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Re: lying in an interview - should you be concerned?

almostgotit — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:09:13 -0000

Clean it up, and fast.

The choice to leave one job before getting another was yours, which you made even though you need a job, and even though you already knew that this can hurt you in a job search. Now? You have to be a grown up and live with that decision. Been there, done that, known that.

Trying to make things easier for yourself by lying (which is the only reason *anyone* lies, by the way -- you don't get any special consideration here) was foolish as well as unethical. And you don't like "unethical," right?

Nor will any future employer. Look, you're not the only one around here without a job, so suck it up already.

Re: telling your boss about a slacker coworker

almostgotit — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:16:41 -0000

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Re: telling your boss about a slacker coworker

almostgotit — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:50:11 -0000

Chances are Very Good that your boss already knows about this "slacker," and tolerates him/her for his/her own reasons. I tend to be a little skeptical that any good will come from tattling, but a great deal of good indeed might come of your doing your damnedest not to further enable or assist this slacker.

Also, I'd assume that if this person is spending lots of time with other people instead of working, she/he is not the only one slacking off, either. What makes this person's slacker-ness worse for you than the others? Assumptions that you will jump in and do the person's work for him/her? And how is this person empowered to rearrange YOUR work load? What else is going on here?

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