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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   Hi guys! I was faced with quite a dilemma recently.

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   A few days ago one of my co-workers said he was sick and worked from home. But the next day he came to office, constantly sneezing and looking terrible, and for some reason finished the day in the office. The same happened the day after that. I didn\u2019t want to be rude and I felt for this guy, but I didn\u2019t want to get sick either cause I have some important tasks this week.

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   What could have I done? I could not just tell him \u201cgo home you fool, you\u2019re contagious!\u201d I could say \u201cHey! I noticed you\u2019re not feeling very well, why don\u2019t you come to the manager and ask to work from home this week?\u201d But I didn\u2019t have the guts to do this. Besides, what if he couldn\u2019t work from home for some reason?

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   I solved this by lying to my manager that I\u2019m ill too, and worked from home. What is the best solution here?

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   Hi, I recently went through my company\u2019s annual review process. The review went pretty much as expected, with things that I was doing well and things that I could improve on. However, I received some negative feedback which I disagreed with. I asked for additional detail and examples of this, but neither my manager, or his manager (our site lead) could give me any concrete examples.

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   After some further discussion they agreed to remove the comment from my review, but I\u2019m now left wondering why this feedback was added in the first place if there were no examples they could give me. Their explanation for this was that it was feedback for our team, am I wrong or is an annual performance review the wrong place for that kind of feedback?

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   Should I be concerned that they actually do have feedback for me, but were unwilling to do so given my reaction?\nIs this enough of a red flag to maybe consider looking for a new job?

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