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If you follow them, this process will be quick and painless.
A change of job is not only fresh prospects in the form of a decent salary, an extended social security package or opportunities for professional development. This is also a new team that you need to join. And your task is to make the process as painless and quick as possible, informs Ukr.Media.
Let's not pretend that the more organically you fit into a new environment, the more chances there are to support your favorite work. Agree, working side by side where the relationship does not work out is torture. Today we will talk about how to easily survive "rubbing" with new colleagues.
Use our tips:
Nowhere without a dress code
Remember the notorious saying that to live with wolves is to howl like a wolf. We do not suggest that you become like bloodthirsty predators, but you should definitely not stand out from the "pack". It is advisable to specify the existing dress code already in case of a positive result of the interview. If there was no answer, come to the new team in a business suit of neutral color. A win-win option.
Be "ears" and "eyes"
Your task is to determine the roles of each employee in the company, the mood prevailing in the team. For example, how employees respond about other colleagues, whom they fear, with whom they prefer not to share information, approval of revisions, etc. It is better to be quiet in the first days, even if you are a bright leader at heart. Despite your previous merits, you will still be treated with caution.
Blend in with the crowd
Nothing unites a new work group like following the best traditions of the office. Let's say, here it is customary to attend all corporate events, drink tea at 10:00, treat colleagues on the occasion of significant personal occasions, etc. And there is nothing worse than getting out of the general rut, especially in the early days. We will remind you that the newcomers are initially treated with great skepticism. Therefore, support (at least temporarily) the foundations that have formed.
…but remain neutral
In almost every team, employees are divided into "interest groups". They can be united by both good likes (common hobbies, hobbies) and not so much. For example, dislike of certain colleagues, old enmity. Of course, another newly minted colleague is a candidate for one or another camp. And your task is not to make hasty conclusions so as not to harm your career. That is, do not gossip and do not get involved in conflicts, hastily taking one or another side.
Do not recycle
This is by no means harmful advice, but a necessity that will help you stay afloat. Of course, zeal for work is encouraged, but it also has a reverse, worse side. First, it is easy to become famous among colleagues as a noble upstart. Secondly, there is a risk of breaking down from nervous and physical overstrain already in the coming months. Thirdly, it is difficult to constantly maintain a given bar, and there is no way back.
Personal - at the door
Make it a rule not to tell colleagues more about yourself than they need to know. Therefore, we leave the details of personal life, the peculiarities of communication with former electors and children, money matters to their area of knowledge. I would like to say about the latter: do not ask colleagues about the level of their salaries and do not talk about yours. This way you will avoid unnecessary gossip in the team.
Put a taboo on office romances
Flirting, hinting at relationships in the workplace is the wrong way to go. Of course, there are exceptions, and in the office you can meet love. But then you should think about dismissal or transfer to another unit. Otherwise, gossip will start in the team, the work process and your career will suffer, new enemies may appear, a difficult working environment in the event of a break in relations.
What definitely should not be done at a new place of work:
- report abusers to the authorities in the form of reports and direct appeals;
- try to please everyone without exception;
- to be late;
- become initiators of gossip, intrigues, conflicts;
- become employees "on the run", performing errands for others;
- flaunt acquaintance with key people of the company;
- scold previous work, discuss former colleagues and superiors;
- to be shackled, pinched (the opposite is to behave defiantly);
- to give in to provocations when they want to test your fortitude and take offense at jokes.
The following news is both bad and good, as they say. Do not count on the fact that "experienced" colleagues will welcome you with open arms, rush to meet you and offer their help.
No, at first you will experience the "charm" of alienating employees and their cool attitude. In addition, first from head to toe they will evaluate your appearance, manner of holding, and only then - professional skills. A positive point is that this period does not last forever, but 2-3 months. You already know how to survive them without sacrifice.
