Monthly Archives: October 2019
Why we don’t like age-related colleagues and how fair it is
Employees of retirement and pre-retirement age are often valuable professionals with extensive work experience and in some cases are cheaper than their younger colleagues. This is what makes employers put up with the peculiarities of older employees.
Relationships between young and old people are never simple. Changing epochs, material conditions of life, methods and technologies of communication sometimes lead to a complete lack of understanding.
“At your age, we melted steel, saddled horses, obeyed our elders, “”everything was wrong,” and so on. Continue reading
How to survive in a new workplace
A new job can be associated with a lot of dizzying opportunities and hopes. However, a job change is always exciting, no matter how many times you change it — the first or the tenth. You will certainly face unforeseen situations and the need to adapt to the features of the new company.
When you come to a new job, you at least know your schedule, are familiar with the boss, and have an idea of the rules of universal office etiquette. Most likely, you have also been given a General outline of the work you will be doing.
However, you will only learn the subtleties of everyday activities — which colleagues you will interact closely with, what style of communication is accepted in the company, what procedures you need to follow — during the first days of work. Continue reading
