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I just want to know how to behave with coworkers because I'm newly joined into IT.
And more about if there is a difference in age whats gonna good point make a good friendship with them.
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And more about if there is a difference in age whats gonna good point make a good friendship with them.
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Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52
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And more about if there is a difference in age whats gonna good point make a good friendship with them.
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I just want to know how to behave with coworkers because I'm newly joined into IT.
And more about if there is a difference in age whats gonna good point make a good friendship with them.
work-environment unprofessional-behavior coworker behavior
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Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52
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Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52
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Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52
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Congratulations on your new career. I too work in IT, so I'll offer advice from that perspective.
In your first six months to a year, you will learn a lot, both about the techical side of your job, and the workplace's culture. Use this phase to get to know your coworkers/managers, and give them time to get to know you.
How to behave with coworkers:
1) Be polite and professional. Don't get involved in gossiping or office drama. This will pay huge dividends in your professional career later down the road.
2) Your coworkers might invite you to lunch or coffee. Go with them. Later on in your career it will be fine to decline such invitations if they're not your thing, but in the beginning, they are perfect opportunities to build healthy relationships with your coworkers.
3) You might see coworkers or managers engaging in chit-chat and other behavior that's not work related (nerf gun battles or foosball, for example, are popular in the IT companies I've been at). If management is fine with these, participate a bit (you don't want to be seen as unsocial), but spend significantly less time than your coworkers engaging in these activities. You first need to prove yourself as a productive employee.
4) Do not criticize work processes in this get-to-know phase. Try to keep helpful suggestions to a minimum, and if you absolutely want to make one, talk them over with a mentor (or a senior employee whom you trust) first to see if they make sense. You won't always have the necessary context to understand why a certain process exists and why things aren't done differently. Also, you do not yet have the necessary "capital" (i.e. respect and influence) to spend on making changes. There are few things that put off senior employees more than a junior who barges in wanting to make sweeping changes.
Mind you, this last point applies to the initial phase only. After a year (or maybe shorter/longer, you need to be the judge of that), you should know the workplace culture well enough to take a more active role in changing things.
Making friends:
Making friends will take time and might not happen at all. Friendships are close personal relationships, but your main focus at work should be having good working relationships. Often the latter will evolve into friendship over a large period of time, but don't force it. Engaging in small-talk, being pleasant, following the above points will go a long way.
The age difference might mean having different interests or different daily troubles, but I would rather see that as an opportunity to learn new things. Don't focus too much on that.
Good luck at your new job.
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Congratulations on your new career. I too work in IT, so I'll offer advice from that perspective.
In your first six months to a year, you will learn a lot, both about the techical side of your job, and the workplace's culture. Use this phase to get to know your coworkers/managers, and give them time to get to know you.
How to behave with coworkers:
1) Be polite and professional. Don't get involved in gossiping or office drama. This will pay huge dividends in your professional career later down the road.
2) Your coworkers might invite you to lunch or coffee. Go with them. Later on in your career it will be fine to decline such invitations if they're not your thing, but in the beginning, they are perfect opportunities to build healthy relationships with your coworkers.
3) You might see coworkers or managers engaging in chit-chat and other behavior that's not work related (nerf gun battles or foosball, for example, are popular in the IT companies I've been at). If management is fine with these, participate a bit (you don't want to be seen as unsocial), but spend significantly less time than your coworkers engaging in these activities. You first need to prove yourself as a productive employee.
4) Do not criticize work processes in this get-to-know phase. Try to keep helpful suggestions to a minimum, and if you absolutely want to make one, talk them over with a mentor (or a senior employee whom you trust) first to see if they make sense. You won't always have the necessary context to understand why a certain process exists and why things aren't done differently. Also, you do not yet have the necessary "capital" (i.e. respect and influence) to spend on making changes. There are few things that put off senior employees more than a junior who barges in wanting to make sweeping changes.
Mind you, this last point applies to the initial phase only. After a year (or maybe shorter/longer, you need to be the judge of that), you should know the workplace culture well enough to take a more active role in changing things.
Making friends:
Making friends will take time and might not happen at all. Friendships are close personal relationships, but your main focus at work should be having good working relationships. Often the latter will evolve into friendship over a large period of time, but don't force it. Engaging in small-talk, being pleasant, following the above points will go a long way.
The age difference might mean having different interests or different daily troubles, but I would rather see that as an opportunity to learn new things. Don't focus too much on that.
Good luck at your new job.
answered Nov 13 at 10:56
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Congratulations on your new career. I too work in IT, so I'll offer advice from that perspective.
In your first six months to a year, you will learn a lot, both about the techical side of your job, and the workplace's culture. Use this phase to get to know your coworkers/managers, and give them time to get to know you.
How to behave with coworkers:
1) Be polite and professional. Don't get involved in gossiping or office drama. This will pay huge dividends in your professional career later down the road.
2) Your coworkers might invite you to lunch or coffee. Go with them. Later on in your career it will be fine to decline such invitations if they're not your thing, but in the beginning, they are perfect opportunities to build healthy relationships with your coworkers.
3) You might see coworkers or managers engaging in chit-chat and other behavior that's not work related (nerf gun battles or foosball, for example, are popular in the IT companies I've been at). If management is fine with these, participate a bit (you don't want to be seen as unsocial), but spend significantly less time than your coworkers engaging in these activities. You first need to prove yourself as a productive employee.
4) Do not criticize work processes in this get-to-know phase. Try to keep helpful suggestions to a minimum, and if you absolutely want to make one, talk them over with a mentor (or a senior employee whom you trust) first to see if they make sense. You won't always have the necessary context to understand why a certain process exists and why things aren't done differently. Also, you do not yet have the necessary "capital" (i.e. respect and influence) to spend on making changes. There are few things that put off senior employees more than a junior who barges in wanting to make sweeping changes.
Mind you, this last point applies to the initial phase only. After a year (or maybe shorter/longer, you need to be the judge of that), you should know the workplace culture well enough to take a more active role in changing things.
Making friends:
Making friends will take time and might not happen at all. Friendships are close personal relationships, but your main focus at work should be having good working relationships. Often the latter will evolve into friendship over a large period of time, but don't force it. Engaging in small-talk, being pleasant, following the above points will go a long way.
The age difference might mean having different interests or different daily troubles, but I would rather see that as an opportunity to learn new things. Don't focus too much on that.
Good luck at your new job.
answered Nov 13 at 10:56
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Congratulations on your new career. I too work in IT, so I'll offer advice from that perspective.
In your first six months to a year, you will learn a lot, both about the techical side of your job, and the workplace's culture. Use this phase to get to know your coworkers/managers, and give them time to get to know you.
How to behave with coworkers:
1) Be polite and professional. Don't get involved in gossiping or office drama. This will pay huge dividends in your professional career later down the road.
2) Your coworkers might invite you to lunch or coffee. Go with them. Later on in your career it will be fine to decline such invitations if they're not your thing, but in the beginning, they are perfect opportunities to build healthy relationships with your coworkers.
3) You might see coworkers or managers engaging in chit-chat and other behavior that's not work related (nerf gun battles or foosball, for example, are popular in the IT companies I've been at). If management is fine with these, participate a bit (you don't want to be seen as unsocial), but spend significantly less time than your coworkers engaging in these activities. You first need to prove yourself as a productive employee.
4) Do not criticize work processes in this get-to-know phase. Try to keep helpful suggestions to a minimum, and if you absolutely want to make one, talk them over with a mentor (or a senior employee whom you trust) first to see if they make sense. You won't always have the necessary context to understand why a certain process exists and why things aren't done differently. Also, you do not yet have the necessary "capital" (i.e. respect and influence) to spend on making changes. There are few things that put off senior employees more than a junior who barges in wanting to make sweeping changes.
Mind you, this last point applies to the initial phase only. After a year (or maybe shorter/longer, you need to be the judge of that), you should know the workplace culture well enough to take a more active role in changing things.
Making friends:
Making friends will take time and might not happen at all. Friendships are close personal relationships, but your main focus at work should be having good working relationships. Often the latter will evolve into friendship over a large period of time, but don't force it. Engaging in small-talk, being pleasant, following the above points will go a long way.
The age difference might mean having different interests or different daily troubles, but I would rather see that as an opportunity to learn new things. Don't focus too much on that.
Good luck at your new job.
answered Nov 13 at 10:56
E.T.
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Congratulations on your new career. I too work in IT, so I'll offer advice from that perspective.
In your first six months to a year, you will learn a lot, both about the techical side of your job, and the workplace's culture. Use this phase to get to know your coworkers/managers, and give them time to get to know you.
How to behave with coworkers:
1) Be polite and professional. Don't get involved in gossiping or office drama. This will pay huge dividends in your professional career later down the road.
2) Your coworkers might invite you to lunch or coffee. Go with them. Later on in your career it will be fine to decline such invitations if they're not your thing, but in the beginning, they are perfect opportunities to build healthy relationships with your coworkers.
3) You might see coworkers or managers engaging in chit-chat and other behavior that's not work related (nerf gun battles or foosball, for example, are popular in the IT companies I've been at). If management is fine with these, participate a bit (you don't want to be seen as unsocial), but spend significantly less time than your coworkers engaging in these activities. You first need to prove yourself as a productive employee.
4) Do not criticize work processes in this get-to-know phase. Try to keep helpful suggestions to a minimum, and if you absolutely want to make one, talk them over with a mentor (or a senior employee whom you trust) first to see if they make sense. You won't always have the necessary context to understand why a certain process exists and why things aren't done differently. Also, you do not yet have the necessary "capital" (i.e. respect and influence) to spend on making changes. There are few things that put off senior employees more than a junior who barges in wanting to make sweeping changes.
Mind you, this last point applies to the initial phase only. After a year (or maybe shorter/longer, you need to be the judge of that), you should know the workplace culture well enough to take a more active role in changing things.
Making friends:
Making friends will take time and might not happen at all. Friendships are close personal relationships, but your main focus at work should be having good working relationships. Often the latter will evolve into friendship over a large period of time, but don't force it. Engaging in small-talk, being pleasant, following the above points will go a long way.
The age difference might mean having different interests or different daily troubles, but I would rather see that as an opportunity to learn new things. Don't focus too much on that.
Good luck at your new job.
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Has something specific happened that has worried you? If you can tell us more about the sort of people you are working with, what country you're working in, etc., it can help in providing answers.
– Kozaky
Nov 13 at 9:14
Keep in mind that this has the potential to be a canonical question on the subject.
– rath
Nov 13 at 10:02
Behave with coworkers the way you'd want them to behave with you.
– Joe Strazzere
Nov 13 at 11:52