8 Things Not To Do In Your First Year At Work | The Financial Diet

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[KristenPimley]

(1) 00:46 Forget to write things down.
(2) 02:46 Eat lunch at your desk.
(3) 04:18 Ignoring your boss's goals.
(4) 06:10 Be lax about the dress code.
(5) 08:01 Stay at the office later than everyone else.
(6) 09:53 Get into the habit of being late.
(7) 11:09 Trust people too easily.
(8) 13:08 Quit when it's not perfect.

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

Do not date a coworker your first year.

[KatKit]

Don’t eat lunch at your desk: also maybe it just depends on the workplace but a lot of the time if you’re eating at your desk you never get an actual lunch break, a break from working. Extra calories isn’t an issue that keeps me up at night, but having an annoying boss, colleague, client who sees you eating and says “Oh I don’t mind!” Then proceeds to tell you what they need you to do for them right now as you eat. So you end up never getting a real lunch break. Don’t worry/not worry so much about extra lbs you’ll get from snacking, worry that you will never get 30 mins to eat/use the bathroom at all if you are always available. Get up from your desk find an empty private corner and take your 30mins.

[colerickman]

I have worked for 3 years in the warehouses of my company

I am moving into the corporate office on Monday to begin my first white collar non entry level position.

I found this video incredibly helpful and eased my nerves, haha!

Thank you, TFD.

[LittleMissRockChalk]

I’m in year six at work, but because experience in teaching progresses slowly, I’m still very young in my profession. I will add to this a big one: being on your phone at meetings. I see young teachers especially doing this a lot...which is odd considering how annoying cell phones are in our own classrooms. If you can’t commit to being present, then don’t be present at all.

[ArborParva]

Staying late in the office almost always means you have poor time management skills OR you are straight up being used by your boss/coworkers to do their job instead of them. If you're doing this on a daily basis, better think that through before you get chronically tired and burned out.

[YuliaMit]

#5 is so accurate. Once you give that impression of ‘I’m cool with staying late all the time’ everyone will take it for granted. I wish I knew that sooner.

[mirandadawson]

My credit score hit 790 recently, and I have The Financial Diet to thank for hitting that goal! This is my financial Bible! Lol THANK YOU!

[laexploradoraaaXD]

At my first corporate job, I spent most of my first year working in the same office as my boss and so I got a pretty good idea of what her workload was like and what was expected of her, which made me manage my expectations of her. I always took notes and I brought that with me from my collegiate education and it has served me incredibly well.

[mariacastro]

I feel like this is also so helpful with school. Take notes, write down assignments even if you think you’ll remember them, etc. as a 19 year old fan I love this

[mmmmmmolly]

i made mistake #5 at my previous job after i received a sort of promotion. i thought it was my job to stay overtime and help or make sure the job is done. not to mention my boss was exactly like the negative example Chelsea gave. I'm at an other workplace now, and i have stayed overtime because it was needed, but i do get paid for it, unlike at my previous job. my old boss actually said "your dreams are not important, [name of company] is important" so yeah, good riddance.

[tarawelytok]

Being the meeting minute taker is usually bad advice for young women.
It almost always falls on women and the person focusing on taking notes is not the person contributing the most. I got stuck doing this at some jobs and then would keep getting asked why I wasn't talking as much in the meetings


Do not make my mistake. Do not send out your notes unless it is YOUR JOB

[christypassy]

I am about to get my first professional job and I am going to admit that I am extremely stressed about it. I have been wondering about the Do's and Don'ts to make sure I fit in and don't cause any problems. I find your video extremely helpful and I intend to write these tips down and implement them. Thank you!

[shadowmoon]

I think it's normal to stay less than a year at your very first job, because typically people take the first offer they get but it is rarely ideal. The first job is more like a launching pad for a career you actually want, so if you get the second opportunity soon after entering your first job, you should definitely take it. (But then try to remain at your second job for 2 plus years)

[elmateo]

Leave home for work 15-20 minutes early. It makes you look good if you show up a bit early, and allows you a buffer in case you get stuck in traffic or something.

[daniizero]

I would also say taking a lot of notes (but also re-reading them later on) helps you get up to speed and understand what’s happening quicker. I just started my first job out of undergrad in August and taking detailed notes at pretty much every meeting and then reviewing them at the end of the day or even 1-2 weeks later has really boosted my understanding of the job and helped me keep track of everything

[CanMeHaveAPizza]

Number 5 is an interesting one. British office etiquette usually means going home when you're meant to, with very minimal after hours. It often looks weird to us that Americans feel an obligation to work more than their paid for

[TheMindfulMillennial]

Anyone else have a lot of 'office anxiety's their first year?

[TheLilacStar]

After a decade with one company, I recently started a new one and found myself already starting to make these mistakes. I have worked through my lunch breaks and put in about 9 hours a day and extra hours on the weekends. Recently a newer employee joked with me to go relax when I sent her a thread of work emails on a Sunday. It was a nice reminder!

[lavayuki]

I work as a doctor in a hospital, and writing things down and keeping lists of jobs was probably the most important thing as it gets so busy sometimes. Although often we do have to stay late and work long hours due to the nature of the job