The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, April 29, 2016

Top new questions this week: How to politely tell someone to stop explaining? It happens occasionally, that I come across something I don't know how to do, and I need someone to show me. So I ask Bob for help, because Bob knows this stuff, and he comes over and starts ... communication colleagues annoyances   asked by Benubird 126 votes answered by sleske 97 votes Single parent takes many sick days We are a small (~20 employees) company in the US. We are a manufacturing environment and most jobs have to be completed on the shift they are scheduled - the work isn't something that can be made up ... united-states sickness   asked by Lyrl 122 votes answered by Myles 181 votes How should I maintain a professional relationship with female coworkers? I am a recently graduated engineer and have just joined a small software company in India. Our company is divided into project teams that are further divided into groups of three people. My first ... professionalism software-industry colleagues india gender   asked by ramdas1989 59 votes answered by Kilisi 86 votes I broke an appliance at a company-supplied house -- should I turn myself in? The company I currently work at offers accommodation to interns, a position I currently have. This accommodation is shared among other interns. It so happens that I broke an appliance at the house. ... professionalism communication ethics   asked by user49792 57 votes answered by Hilmar 141 votes How to handle an intoxicated on-the-job coworker I have a coworker who comes back from lunch high frequently. I know for a fact this is the case, because he has outright said that he got high during lunch. While I am in a state where it is illegal, ... coworking   asked by Jeff Quick 45 votes answered by DVK 53 votes Hygiene Etiquette for Riding a Bike to Work I have an internship that is close enough to my apartment that I could ride my bike to work. Obviously, that will cause me to sweat on the way to work, especially during summer, so even though I would ... professionalism   asked by gdhoward 33 votes answered by mtone 41 votes My coworker is lying about the current state of his work One of my co-workers stated that he has done a test of the application he's working on, and that it's currently running on ten PCs. But I've found that it's running on a single PC only, and the tests ... software-industry communication   asked by XenoMind 17 votes answered by Kilisi 45 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Why do interviewers ask if I'm interviewing with other companies? This seems to be a common question that is asked as a normal part of an interview. Can anyone speak to what the interviewer is really looking for when they ask this question? And is it best to ... interviewing   asked by aroth 28 votes answered by scaaahu 28 votes How do exit interviews benefit the company? I read everywhere "Don't be honest about your real leaving reasons, the company won't change or they'll just blame you anyway!". But if it is that way, why do companies even have exit interviews? Why ... exit-interview   asked by Zaibis 87 votes answered by Jay 125 votes Can you answer this? filing for Form 940 at once for all the employees or individually to each of them will the employer have 100 employees under shall he need to apply for FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) Individually or at once. How will it work out united-states   asked by teja 1 vote

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