Comment by Superbest on Who is responsible for slow equipment?
Is it your laptop, or is it given to you by the company?
View ArticleComment by Superbest on How can I get a stapler and better keyboard?
If it's such a low cost, just go out and buy one yourself. You will effectively discount your salary by that much. Thus, if a rival company offers the same salary, but has a nice keyboard already, you...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Plagiarism in resumes?
I'm assuming this is in their work experience section... Should you really not be allowed to use a company's own description of what they do, when you've given years of work to help grow that company...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on How to avoid sounding like a pedant when answering...
Well, I would be impressed by this, assuming they also provide a real solution once I appropriately qualify my question and ask again.
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Request to delete LinkedIn account at termination of...
Less money than you could make in 5 days in exchange for never being allowed to use LinkedIn in your life. What a deal!
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Fell ill - huge gap in time on resume - what do I do?
Do recruiters just go and find great jobs for some random nobody they don't know, who isn't in demand (ie. not a coding rock star or industry expert)?
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Employer wants work-loving employees, and not...
I usually translate this as an extra, unspoken job duty: "Must be willing to sycophantize often." I then do the compensation vs. duties claculus as usual. Honestly, this sort of claim (especially...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Employer wants work-loving employees, and not...
Isn't it a bit hypocritical to criticize employees for "treating employment as a commodity", when employers do the same thing themselves? Anyway, if you mean that "love of work" is supposed to justify...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on How to catch up with people my age in terms of career?
Although I disagree with @EdHeal 's implication that catching up to your age cohort is never worth worrying about (age discrimination is a reality in many areas), I second his question. Your question...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Potential client wants to pay in free stuff not...
For the record, I accepted this answer because it (1) doesn't say anything that could be construed as rude and harm my reputation (2) provides a nice example that I can base my actual reply off and (3)...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Hiring manager asked me not to accept other offers...
But what OP really wants is job A. What if he takes job B, and then a week or two later, job A comes around and says "here's the formal offer sorry we took so long our dog ate the HR department". Then...
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Is it professional to demonstrate enthusiasm in the...
@Onlyjob I think the people who apply to 100 job ads, get 10 interviews and only 1 offer are the type many companies want to avoid. They want the people who don't even have to apply to get offers.
View ArticleComment by Superbest on Boss about to scold and demand more of me
Don't you have a contract or something that says how many hours you're supposed to work?
View ArticleHow urgent a tone is appropriate when discussing a crisis?
For purposes of this post, let's assume (so as to preempt trivial answers) we are in a workplace where both urgency (ie. time) and efficiency/quality of work (not wasting materials and producing...
View ArticleAnswer by Superbest for Is being blunt in emails common in the workplace?
Based on my experience in Academia:Everyone gets far too many emails (hundreds of pertinent emails every day) and nobody wants to read them all. Even lowly college freshmen will have a dozens of social...
View ArticleAnswer by Superbest for Who is responsible for slow equipment?
Not all companies pay you for how much work you do. For instance, a security guard is not paid per thief he catches, he is paid to be there 8 hours every night so that management can rest easy in the...
View ArticleHow should I explain being overqualified?
Let's say you apply for a job opening. Everything is good, you get along with the interviewer, you seem like a good personality fit with the team, you have the requisite skills, the work interests you...
View ArticlePotential client wants to pay in free stuff not money, how should I respond?
A potential client wants me to design promotional material for an event. However, in their initial solicitation, they said they would pay me with a free pass to their event which they claim is "$X...
View ArticleAnswer by Superbest for My employer (client) wants me to work in “ghost” mode
There's not inherently wrong with working discreetly. There are many areas where it is preferable for everyone involved that not every single detail of the work be made public to everyone.From what...
View ArticleAnswer by Superbest for How to not appear uninterested in an interview
Sounds like you would only take this other job if it has all (most) of the pros of your current one, and none (few) of the cons. Fair enough.You could put it exactly like that, then explain why you...
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