Communication with my manager is lacking and it's starting to concern me.
I started this position in January, and my manager has met with me individually a total of 2 times to discuss projects that she wants me to work on. She took on quite a bit of work when I started with a new project, so I tried to stay in the back and not communicate much, however, I'm starting to get worried that she's forgotten about me. I have sent her 3 different documents that she's requested over the past 3-4 weeks, and I have heard no feedback on them at all. I also have not had any direct communication (email, teams message, etc.) from her in almost a week. She also has been in and out of the office for work and personal travel the past month, but hasn't communicated that to team members. Two of us joined a call yesterday to learn she was out of the office. I've been trying to schedule time to discuss projects with her by going to visit with her in person, and her door is always closed. This position I am in is new, so there hasn't been any protocols in place. In addition, she works jointly at this office and another office, and seems to favor projects at the other office, even though she directly oversaw my hiring and the development of my position.
I had this similar thing happen to me at another position and ended up being let go, and while I am in therapy and recovering, I feel like I am going to get fired for not doing anything.
I want to stay in the position, but I'm starting to wonder if it's a good fit. I had multiple awesome job offers that I turned down to take this one, so I am very frustrated and could use some advice.
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Stay or go?
The company is staying afloat financially barely. Morale is down. Manager is the definition of toxic positivity and loses her temper every few weeks. There are no career growth opportunities. Lateral moves seem unheard of. Is it worth leaving without another job? The team is overworked and there is little time to do a search while employed there.
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Recruiters - are these chat gpt statistics true ?
I would think that not using chat gpt in 2025 would be a red flag . And why would it matter if you pay someone to write your resume or use chat gpt ? Either way it’s not your own work
46% of recruiters would disqualify a candidate for generating their resumes with an AI tool.
67% of hiring managers believe they can tell when they are reading an AI-modified resume.
Only 5% of recruiters would use AI tools to write most of their own personal resume.
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Your Thoughts Please
I co-own a small, growing business. We have been in business for 10 years. In the past few months, one of our long term employees has recently been working at home. This employee is mad at several people at our business and does not want to see them. This employee wanted to talk with (at) me about concerns, so we did. The employee admits to anger issues and claims to go to counseling a few times per week. They said they like the work but don’t want to see the other employees because they are mad at them. This person was also in a leadership role and has walked away from it, leaving the grunt work to me and the co-owner. However, when we step in, this employee screams at me. For the last few years, I have been uncomfortable around this person because of outbursts at me and regarding how we run the business. I am uncomfortable around this person and have limited my contact in the past year. This person is very good at the ‘work’ part of the job, but intense mood swings can run from being polite to being dismissive, to screaming at people. This person makes far more money than anyone else employed at our business. It would be good if the employee left on their own, but I suspect they are forcing my hand at termination. There are serious mental/mood and often attitude issues in play. If (when) this person does go, the business may suffer some in the very short term, but employee morale is better when that person is not onsite. I think things would improve. Our business is in a niche field and this person is very skilled, even so, we would go on successfully as a business. Some of the other employees have stepped up during his absence to get control of the responsibilities this person has dropped. I plan on being onsite when this employee sneaks in after hours to pick up the next paycheck (can’t mail it because they do not want me to know currently address). Writing this, I can see how ridiculous this must seem. The other co-owner is frequently on the road and not onsite. Your thoughts on this situation and as a female dealing with such a volatile, unstable male?
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intervewing for same role twice
1 year ago I interviewed for a company made it to the 4th last interview . I rescheduled the last interview 2x because I was sick but I had to suck it up and still go sick otherwise my opportunity would pass .
i ended up bombing it bc I was too sick and I could not reschedule for a third time
I applied for the same job again , do you think they will give me a second chance if I explain I was sick the first time ? I executed every interview before that
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Ethnic minorities do wirk quite hard actually, and I think they are getting underestimated at times.
The statue of a slave owner was on the grounds of the first. I didn't think too much into it.
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