Feb
15
15
How to survive your first day at a new job:
Based on my musings of today, at my new job:
- Know: it’s hard, but try as hard as you can to NOT walk into the concrete pillar in front of an open office of Developers
- Simultaneously: don’t forget about that bloody step in the kitchen that you tripped over twice already
- The kettle: is pretty godamned hot, remember that
- Ordering stationary: a bit of a mind fuck
- Expectations: have none, any you do have will either be eliminated the minute you’re through the door, or exceeded by lunch time
- New faces: you’ll recognize some, remember none of their names
- Admit: at least twice that yes, you are that crazy blogger chick
- Accept: Lindt chocolate as your welcoming gift and feel touched
- Admire: the bottomless fridge of coke products – oh my…
- Love: the coffee addiction developing from the kitchen’s professional ‘chino maker
- Say: hellothankyouverymuchnicetomeetyoutoo at least a hundred times to a hundred faces you won’t recognize in ten minutes
- Get: fingerprints done so you can access the exit door to the bathroom or you won’t be able to wee all day and turn yellow with the urinal pressure
- Think: wow. I’m here. I’m really here
- Plan: a shit load of strategy going forwards but,
- Have: patience, it can’t all happen today. Especially because I’ve been allocated a little cubicle in Siberia on my lonesome until the office design in finished
All in all a busy yet exciting yet frustrating yet informative yet overwhelming day. But yeah, bring it!
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10 Comments to “How to survive your first day at a new job:”
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You big places are calling…
Sigh. Your.
Well done bitch – so proud of you
Don’t worry – they are all as crazy as you are!
Tell Richard, Raymond & Brenton I said hi! – if you ever remember their names!
Ah Sheens, that is flippin fantastic! Well done, you fluppen deserve it
Yay!! It won’t take you long to settle in
Yay!!!
Teehee…
wow sounds VERY exciting. Go get’em, chick!
Sounds familiar! Well done for surviving the worst day!
So exciting! Enjoy!