The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, October 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: How to deal with a team member consistently showing up late For a long time I was the only developer at my company. Last year, we hired two more entry level devs. I have no management experience or training and very few managerial duties, but by virtue of my ... team people-management scheduling   asked by rotard 46 votes answered by Kate Gregory 48 votes Do people need to be positive to be promoted? I am a software engineer by trade. I am good at my job. I get universally good reviews. I have lead two teams (at two different companies). Both were successful - delivering our product on time, with ... management promotion leadership   asked by Telastyn 20 votes answered by Chris Lively 28 votes What nailpolish colours are appropriate for business casual? I recently got a new job, with a business casual dress code. They were great at outlining what clothes and shoes were appropriate, but then I got to wondering about other things. I really like ... dress-code   asked by Ashley Nunn 13 votes answered by Kate Gregory 15 votes How can I complain against someone using evidence obtained from an unethical source? A part of my IT job I take upon myself is to sieve through outgoing employee emails to remove confidential and personal information before handing over the account to the succeeding person. One ... complaint whistle-blowing   asked by Jake 9 votes answered by Roger 26 votes How do I explain having to leave my last job because employer was asking me to do something illegal? At my last job, which I loved for the first several years, the company I worked for started to have financial issues. As a result, they decided that cutting corners by committing fraud was the way to ... employment-gaps   asked by I Want To Be Hired 9 votes answered by Christopher Estep 11 votes Being asked to do work "on your own time" Is it ethical for a manager/supervisor to ask you to do some task that they consider menial or trivial on your own time? For example, when a software developer starts a new position, they need to set ... ethics conflict overtime task-management   asked by istrasci 8 votes answered by kevin cline 15 votes Is an unpaid internship for web development at a startup legitimate? I'm a new grad of a web design/development certificate course with very little experience and I've begun applying for jobs. I have received interest mostly from places offering internships. I have ... internship startup websites   asked by CuriousGeorge 8 votes answered by daaxix 17 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the purpose of wearing a uniform even though we are seldom, if ever, visible to other people? Why do some companies implement a policy that requires all employees to wear a uniform, designed and made by the company, even though some of their employees are not visible to people outside of the ... company-policy   asked by John Isaiah Carmona 26 votes answered by GuyM 34 votes How do you handle an interview for a candidate who is performing poorly? When you begin interviewing a candidate and realise early on that they really, really aren't suitable for the job (for example, for a developer role, perhaps you've discussed coding and discovered ... professionalism interviewing hiring-process   asked by yochannah 62 votes answered by CMW 58 votes

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