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How much has your company's revenue grown in the last year?
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Over 100%
50-100%
10-50%
Stayed Flat
Went Down

How should I handle differing instructions from multiple bosses?

  • Communicate to each of them the conflict in direction and ask them to prioritize.

14 answers • Leadership

I sit at a desk 8 hours a day. What are some things I can do at work to improve my health?

  • That was a losing battle for me for twenty years. I was a college teacher with increasingly more and more on line classes and fewer and...

16 answers • Office Culture

In your opinion, how important is having fun with your coworkers to the success of your Company?
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Extremely Important
Important
Neutral
Slightly Important
Not Important

Are team building events effective? Why or why not?

  • It depends on the environment. I'm in a toxic environment so asking me to give up my free time to spend more time in that environment is an...

13 answers • Office Culture

How much notice should you give an employer if you plan to leave the company?

  • How much notice does the company typically give employees when they let them go? If the company typically gives same day notice that an...

37 answers • Office Culture

How would you rate the quality of the co-workers in your department & on your immediate team?
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Excellent
Good
Average
Below Average
Very Poor

How long would you give a bad hire to prove themselves at the job?

  • It depends on what is meant by "bad" and what is meant by "prove".

24 answers • Leadership

What are some of the hardest lessons you had to learn during your first few years in the workforce?

  • to keep your mouth shut and do your job even if what you were told was wrong

15 answers • Professional Development

Do the political views of your coworkers affect your working relationship with them?
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Female
Yes
Male
Yes

What will be the consequences from my company for using my benefits too much?

  • probably try to get rid of me and get someone with a lower pay scale

20 answers • Office Culture

Is it fair for me to be fired when an illness has kept out of work for a long period?

  • no but there were many who were out often and did not lose their jobs

17 answers • Office Culture

Do you think there are enough females in leadership positions at your company?
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Female
Yes
Male
Yes

One of my best employees has been offered more money elsewhere and I can not afford to give them a raise. How can I get them to stay?

  • you probably cannot you may tell them they are one of your best employes and will try to get them a raise in near future

50 answers • Leadership

How can we maintain our culture as we increase in company size?

  • Dont lose the communication flow you have today while it's small. It's too easy to lost that when you get more middle management. Dont let...

11 answers • Office Culture

Does your Company encourage open discussion of workplace issues related to Gender & Diversity?
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Female
Yes
Male
Yes

What can I do to inspire collaboration instead of competition at work?

  • reciprocate, not always possible because other folks are not ready to wrok together

21 answers • Office Culture

How much has your annual compensation increased in the last 7 years?
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More than 100%
50-100%
20-50%
5-20%
Stayed Same or Gone Down

I just had a loud and emotional outburst at work, what should I do for damage control?

  • Not enough information. Were you the one with the outburst, an employee, or a customer? Are you in a position of power or was the person...

9 answers • Office Culture

Are you proud to be a part of your company?
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Female
Yes
Male
Yes

How can I tell how good a potential hire will actually be once on the job?

  • Time. Some people will do their best when first hired and eventually the quality of their work goes downhill. Seen it happen the same day or...

18 answers • Leadership

I'm the boss, and I just blew up at an employee in front of everyone and feel bad. What should I do?

  • Apologize publicly and privately to the employee. Blowing up at an employee is never an appropriate action. The boss should also take some...

17 answers • Leadership

Which of the following set of Company Values is most meaningful to you?
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Transparency & Integrity
Teamwork & Winning
Speed & Innovation
Fun & Passionate
Diversity & Inclusion

When is competition in the work place healthy and when is it not?

  • It is healthy when it is used as a motivator to move things forward, it is not when it causes people to sabotage coworkers & the whole team...

12 answers • Office Culture

What are some of the benefits of job-hopping every year? Cons?

  • Increased pay (in the short term). After 3 or more annual job-hoppings you will be viewed as a non-team player/ person with issues....

13 answers • Professional Development

Is your company supportive of LGBTQ employees?
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Female
Yes
Male
Yes