Umm… the non conflicting way to resolve would be to put on noise cancellation headphones

Yeah I forgot mine at home, they’re being shipped lol

Product Owner

Play “Mai hoon Jian” from Doraemon at full blast 
  
 I think they’ll get the message

Corporate Strategist

Please let them sing. Considering it’s BYJU’S, at least one person is having fun at work 🥲

Brand Communication Manager

Oh good lord, I had a colleague like this! We work remotely, there would be a group call and he'd just keep himself on unmute and hum songs while others talked 
 He KNEW he was unmuted, he would do it ALL THE TIME

Lawyer

I recommend starting a rumor about their bad singing 😂

Business Development Manager

You get off your chair. Lean over.  
 Politely ask “hey”….. he’ll stop whistling and ask you wassup. 
  
 That’s when you remind him that it’s a workplace and STFU.

Customer Service

How do I get someone sitting across my bay to stop humming/singing? Especially when I’m mid conversation with colleagues? And especially if they suck?

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I have been wfh for than a year now, my parents would keep ordering me to do small household work even when I’m working. I have asked them not to do that as it distracts me, but they will not simply listen and even scold me and compare me with others that they help their parents 😅

I have thought about just going to a different city and wfh from there but my parents are also getting old so have to think about that also.

People who are WFH, how do you stay focused in work when your family members / parents keep distracting you?

I distract myself scrolling reels, who else can distract me 😭

Software Developer

Associate

I am in a frustrating situation - wherein one of my colleagues who is just one year senior to me on my team is a bully and often mistreats people on the team. Being a new member on the team I am often the one who gets laughed upon or made a fool out of. It almost feels like I am in college and getting ragged.

How to deal with an office bully?

So I am wirking with an early stage startup and for a very large client, I along with one of my colleague have to travel to client location. 

So initially the admin provided us with a 2BHK flat with separate room for each one, but because of bad services we moved to a hotel where I have to share the room with this colleague. 

I have never slept with someone who snores and bere I am. 

This man snores continuously and keeps me awake whole night. 

Though once he mentioned about it but lately his snoring is on peak and is disturbing my sleep.

I understand the current state of company hence can’t demand for a separate room as well. 

I don’t want to call this out. He gets to sleep pretty well, I am getting jealous as well of it. 

What should I do? 

I am thankful that I am going back to my home over weekend, but coming back next week is haunting me. 
 I don’t know what should i do?? 😭😭😭

Colleague who snores!

Founder

How do you guys deal with toxic people in tech, especially when they are your seniors or you work with them everyday?
We are a small team and the senior I have is an extremely shit person. We decide something while design discussions, and product discussion but he changes his mind and asks to completely revamp the solution after it's implemented. Extremely close-minded to new or different ideas or different ways of doing things. Also frequently insults people on the call.

I know one solution is to leave the company but that can't always be the case and when the team is small, sometimes these people become unavoidable. So looking for ideas on how other people deal with toxic peers/seniors in their workplace.

Dealing with shit/toxic people in tech

Software Engineer

Wrote a non-smokers rant and with a fellow user's inputs, realized it should be drafted better as a discussion for the greater good.

1) Passive second-hand smoking is not only harmful but irritating too. There are designated smoking zones in offices but not all smokers exclusively stick to them given the numbers at the tea joints just outside the office buildings. Are smoking zones undersized? Chai n/a? Need wider space?

2) Outside office hours, smoking in public places causes the same problem. When you walk while smoking, the people behind you suffocate. If there're shared balconies or close windows, that smoke makes way into your neighbor's place. If they complain, consider at least changing your smoking place if shifting is not possible for either of you.

3) Use the best possible smell suppressing method, chewing gum or whatever during office hours if you don't have an isolated desk or you have to attend meetings. People feel embarrassed to bluntly call it out. Don't make them suffer.

4) If you have the resources, have you tried to consider quitting? There are Psychiatry/Neurology specialists for this. You, your loved ones and non-smokers all will be grateful.

I tried my best to humbly put the points across. It isn't intended to offend anyone.

Non-smokers vs Smokers

Intern

I have a colleague who has a really low bar on personal hygiene. They smell and this is something I started noticing recently. 

Once I started noticing it,  I cannot take my mind off it every time this colleague comes near me to talk. 

How do I tell them about this? He/She is a very nice person at heart and they probably have no idea about this.

How to politely tell a colleague that they smell a lot?

Product Marketing Manager

Is it okay for an organisation to encourage pfficial communication over whatsapp?
I am in 20+ whatsapp groups. Manager keeps on texting on group on Sundays as well day and night. Need to know community's views on this.

Whatsapp groups for official communication

Product Manager

Since I work remotely, I get a lots of dms asking for *quick calls*.
Every time I see a message, I get slightly panicked. Is it normal?
How do you guys deal with it?

🎧"Quick Calls" draining energy?

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developers in my team are giving 1 hr interviews so swiftly while being on office. As most of my experiences are from home, how do you guys manage giving interviews from office?
Spell out some tricks and process 😬

Giving interviews in office like a PRO

I have been promoted to team lead recently and my manager gave me 3 members to mentor.
2 of them are 1 YOE, and other is 4-5 YOE.
Now I'm being bombarded with messages like - Hi (and nothing else)
- can we connect
- you there ( or there sometimes)
- 10-20 phone calls per day

And I have my own sprint deliverables and these time sucker meetings and meetings...

Q1- Can someone please help me how to manage this situation?
Q2-How can become TL without being an a**hole.

Promoted to TL from SDE3, any tips?

Software Test - QA

I understand that calls are needed to be made, but to be anytime on the phone and dial up someone else after the current call ends and that too on loudspeaker with no decency to reduce vulgar words is simply a behaviour that I find so annoying! You try to go to work on a cab peacefully, only to hear him vent or speak unnecessary things on a call with someone else. Again, on speaker mode!
Anyone else find this annoying?

Uber/Ola annoying always on the call!

Marketing Manager

Welcome to Data Scientists's Private Community

How to handle a situation if manager humiliates someone in every meeting in front of other team members?

Data Scientist

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back to Monday.

What this post is: a place to hang around and chat just about anything - without having a specific topic to discuss.
Think of it like the watercooler at your office.

Look forward to hearing from you all!

Daily Watercooler - 28th Aug

Same as title.
As a product manager, what to do when your EM is not supportive and passes the buck to you always, doesn't accept mistakes, instead waits for the chance to blame you instead.
You can't even escalate, because of course you have only one EM. Of course, your team's EM will not change.

How to cope with bad EM?

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When I joined this startup
The CEO was very positive and supportive towards work but now all of a sudden he's become like hell hectic giving lot of pressure and he thinks he can compete with the big giants of IT world even without investment and adding funds  
He's an foreign return. 
Today I had a very bad argument with him stating all the pressure I had but he just said that sort of pressure means the company is really going somewhere. 
Now I'm In a state where I can't move also 
Nor I wanna stay listening to this idiot inspite of doing my best. 
So give me suggestions what should I do to overcome this.

Startup pressure

Operation Manager

For years, if there's one thing that gets my goat, it's people interrupting lunch for work. After the lockdown it has become so blatant that people give you questioning looks as if lunch is secondary. Fucker, I'm not a foodie  but I work to so I can eat. 

So fuck all of them. If you set a meeting with me during lunch, I'm not skipping lunch. The video will be on, I will eat with my hands, and you WILL watch me eat. Don't like it? Don't meet me during lunch. As simple as that. 

Just a silent and probably impotent protest by a helpless employee.

Lunchtime Rant

Copywriter

Hi,
I recently went on a vacation and informed my manager (CEO) that I won’t be available for a week. He did not say anything but I could sense that he is not happy.
On my vacation, I get his text asking what’s the progress at work? I Informed him about my vacation but he asks me to work for 1-2 hours ON A VACATION (This is when they promised flexibile work policy) I politely decline to which he doesn’t say anything.
Now, when I’m back, he has started to micromanage and says my work is disappointing according to the standards? I could get that he must be unhappy because a few things didn’t go our way. But, his whole behaviour has changed and he has started acting hostile towards me. I try to ignore and carry on with my work but it gets on my nerves sometimes.
Do I continue silently or should I confront? If yes, then how?

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