Can my employer cut my pay like this?
Ok, so I live in Illinois and in January we had a new owner take over where I work - it's just a restaurant, no tips just hourly wages. At the beginning, the new owner asked me if I would care if he moved my pay rate down $.50, and I said yes because I'd still be paid more than the other people. However, I just noticed on my paycheck from this week that my pay rate had gone down another $.50 without notice - so that's a full $1 that my pay's gone down and I feel like it's gone into other people's payrates even though I'm most certainly one of the best workers there - I'm doing more work than other people and eating my lunch at the same time! I don't even work that often - only around 13-15 hours a week because I'm in school! So basically my question is whether or not he can legally lower my pay without telling me, and whether or not I should try to fight this.. I only have one semester of college left and I know if I try to find another job they probably won't pay me as much as I'm getting paid where I'm at but I'm really starting to get tired of doing a lot of work then getting nothing out of it in the end. I've been there for 3.5 years now and know most everything better than some of the managers do.
Is it ok for my employer to ask if Im wearing panties?
I'm not sure if I just got sexually harassed or not. I was in the office kitchen leaning over to get to something on the lower back shelf, when my boss walked in saw me and said "uh oh, Commando..." No one else was around. At first I thought it was a joke, until I stood up and turned around and saw that he had an almost embarassed look on his face. Then it occured to me that he may have been saying something because I was wearing a high heels and a pencil skirt without panties or pantyhose today, and maybe he saw something, although my skirt is nearly knee length so I can't imagine he could see anything. Then he asked, "so, uh, just to be clear, are you, uh, wearing any panties?"... I was flustered, and wasn't sure what to say at first, so I just said "why do you want to know?" and my Boss said something like "well, uh, I just find it interesting that you have been walking around the office without wearing panties all day, not sure if thats, uh, office appropriate or not, if you knoww hat I mean, so I was wondering how often this happens?" to which I just said "wouldn't you like to know?" with a smile. I walked out after that, trying to feign confidence, but in reality being very scared that I might have just been sexually harassed. So is it ok for him to ask me that or not?
Is it OK to ask employer "What do you want me to wear" to a job interview???
So I applied at a job, so if they call me and say "Can you come in for an interview"??? Would it be OK to ask them "What should I wear to it?" Or do you think they might not like that???
Is it ok to tell your job employer that you don’t want to work weekends during an interview?
So I have an interview for a job which I am hoping to work 35 hours pw however it’s preferable for me to work week days (Monday-Friday) as there’s important things and family circumstances that I have to deal with on the weekend. I don’t feel confident mentioning how I can only work week days in my interview as I feel like it’ll make me look bad for wanting weekends off does anyone have any advice?
Is it ok to ask employer to postpone the start date?
Hi, I have a tricky situation here. I am going for a third interview for a job (first two were over the phone). I'm pretty sure it will be the last interview and the question "When can you start" will come up. First if all I'm currently employed and will most likely have to give a 2 week notice at my current job, then I'll have to move closer to my job in order to accept the offer, and third - I was planning a trip overseas in March to visit my parent and take care of few things, but if I get the job, I was thinking of doing it before I start, since no employer will give me vacation during the first 6 months. So the question is - how do I tell the employer that I can't start immediately, and that I need few weeks to settle things down, without sounding like I'm not serious about the job?Cause I really want the job, but the timing isnt perfect (in my defense, I didn't apply for the job, they contacted me). Thank you!
Should you tell your current employer where you are headed to?
Should you? That’s up to you. Only you know what your relationship is like with your boss and your company before you leave them. They will probably ask where you’re going but you are under no obligation to say. You can always say something like, “Ummm, I’m going to a company that handles logistics and transportation.” If they don’t get the hint then that you don’t want to tell them, then screw them. You should not feel like you owe them any explanation. Look at it this way, if they were firing you and replacing you with someone else, would you expect them to tell you who that person is? Of course not. It’s the same thing. At the same time however, we have this thing now called social media and boy does it talk — A LOT. So if you happily update your LinkedIn profile with your new job title and employer, keep in mind, everyone and anyone can see it…and the people with whom you just worked with are likely to be included in your group of existing connections/in your network. I always felt like I didn’t really care if my employer knew where I was going when I left. People move on. It’s not personal, it’s business. If they choose to take it personally that’s their problem not mine. In my experience, I’ve been happy to be moving on, otherwise, I would have stayed put, right?
Is it ok to tell a prospective employer (India) that you don't want to disclose your current salary and they should make an offer (if at all) based on their organization's policies/your past experience/outcome of your interview etc?
It’s certainly okay to disclose a flexible amount of salary that you would absolutely welcome and consider and you shouldn’t have to feel forced to disclose your current salary as perhaps the boss you have right now is a jerk and underpays you or doesn’t value you your worth. I would simply say…don’t leave a job that is underpaying you to simply move to a job were the policies of the organization are like some of our country's landlord rulers….argh..who wants to be treated like a worm…Good luck - you will find something - better - be patients..as when it is RIGHT - you won’t feel this way - you will be offered fair market salary for your skill set and the location allowance of where you live and you won’t feel you are going into a prison den of rules and demands with no meaningful reward or respect..
What do employers like to see in someone's GitHub account? Do they look at style, projects, frequency, etc.?
Great question. I imagine there will be all kinds of answers on this one.For me I look at these aspects...Are the projects well organized...by looking at the directory structure naming, can I get a sense of the architecture/design - it is easy to figure out where to go in the project to locate the various functional areas and layers.Is the code clean, easy to read and commented appropriately.Is there an organized branching/tag process being followed, e.g. gitflowIs there some sense that the person understands basic design patterns.Does the project leverage existing open source libraries and frameworks (good) or does the code re-solve common problems/routines (bad)Does the first thing I see (the README) clearly describe the project e.g. what it does, how to run and build it etc.Do I see replicated code i.e. do I see obvious 'cut and paste' and 'repeating myself' code (bad)ARE THERE TESTS!!!! There should be a test harness and if I run it (because the README told me how to run them), the tests should pass. This is a big one for me. If I don't see tests, the very first question I will ask will be 'how do/did you test this code' and your answer will be 'manually' which of course means you don't test!! IMO, professional quality code includes some level of unit/integration testing delivered along with it.I am less concerned with what the project does, more concerned that it was developed professionally. I look for commercial quality code...will others be able to take the project and easily enhance/maintain it.