The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, August 28, 2015

Top new questions this week: Saying thanks for luxury perk without sounding obsequious? I'm currently in my first full-time job and have been here for a year at a big UK company. Me and a few others from my site recently had the opportunity to attend an event where we were given free ... professionalism united-kingdom   asked by Adam44 53 votes answered by Jon Story 96 votes How to act when uncontrollable, natural "accidents" happen during meetings? (Burps, gas, stomach grumbles) Especially in serious/silent situations. If you are the source of the deed, is it better to ignore it, or just say sorry afterwards? work-environment   asked by Zaenille 46 votes answered by Jane S 50 votes What's wrong about being honest about your career plans? Premise Until a few weeks ago, I worked for a software company as a software developer. Honestly, I tried to do my best every day. Not only I did what I was supposed to do, but I always tried to ... professionalism termination job-satisfaction   asked by PicPuc 39 votes answered by enderland 59 votes Got caught tweeting negatively about my company My company had a little team party about a month ago that was boring and horrible and I tweeted something bad about it. Later I was frustrated with a project and tweeted more bad stuff about the ... professionalism company-culture complaint social-media   asked by user1502 33 votes answered by Carson63000 63 votes What are the disadvantages of working from home? I'm 41 years old. I'm an Australian, and I like things where I am. At 15, I took to software development (computer programming as I knew it then, and as it probably still is now) because it promised ... telecommute   asked by Owen Thomas 20 votes answered by Jane S 22 votes What's the most appropriate way to introduce my boss to friends and family? There is an upcoming social event organized by my employer where friends and family will be invited. The company is a fairly small company in the UK and I will inevitably need to introduce my family ... united-kingdom relationships socializing terminology   asked by user40390 11 votes answered by enderland 39 votes How can one politely keep a coworker on topic? I am a junior developer in a small team of about 20 people, I have been working at this job for about 1 year so far. Every now and then I have to ask a question to my senior coworkers. Those questions ... professionalism time-management coworking   asked by MyCoworkerIsActuallyANiceGuy 5 votes answered by thursdaysgeek 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How can I ask my interviewers for feedback following an interview? Recently, I had an interview with Amazon. At first, things went smoothly and well. After two interviews, they decided not to move forward with the process. I'm the type of person who wants to ... professionalism interviewing feedback   asked by Tarik 99 votes answered by kevin cline 86 votes Team members spending too much time on Stack Overflow Almost 8 months ago, I encouraged my team members to follow Stack Overflow so that they can read questions, help others, and build their skills. But now this has gotten out of hand. I have a team of 5 ... team productivity online-presence team-building   asked by user2711965 141 votes answered by HLGEM 168 votes

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