The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, February 27, 2015

Top new questions this week: How can I respond to a CEO asking me to terminate an employee for reasons I disagree with? I am managing a technical team and a woman in QA has gotten engaged to one of my male developers. The CEO phoned to ask me to terminate the woman working in QA (providing two months of salary ... termination   asked by WEB 117 votes answered by DJClayworth 93 votes Do I need to act happy all the time even if I'm not really? I'm a software engineer from India. Recently, I suffered a personal loss which made me sad. I usually have my spirits up, but this time I just didn't feel like laughing at every stupid joke in the ... job-change behavior   asked by Snowman 47 votes answered by Kate Gregory 37 votes Job interview with nystagmus I'm facing the prospect of my first serious job interview. I've graduated recently and am looking for a job in engineering. While I'm not too worried about the interview questions, there's one minor ... interviewing job-search   asked by Slovakov 21 votes answered by Monica Cellio 34 votes How do companies with "self-managed" employees make HR decisions? I recently read about Morning Star Tomato. According to this video, their employees are entirely self-managed and contribute to the company in whatever way they see fit. Decisions like equipment ... management human-resources politics self-direction   asked by Past9 7 votes Resignation letter to a new manager So I've worked at the same restaurant for 8 years and I'm graduating college in 3 months. About a year ago there was a change in management. My long time manager was forced out by the district manager ... management resignation quitting manager   asked by tone90 5 votes answered by keshlam 10 votes How to defend my supervisor from higher management Overview We have a project in our office, it isn't going well. There are many causes, but the biggest are: The project was underbid, so we never really had a chance of making any money (we are a ... management communication   asked by wnnmaw 5 votes answered by Luna 6 votes How many thank you emails if interviewed with same person every time? I just got done with my 3rd and final interview today. I have sent thank you emails twice before. Is three times too much? interviewing reinterviewing   asked by user216392 4 votes answered by Happy 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: 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 59 votes answered by Kate Gregory 71 votes What should I do if I think I'll fail a drug test? I have recently finished my latest year of college and am planning on taking an entry level (minimum wage) job for the summer to build up some cash. At the end of finals I was offered a joint in ... hiring-process   asked by user19633 44 votes answered by Justin Cave 53 votes Can you answer these? Is it a good idea to try to bring potentially competing companies together? This may require a bit of backstory, so bear with me. I work for a very small company (less than 10 people) in an industry that is small but growing in our city. My company used to be around 30 ... company-culture   asked by Tom Sterkenburg 2 votes Blocked from applying for other jobs in company I have worked for my current employer for almost 14 years, working from home. There was an incident a couple of years back where I was unable to work because the company-provided equipment was not ... job-search termination complaint internal-transfer   asked by MedTrans 1 vote

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