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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

If you weren’t a health care worker, your employer would not be legally obligated to pay you for that time — even though ethically you’re 100% in the right to expect it, for all the reasons you stated (the exposure was part of your job and you followed their instructions). I work in a service department in a retail store.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 11, 2022

" Corporate Social Responsibility is not a legal mandate in every country. Moreover, the global furniture retailer works to reduce energy consumption. They have partnered with nonprofits, organizations, and schools to improve computer science education and make a greater impact through technology.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

I recently got a text from the director of my department saying that I had left my personal Gmail open on my work computer and that there had been unkind things written about the assistant director, with whom I work most of the time. Actually, I wouldn’t be so sure that it was legal. I am the general manager for a retail location.

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MARCH 14, 2016

My boss has been applying for jobs on the office computer, and I came across his CV on a file. I don’t know whether I should take this to HR because he’s been applying for jobs on the company computer behind their backs, I’m really stuck for what I can do because it’s degrading to me. I find this humiliating.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’d be willing to do the work if you were compensated appropriately, say this: “I was willing to help out a bit for free, but if you want me to continue doing graphic design work, my rates for that are higher than what I earn for retail work here. If you’d like me to work up a pricing proposal, I can.”.

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JULY 15, 2020

This is only my third office-type job, but I have significant retail/food service experience before this, and to me, the pop quiz idea comes off as punitive and ineffective. She wants to give us pop quizzes on each other’s areas, while leaving us to handle the actual work of cross-training on our own.

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Ask a Manager

MAY 20, 2018

I’m just starting a FTM/gender queer transition and have been changing my name, but won’t be doing so legally, at least for now. So I have a bachelor’s in Computer Science. I have a part-time retail job and live with my parents. Email signatures when you’re changing your name.

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Great Place to Work

MARCH 30, 2023

19 on the 100 Best list, offers workers a program called “Purchasing Power,” which allows employees to buy items like refrigerators, TVs, computers, and more through a payroll deduction over 12 months, avoiding interest and fees. Retail chain Target , No. World Wide Technology , No. Power Home Remodeling , No.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Tell me about (your trip to Tahoe/your kid’s concert/your massive new computer monitor/that weird memo we got).”. * “I’ve taken a vow of silence about my diet at work. I work in customer service for a hobby retailer. There are lots of e-readers for computers, not just mobile devices. Is it legal for them to do this?

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