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MAY 13, 2015

Bringing a portfolio to a dinner interview. Whenever I go to interviews, I bring along a leather portfolio with clean resumes and references in case I am asked for them on the spot. I am going on a second interview tomorrow evening at a restaurant of the employer’s choice. Is this legal?

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JULY 23, 2020

It takes me less than 10 minutes to feed him directly vs more than 20 minutes to deal with the pump, cleaning parts, and storing milk. My interviewer asked if I had any credit issues he should know about. I had a pretty embarrassing job interview last week and was wondering if I could get your feedback about it. Is this normal?

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JULY 1, 2015

Is this an infringement on my rights or is it legal? It’s legal. If what’s really going on is that your company doesn’t give references at all but only confirms dates of employment and job title, that’s also legal — and stupid. Is this coffee part of the interview process?

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Apart from acting as an official record of the discussions and decisions, minutes of meetings can also provide legal protection for your organization. 8 Share the meeting minutes promptly After the meeting ends, start by cleaning up your meeting minutes to make them as clear as possible.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Should I tell my friend my concerns about the team he’s interviewing with? Most of the volunteers teach community classes, but some of them do other types of work like cleaning or even managing the finances. I don’t think it’s legal for her boss to have her continue the secretarial stuff as a volunteer.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Eventually, I decided to start looking and was offered a new job (I used some advice from the site in interviewing and negotiations, so thanks!). Eventually, as I was leaving on my last day, they demanded an exit interview (which I had been trying to do for weeks). My boss reacted badly to my resignation, as I thought she would.

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JULY 11, 2021

But if your suspicions are right, it’s fully untenable (as well as a potential massive legal liability for the company, whether she’s fired or not). I’d emailed to ask if he could give me a few ideas sometime about his water feature, as these are very difficult to build and keep clean. Dealing with a pushy donor.

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JULY 6, 2021

Our cleaners keep blocking the hall with their enormous cleaning cart. It’s the biggest cleaning cart I’ve ever seen. Often, they have a plastic bag tied to the handle to throw their used cleaning clothes in and toward the end of the day it bulges further into the already tight space. Any ideas? (We

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JANUARY 25, 2022

I am clean, perfumed, hair brushed, and dressed like everyone else here. It’s just one more thing to clean and pay for. I could demonstrate the skills and experience in an interview, but I don’t have any paper trail in my name to prove it. But if I’m not wearing makeup, I get treated differently. Nope, they cannot.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

Business Unusual: Hiring & Team Cohesion Diving deeper into staff augmentation, outsourcing, and working with freelancers, Ruby’s Director of Strategic Communications, Katie Hurst, continues her interview with Damien Filiatrault, Founder and CEO of Scalable Path. You want to clean people’s teeth or do fillings.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

You could say it this way: “I love that y’all make me feel like family, but to protect everyone, I want to recognize that I don’t have the same family ties that you do, legally or otherwise, and figure out how we’d handle things if Percival and I ever weren’t together. Offering to take an interviewer on a tour of my current company.

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JULY 10, 2022

All we are asked to do is pay for the cleaning services and get our own plane tickets, so I have no legal contract that it’s been booked. Should I mention my grad school plans in a job interview? I was just offered an interview for a role at an organization that I’m really excited about.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I probably have no legal action against them since it is “at will employment” and they can let me go for any reason or no reason at all, but what could possibly be the reason for letting an exceptional employee go for “poor performance”? It could that she personally disliked you.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Legal note: This isn’t harassment in the legal sense unless you’re being targeted because of your race, religion, or other protected characteristic. But I’d put the word in there anyway because it’s accurate in the non-legal sense, and it might spur your manager to stop twiddling her thumbs.). Hopefully that might help.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

You could say it this way: “I love that y’all make me feel like family, but to protect everyone, I want to recognize that I don’t have the same family ties that you do, legally or otherwise, and figure out how we’d handle things if Percival and I ever weren’t together. Offering to take an interviewer on a tour of my current company.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Is this legal? Would it be legal if they offered this benefit to parents of any gender, but not non-parents? The part where they’re not offering it to non-parents is legal (except for in the small number of jurisdictions in the U.S. I know there isn’t a clean solution for this but I’d love to know if you have any advice.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The former employee had stolen some equipment from the organization and hoped to return it as part of his “amends,” but the sponsor didn’t want him to step forward if it the organization would pursue legal action against him. Dealing with the ego blow of not being interviewed after doing great work for an organization.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Oh, and our janitorial staff has reported cleaning up bodily fluids atypical for an office environment, which is completely unacceptable. No one would ever know if I used it to do a phone interview so I’m mostly just curious about what the ethical move is. in a restroom that is open to everyone in the building. I’m torn.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

And legally it would put them on very shaky territory: They can’t treat people differently because of a disability or the perception that they’re disabled (which here would refer to depression, etc.), What’s more, in order for a contract to be legally binding, each side must receive “ consideration ,” or something of value.

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APRIL 20, 2020

If it turns out Mike is just incredibly naive but didn’t mean to steal anyone’s work or falsely claim credit for things that aren’t his (which I find unlikely), then Jackson can give him a very stern warning, insist he clean up the whole mess, and watch him very, very closely going forward. Phone calls to set up interviews while I’m at work.

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MARCH 12, 2021

My boss spent most of his time dodging important emails or finding ways to be out of the office, leaving the team to clean up his messes—this resulted in multiple all-nighters from mid- and junior-level staff to get projects done on time. I went through 4-5 interviews over three months. Recently, I interviewed for a semester position.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

I’m employed in a cleaning-based role at a local school. Recently I had an interview for a HR manager position with a small organization of approximately 100 employees. The interviewer is a COO and only has a desk even though he deals with confidential financial information. I don’t feel like this can be legal.

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JULY 7, 2020

I have recommended that it is easier for everyone to have a clean break, but they keep waffling on what to communicate, and it often changes based on the person. Let her know it’s illegal to allow people to work while they’re not being paid, and if people are reading and responding to work emails, that’s potentially a legal issue.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

Legally, we know that we can reduce it a bit, but should we? and the other reason is “because janitors need light to clean.” I lied in an interview but then confessed. I recently got an interview with my county to become a dispatcher for emergency services. And if so, how do we handle that situation?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Go back to either the whistleblower line or HR — because retaliating against someone for making a good faith complaint of harassment or discrimination is illegal, and your company could be legally liable for allowing these employees to retaliate against the person they believe made the complaint. I would just clean up your desk.

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APRIL 2, 2020

I spoke with my manager today and she complained about Kate and how she had to clean up another of her messes. You’ve got to tell them that you appreciate their dedication to their work but they’re putting the company at legal risk and you cannot permit them to work. Also, revoke their access to work email until they’re back.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

I know what the laws are about paid and unpaid meetings, but I don’t just want to be legally compliant: I want to do right by our staff. What about offering laid-off staff the opportunity to have an exit interview to share their thoughts and feelings about the lay-offs — should that be considered paid work?

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Last month I finally had a successful phone interview with one of this company’s internal recruiters, who agreed I have strong qualifications for either a customer service role or the job I would love to have and for which I believe I am well qualified, information editor. And I waited. And I waited. For a week.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I already had health issues, but in Hawaii I had great friends, mostly clean air except when the volcano blew over, plenty of things to do outside, and a job that I liked pretty well although it wasn’t glamorous. Interviewers video-taped my job interview. Is this legal? Yes, that’s legal!

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MARCH 20, 2018

After a second round interview with company A, I was asked to submit references. She asked if I had any other interviews or offers on the table. I was honest and told her I had one interview the next day. The next day, she calls and asks how my interview went. In the interview? It’s five answers to five questions.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Someone has applied for a position in my department, who I will interview today. Should I interview this person, or should I point out the inconsistency to the hiring manager, or contact HR, or …? Start by asking the person about it when you interview her. Bringing a service dog to a job interview.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

I’ve had four job interviews alone this week. Not only that, but we are required to pull a motor vehicle report to ensure they have a clean driving record. We only found this out after we’d been trying to set up interviews for our candidates. As for me, this situation with all the signs had burn out levels increase.

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JUNE 13, 2016

I get my work done and I keep my side of the street clean, but lately he’s been sub-contracting me out to other people for work under the guise of “you helping my friends in turn helps me.” I interviewed for one job, got referred to a different one, and want to ask about the first one again. Or is it totally fine?

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APRIL 14, 2016

I had been planning this move for over six months before I actually left (the legal/visa process took a long time) and my direct manager was super supportive of the move. I don’t have the time to keep cleaning out my email and shouldn’t be deleting some of the things I already have. What should I do?

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JULY 2, 2017

(She was busy dealing with insurance/clean-up issues.) Or is this more of an answer to an interview question like “How did you manage a difficult situation?”. Unfortunately the school ended up closing for good, but I worked really hard to make sure that there wasn’t a huge interruption for the kids.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I am a legal secretary and earlier this year asked one of the law students at work to mind my apartment and cats in exchange for free rent/utilities/etc. I went off, told her she was irresponsible, that my neighbor would not know about special diet, to clean the litter trays, etc. It’s four answers to you questions. Here we go….

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JULY 4, 2016

This recent batch of hires was brought on-board by our former management team with no interview or screening process. In my exit interview, I told HR the reality of how problematic the manager was. The companies I’m applying to are in very relaxed industries, not legal or finance or the like. Is it dependent on industry?

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