How do ya'll survive your first 90 days at a new job? What are some ways not to piss people off during those first 3 months? Trying to advise my lil sis

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I always try to find the biggest guy at the agency and beat him up

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your first two weeks - don’t reveal too much about yourself. Get a feel for the players and cliques. find out who’s beefing with who

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Don’t argue with directions. Take direction and deliver what you’ve been asked but also have alternate ideas in your back pocket. Don’t come in late

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Be as outgoing as you feel comfortable with. Introduce yourself to people, ask people to grab lunch or coffee. The more people that say hi to you on a daily basis, the easier it gets!

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Show up. Bring ideas. Don’t be a dick

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Don’t make annoying tick noises at your desk

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Just be nice to people. You got this.

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From this great book, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life On Earth: Aim to be a 0. Most people who are new try to be a +1. But it’s pretty much impossible to be a +1 when you have no idea why things work the way they do. So you likely will end up being a -1 bc ppl have to deal with you on top of everything else. So when you’re new, aim to be 0. Learn how the system/people work first. Then try to be +1

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Make time for lots of coffees and 1:1 checkins with teammates and managers.

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show up early, leave late, ask a lot of questions, and always join people if they ask you if you wanna grab lunch/coffee/whatever with them.

Find the biggest guy and shiv him

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