Jobs in STEM

Your manager asks for feedback on a coworker, and you know they're consistently bad at their job. Do you give completely honest feedback and risk impacting their career, or soften the message knowing ...

I’ve applied to around 40 analyst/data roles in the last couple months and half of them don’t even send a rejection email anymore. Is the market really that bad right now or am I missing something in ...

I’ve worked from home for 4 years and have happily adjusted to the flexible lifestyle. I just got an incredible offer that doubles my salary and upgrades my title, but it’s 100% in-office. The drive i...

As of this past Friday, I've received a really decent offer, but the company's HR is pushing me to resign before my background check clears so I can meet a 1-month start date. Since my notice period i...

If you could go back to the first year of your career and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be? What do you know now that would have saved you years of frustration?

I feel so exhausted applying for jobs daily. My current company doesn’t give me any significant work. I am almost free most of the time and my brain is getting rotten. The company wants to keep me at ...

I’ve heard more stories of men using parental leave as a window to job hunt. On one hand, it’s a rare protected break to think clearly. On the other, it raises questions about intent and fairness. It’...

Is it normal to feel guilty for looking at other jobs when you aren't actually miserable? I want to see what else is out there for my career, but every time I open my resume, I feel like I'm doing som...

I am dealing with this annoying situation. I meet every promotion criteria, manager agrees I'm performing at the next level, but 2 years at the company is apparently the issue... never mind my 8 years...

Is it normal for senior coworkers to gatekeep knowledge instead of documenting anything? Feels impossible to grow when every answer is “I’ll just do it myself.” I feel they've just done the job for so...

I got put on a Performance Improvement Plan at work today. I’ve been at this place almost 9 months and this is my first job in the field after college. I was feeling okay about it but I just had a fri...

Congratulations to all former and current SpaceX employees who have become millionaires and multimillionaires today! According to Bloomberg, among those are mutiple blue collar workers! Awesome to see...

My manager keeps scheduling “quick calls” at 5pm that somehow last an hour. How do I politely push back on after hours work without looking uncooperative? They're the type of person that's hard to get...

I just started a new job and realized no one leaves their desk for lunch. They all just work through it. I feel awkward taking my break alone in the kitchen. Is skipping lunch expected to look like a ...

My company expects us back in the office 4 days a week but literally all our meetings are still on Teams so I don't see the difference. Are people actually more productive in office or is this just ma...

Would you rather work fully remote for less pay or commute every day for a higher salary? Assuming the work itself is equally interesting, how much money would it take for you to give up the flexibili...

If you don’t hear from a company for three weeks, it’s safe to assume they went another direction. Well, they want to do a final interview in 8 hours! Yeah, not happening.

I've been in the same job for almost two years, and even though the work is still interesting and the team is solid, the burnout is real. I keep thinking about moving somewhere with a slower pace, the...

Imagine you're sitting in your annual review, and your manager offers you a choice: a 20% raise or a permanent four-day workweek. You can only pick one. What's your decision, and what made you choose ...

It's been 8 months since I lost my job. I took time off to get married, but getting back out there is so hard. The only company I worked at before wasn't FAANG, so interviews are rare. And now every n...