I'm a young guy, 18 years old and still in high school, that is going to do some jobs in the near future to make some money.
I have limited experience with working due to my young age, I have literally only worked 2 days in my life, so I have some really broad questions about it:
- How do I deal with women in the workplace? What's the biggest difference between women and men in the workplace? How do I handle those crazy HR bitches?
- How do I act the best towards my co workers? Should I just act professional and 'sober' with them?
- How would you advise the way I compose myself and act towards my superior/chief/boss? Should I act a bit 'ignorant' by asking a lot of questions?
- What are some things that I should absolutely do or not do at work (as a young guy)?
- What's your view on 'manipulation' at work? I am currently reading '48 Laws of Power' and it would be interesting to apply this at work.
- Which general tips would you give me in terms of work?
I may be asking too much but I want to be prepared well and give off a good impression at work, I want to improve on that matter: I did one job as a cashier in a gas station and I generally had a good work day and I come along pretty well with my co workers. Still, the interim office told me that they (the company in the gas station) didn't want me again because 'I didn't fit into the team'. I wondered why, it was probably because there was some confusion going on with the interim office (I was supposed to do an application according to them but I thought I immediately needed to work which I did and the boss didn't like that so maybe that is why they were thrown off + my young age/limited experience).
The girl at the interim office said I shouldn't worry about it that much and that they didn't really said any specific things about me, or at least she said so. She urged me to act a bit ignorant towards my superiors by asking a lot of questions and not to act arrogant etc and she said she struggled too with finding (vacation) jobs as a teenager so I shouldn't worry too much according to her.
The other day I worked was at a factory and had a little conflict there: we were struggling with something and a superior came to help us and after a while she was getting repetitive at what she was doing and saying and I told her to go away because of that and then she got mad at me (which was a stupid to do/say of course, I know that). I still had a good work day there though but still: the 2 work days I talk about (gas station/factory) weren't 100% successful so I feel a bit insecure about my future working endeavors because of that and that's why I made this thread.
Anyways, I am probably thinking too much about those 2 days and the negative aspect/side of it while there were certainly positive things about it too. I'm going to stop here because I am rambling and it's getting late here...
- Raccoon
I have limited experience with working due to my young age, I have literally only worked 2 days in my life, so I have some really broad questions about it:
- How do I deal with women in the workplace? What's the biggest difference between women and men in the workplace? How do I handle those crazy HR bitches?
- How do I act the best towards my co workers? Should I just act professional and 'sober' with them?
- How would you advise the way I compose myself and act towards my superior/chief/boss? Should I act a bit 'ignorant' by asking a lot of questions?
- What are some things that I should absolutely do or not do at work (as a young guy)?
- What's your view on 'manipulation' at work? I am currently reading '48 Laws of Power' and it would be interesting to apply this at work.
- Which general tips would you give me in terms of work?
I may be asking too much but I want to be prepared well and give off a good impression at work, I want to improve on that matter: I did one job as a cashier in a gas station and I generally had a good work day and I come along pretty well with my co workers. Still, the interim office told me that they (the company in the gas station) didn't want me again because 'I didn't fit into the team'. I wondered why, it was probably because there was some confusion going on with the interim office (I was supposed to do an application according to them but I thought I immediately needed to work which I did and the boss didn't like that so maybe that is why they were thrown off + my young age/limited experience).
The girl at the interim office said I shouldn't worry about it that much and that they didn't really said any specific things about me, or at least she said so. She urged me to act a bit ignorant towards my superiors by asking a lot of questions and not to act arrogant etc and she said she struggled too with finding (vacation) jobs as a teenager so I shouldn't worry too much according to her.
The other day I worked was at a factory and had a little conflict there: we were struggling with something and a superior came to help us and after a while she was getting repetitive at what she was doing and saying and I told her to go away because of that and then she got mad at me (which was a stupid to do/say of course, I know that). I still had a good work day there though but still: the 2 work days I talk about (gas station/factory) weren't 100% successful so I feel a bit insecure about my future working endeavors because of that and that's why I made this thread.
Anyways, I am probably thinking too much about those 2 days and the negative aspect/side of it while there were certainly positive things about it too. I'm going to stop here because I am rambling and it's getting late here...
- Raccoon