What to say during a group evolution meeting
My startup company is trying something new. They are planning their first 'group evolution meeting'. We would have to answer two questions for each member of the DevOps team.What is he or she very good...
View ArticleClassic/Textbook approach feedback delivery rejected
When doing conversations about critical feedback to others the approach that I know is optimal and most books recommend is using a tentative language, state the point in a factual and non justmental...
View ArticleHow to interpret management being inconsistent in their interaction/feedback?
I work in a fairly quantitative technical field. We get open projects which I love to do. I do quite well at them, and I have a good reputation in my team. My manager is more operational and most of...
View ArticleSoliciting suggestions from entire group of subordinates - good idea?
I am a member of the managerial team at a large international school. I coordinate about 40 staff members. I am considering emailing them at the beginning of next academic year, and possibly at the...
View ArticleWhy do my bosses ask if I am okay?
I tend to care about my work and so I tend to work long hours.I am a manager, so when my employees call out, I pick up their task and complete it. I am told I am an open book and my team and upper...
View ArticleLeaving because of a coworker - professional way to explain (or not) reasons?
I am a software developer planning to leave my current job in December, unless something significant changes. This is entirely because of a single coworker within a small team, whom I think is harming...
View ArticleHow do you respond to (negative) interview feedback?
I received positive and negative feedback through email after giving a presentation for a job.I completely disagree with some of the negative feedback, I was told I missed some key points, even though...
View ArticleBoss provided practical advise on how to commit suicide during bad feedback...
I'm still shaking when thinking of this.The other day I had a 1:1 meeting with the boss. During the meeting, the boss gave me some bad feedback about my performance. I was really upset about the...
View ArticleHow to help a dev, who is otherwise good, improve the speed at which they work?
I work as the lead dev on a small team. I manage 3-4 devs.I don't have any issues with this particular dev apart from that given their level they should be completing tasks faster. This isn't just my...
View ArticleColleague wrote bad source code, what do do?
The situation is the following.I have been asked to review the source code written by a colleague.He is a novice in this particular field.This colleague has been working with a client for more than a...
View ArticleReceived a 'behavior reminder' from manager. Not sure if it was just me or...
I recently received an email from my manager about a "professional behavior reminder". It's very vague stating "Please remember to dress professionally and not speak negatively about the products you...
View ArticleThey said they would contact me tomorrow but they didn't
After the last stages of those interviews, they gave me feedback`"Hey! Today our HR urgently took a day off, tomorrow I will contact you based on the results of those calls. Don't lose us :)"what do...
View ArticlePresentation with feedback
I am an electrical engineering intern at a utility company. The company requires that we have a presentation at the end of the term. The presentation is expected to contain information regarding the...
View ArticleDo I tell my new boss my honest opinion?
I've recently been employed as a people manager for a branch of a large organization which is struggling with both staff engagement and performance. One of my observations after being in the role for...
View ArticleI have been invited for a post-interview chat about a position for which I am...
I am currently a part-time employee at Home Depot.After a nine-month job search, I finally landed an interview at Home Depot through their internal portal. Although the interview seemed positive, I now...
View ArticleUncomfortable in one-on-one meetings. Do I let my manager know this?
I work in the United States. To give some background, I worked for six months reporting to a manager who never micromanaged and never requested monthly one on one meetings with me. I just did the work...
View ArticleProfessionalism: I addressed that a significant part of project issues where...
I would like to briefly point out that this can only reflect my view of the problem. However, since the basic problem here is poor communication culture, I am also aware that my view of the problem...
View ArticleCan HR/Boss Require Your Username and Password?
We recently received this email at our work from the HR Department. We work in the healthcare industry and our username and password is linked to everything that we do. We have to follow strict HIPAA...
View ArticleHow to respond to the interview question "how did you respond to harsh...
I recently had an interview where I was asked "how did you respond to harsh feedback from your boss?"Problem is, I have never received negative feedback from a manager so I did not know what to say....
View ArticleInvited to an Interview follow up meeting
I had an Interview with the Infrastructure Development Manager, Development Engineering Team Leader and the Talent Acquisition Manager for the company. They promised to provide feedback the following...
View ArticleSuggestions for a deliberately confusing team building exercise [closed]
I have a team of 6 and I'd like to talk to them about techniques for giving and receiving feedback, specifically the Situation/Behaviour/Impact model (SBI).I'd love to illustrate this through...
View ArticleDo I owe my company "fair warning" about issues that won't be solved, before...
I'm miserable at my first programming job (small company) due to a very long list of workflow and management issues.These issues cause me a great deal of stress, to the point of feeling physically sick...
View ArticleAfter two years, out of nowhere, I'm told I'm severely underperforming. What...
I've been a software engineer for 6 years.For the last 2 years I've been working for a US-based startup as a contractor in a Senior Engineer position (I'm South American).The whole tech stack was new...
View ArticleDealing with "work faster" feedback
I had an end-of-FY review with my manager and while basically all of the feedback is positive, one negative bit of feedback was basically "I'm expecting you to work faster in the future".Now this...
View ArticleHow to deal with the feedback from coworker after joining new team?
I'm in a graduate rotational program and just joined my last rotation. My first two rotations were in the field of data science and for my last one I picked a team where I can learn and work on data...
View ArticleGiving constructive criticism to my boss' boss
I work at a bank in the United States. Every month we have a two hour department meeting and the head of Loan Operations talks first and gives a run down of the past few weeks activities. What bothers...
View ArticleRequesting signed feedback form from end-client
I'm working in the following setup: Me -> A -> B. Where A is a services company and B is the end-client (a product company). There are multiple providers for A in the same team, I'm one of...
View ArticleProactively sharing time-sensitive feedback with manager?
My company is in the middle of its annual performance review cycle. As a part of that, I was asked to provide feedback to my manager via a web portal. One of the questions asks about a "growth...
View ArticleAvoiding the terror of a Performance Improvement Plan
Over my career, I have needed to take several team members through a PIP (performance improvement plan). I was also given a PIP during one job. From both sides of the coin, there are many things that...
View ArticleShould I go to an interview I don't intend to accept the job (if offered)?
In a conversation with a friend, he slipped that he intended to go to an interview for a senior position in software development. I was surprised, since I was under the impression he liked his current...
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