29.11.2021
TIPS FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LINE MANAGER AND CO-WORKERS
You will probably sit down with your supervisor during your first working days to discuss your position and responsibilities in detail.
Ask this type of meeting to continue during your first working weeks to inform him how you are doing, what questions and ideas you have, what difficulties you are facing, and what suggestions you have for solving them.
You can discuss with him everything related to work, the company and how you feel there. However, do not bother him with small problems. For them, ask your colleagues for help.
Find out what your key priorities are and the problems your manager expects you to address (and why you were most likely hired), as well as what the key metrics are for measuring your job performance.
Find out how often he wants to be informed about your progress (every week, month or other time interval), and in what form and in what way he prefers to provide him with this report - orally or by email.
Ask your supervisor for feedback each week to know what you are doing well and what you need to improve. This is the only way to find out if you are on the right track and how you are doing your job. The feedback will also help you set future work goals.
Do not share problems with your supervisor without offering them two or three possible solutions. Describe several possible scenarios, discuss the pros and cons of each and come up with the right solution together. This will make you look like a person capable of solving problems, not just complaining about them.
TIPS ON YOUR RELATIONS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES
It is extremely important to start making new contacts on your first day of work.
Whenever possible, communicate with colleagues in person, rather than by email or phone.
Save and use as many names as possible.
Introduce yourself to your new colleagues and find out what each of them does and how long they have been in the company.
Also get to know employees working in different departments in case you need their help.
If you are invited to have a drink after work - go! Talking to colleagues outside of your workplace will help you get to know them in their true light, as well as build good relationships with them.
Schedule meetings yourself (or with the help of your manager) with those employees who know your field of work best or are related to your work. Ask them what they think your responsibilities are. You can learn a lot about their expectations of you this way.
Big or small, it doesn't matter. If you watch carefully, you will recognize the opportunity to help someone. Not only will you be satisfied that you have helped, but your colleague will be grateful and remember you.
Try to find out who the key employees of the company are, as well as those who have the right to make decisions (they are not necessarily in management positions) and start building good relationships with them. Invite them periodically for coffee or lunch to find out how the company works and who the people behind its success are.
