation period at my new job and it’s quite easy for the employer to terminate the contract during this time (after that, it becomes much harder). My first feedback meeting is coming ...
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Advice on poor communication with a manager
I'm an employee in my workplace for about 1.5 years. My boss encourages questions, yet, every time I ask a question, they act like its inconvenient and responds rudely. At other times, they will leave ...
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Is it appropriate to request skip-level coaching for career development?
I'm hoping for some insights regarding what I'm planning to do as far as my career development goes. Would it be considered overstepping to request a skip-level 1:1 coaching session with my manager's ...
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How do I handle my manager throwing me under the bus?
Recently there were couple of instances which left me sad. I don't know if it my mistake or not but I want to know how to handle it. We have three environments dev, ppe and prod. Each with their own ...
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Not given any time for learning a new codebase [closed]
I recently joined a big company as a new hire. I know that I will have to be working on a certain project. It is a very big and complex open source software written in C++. I know that when one joins ...
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Asking why I was hired, can it cause damage?
A senior team member of mine just got fired because they no longer 'fitted the strategy'. "They were hired because of their great expertise in sector X, but now that sector X collapsed, we don't ...
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Advice for ‘Junior talent’ on how to perform while still having fun at my job
I am a recent graduate (<2 years) that started working at the local ‘dream’ company for my field. The company is quite corporate but still quite deep in technology as well. I myself have a rare ...
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How do I mitigate fallout of business downtime due wrongfully applied security patch as a result of inconsistent terminology
I am a manager in the cybersecurity division where I work. I have been in management for about 6 years. Recently, our business suffered unexpected downtime due to a mis- applied security patch that ...
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Dealing with Unit Head's Opposition to Work from Home
My company policy allows one day of work from home (WFH) per week. However, my unit head is against it and discourages it. He declines WFH requests from junior employees, stating they cannot work ...
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Would asking to book individual hotel rooms vs. accepting company block booking of rooms for upcoming international travel raise eyebrows?
This year I will continue to need to travel to Japan where my employer has a divisional HQ. I got notice this month that: Each employee can book the hotel reservation individually or Our travel ...
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How can I encourage my manager to move his ideas forward without overstepping?
My manager started working at this company when he was very young (18/19) and has worked here for approximately 10 years. He manages a team of 7, and my position is that of a "right hand" to ...
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Not promoting based on colleague friend status
I’m a shift manager and I’m friend with a member of staff from years ago when we were both normal staff, I was promoted two years ago to shift manager. My friend / colleague is being denied a ...
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Bosses requesting me to misrepresent the hours in the timesheet
Prior to the question, I have read multiple questions and answers about misrepresented timesheets on this page, but all of them were about different situations than the one I am in. I work as a ...
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Miscommunication on my part, or I did the right thing?
Context: So I joined an organisation as a finance intern 2.5 months back with 5 other folks, and the internship is of 6 months, and currently in the last month of learning Incident: I got an email ...
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How to cut off teammate from excessive drinking at izakaya (Japanese pub) in Japan with other colleagues at same table?
This week is my second work trip to Japan to visit divisional headquarters since my last trip almost 2 years ago. I am a manager and have been in a management role for close to 10 years. I work in ...
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