>first day at new job tomorrow
>first job ever
>am terrified
Pls help
First day at new job tomorrow
Angel Phillips
Angel Jones
uh its up to them to make you feel at home. ive had tons of jobs. they will shake your hand and be friendly and show you around and then give you a desk. its simple shit you fucking assburger.
David Fisher
Will I have to say something about myself?
What should I say?
I've been a NEET for a while hiding in my room for most of the day.
Jackson Edwards
>Will I have to say something about myself?
Didn't you get interviewed for that specific purpose?
>What should I say?
To your colleagues? They'll try making small talk, go along with it. Don't expand too much tho.
The other guy is right, if they're normal people they'll have you accustomed to the demands and machinations of the job. You're a coworker, they have to do this. Except if they see you as an antagonizer, in which case there isn't much you can do.
Liam Watson
Just make up some normie hobbies like hiking or kayaking. Try to memorize a few facts about your local sports teams. If all else fails just talk about the weather, office drones eat that shit up like a jimmy johns boxed lunch
Benjamin White
To my colleagues I mean. In the conversation I just said my age and what I studied and then I became silent.
I'm not good at small talk.
For example I don't know what to say about the weather. They'll say something along the lines of "the weather is nice" and I say "yes it is" and then there's an awkward silence that happened at a conversation with a recruiter at least. I'm in the gym all the time which is a pretty normie hobby but I have shit genetics so it doesn't look like I lift and I don't want to sound like I'm bragging and look like a retard when I'm only at the gym to try and lift the feels away
Henry Young
I'm the gym all the time that I'm not hiding in my room*
Sebastian Garcia
ask them how long they are in the firm
whether they like it
how the coffee is
work related stuff
Nicholas Parker
Print out stock photos of children and put them in your wallet. When you run out of stuff to say, show them the photos and make up stories for each one. Then say you miss them because you turned state's evidence and went into the WPP. Now anytime someone asks about your past you can tell them you aren't allowed to talk about it.
Alexander Phillips
This I can work with, thanks user, that wouldn't have crossed my mind but are good questions!
If I was better at talking I might try to pull this off but also I work somewhere where that would raise question marks but I admire anyone who could pull that story off
Parker Brooks
>I'm not good at small talk.
You don't have to be good at small talk. The beauty about the work world is that eventually once you start being a productive member people will treat you the way you feel like.
Jeremiah Lewis
I'm bringing a notebook and a few pens. Maybe some food and money. Is there something I'm forgetting? I went in a suit at the job interview but I was told that I was a bit overdressed, I don't have any nice pants except the ones that come with the suit and I only have 1 suit and a few shirts and all my other clothes are baggy. I don't want to be overdressed but I don't want to show up with $5 jeans so people figure I'm a poorfag.
Jaxon Price
I hope so. I know I'll be productive I'm good at working I'm just shit with people I went through my entire college without making a friend or talking to someone more than required for group projects. When I started new stages in college and college itself I tried to make friends but it didn't work out and in the end I was sitting by myself in the corner of the room and it's kind of too late to fix now I just don't want them to figure how much of an autist i am before they figure out I can deliver on the work part.
Ethan Torres
polo shirt + khakis
dress shirt + khakis or jeans
if its cold, wear a pullover fleece
brown loafers or oxfords, if you wear sneakers make sure they are all white or all black
Nolan Reyes
why do you bring your own notebook?
its probably ok when you wear the suit pants and a shirt on the first day, but then you probably can't wear them again. when they said its overdressed! also depends on what you're doing! if you start as a painter, the suit pants don't work of course.
Austin Hall
Writing this down user when I get paid I'll expand my wardrobe, thanks
Juan Cooper
also make sure you buy wrinkle-free or get an ironing board. if you show up in wrinkled shit people will think you live out of a van
Chase Evans
It's a desk job at a service company but not client facing so the dress code is not that strict. I'll bring my notebook to take notes. I had to make a case study before I got hired and I didn't have a pen so now I'm coming prepared.
Ayden Reyes
Mom is taking care of that for me now
Wyatt Reed
-another job is always around the corner
-if you are young and your first job is some bullshit, customer service job, do not get nervous. Do not take it too serious
-if you arent planning on using it as a reference when you quit do not bother giving them a two week notice. Companies will fire you to save a quick buck so hold no loyalty to them
-watch the movie office space. It is very relevant to most jobs in the real world. Most lazy fucks I work around are always calling out of work sick and wasting company time. I tote the line and never call out. No one notices the difference between my work ethic and the lazy fucks work ethic
That being said I do enjoy my job and I make some decent money. Build up your resume and do not go to college. Go to a trade school if anything. Bank all your money. Having a decent resume is just as important as a degree
Isaiah Brooks
even bettter! still wrinkle-free makes it so much easier!
good luck with your new job!
Bentley Bailey
Is khaki the same thing as Chino i only get Chino results when I google Khaki?
Tyler Watson
youll be surprised how stupid people are
Nathaniel Thompson
Thanks for the tips user I'm mostly looking to build my resume since right now HR throws my resume in the trashcan because I have no experience. I already went to college but without experience I kept walking into a brick wall so I got this job which is not really what I wanted but looks good on the resume
Joseph Jones
No problem. And just take note of what others in your position are wearing. If shorts & bowling shirts are kosher, might as well be comfy at work.
Mason Stewart
Thanks user, putting wrinkle free shirts on the shopping list.
I don't doubt this but when it comes to social things it doesn't get much worse than me at least I don't get violent but other than that I have nothing going on in the social department
Austin Barnes
Yeah they are basically the same thing. Just get pants that are some shade of light brown that cover your legs. It's the normie uniform, think bland and boring.
Cameron Walker
If you have learned anything being on this god forsaken site it would be to lie a lot. lie your fucking ass out. No one wants to hear about your problems or concerns. No one cares about your past. All they will ever care about is whether you can be good company or not.
Asher Thomas
No worries. I can not stress enough the benefits of using a temp service. I went from $9/hour to $20/hour last year by finding a job as a temp. I worked as a temp for a year at a factory, showed up every day and kept applying until I secured a job. This job is great and I wouldnt have got in without being a temp first. Some companies dont hire outside of temps and interns but I had no college degree so interning was out of the question. If you do go through a temp company be picky of the jobs they offer. You are their customer because you are making the temp company money so dont settle for a shit job. God speed.
Lucas Harris
Light brown, noted!
Thanks user, the job is through a temp service. They went past HR for me and the pay is decent so I really can't complain. Without them I would still be stuck at the door because of HR.
Leo King
I don't want to tell them about my past. I don't really have a past I'm like a blank slate which is weird for most people. I just LDAR in my room most of the day. I don't care about most normie things, don't have social media and have a gap after college where I did nothing and I don't really know what to say that I did in the meantime. Maybe I should make social media so my colleagues don't think I hate them or something but then I'd have 0 friends on social media except them and that would be weird too. I just have to fake being semi-social till they find out I can deliver work.
Aaron Sanders
When I went to the job interview there was this coffee maker thing and next to it a water tap. I don't drink coffee so I wanted to get myself some water but I couldn't figure out how the tap worked because it was fancy not like the one at home. You have to turn it to change the temperature instead of to turn it on. Turns out you have to pull it to the side to make water come out, but I figured out that too late and got my sleeve all wet.