Posted by: star15 November 18, 2012
I will be starting my first professional job soon. Please give me some advice on what to do and what not to do.
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Hi everyone. I totally forgot that I had posted this thread until I just saw it. Thanks Moonshine for bringing it back to life.

This posting of mine is not going to be positive but I will still update you guys on what is happening at work. Before I even get to it, let's just say things can't be worse.

I like the job but I hate hate the work environment. I am having a very hard time fitting into the work culture. People are selfish to the core. I just don't understand them. For example, if i ask them questions on how I should go about doing something, they show me their attitude and I get that vibe that they don't really want to help me out but fast forward a couple of hours later, they will ask whether I want to hang out with them. I don't get it. Am i a friend or a foe to them? If I am a friend, shouldnt they be helping me out if I have a problem. If I am a foe, why do they want to hang out with me?

It is all so confusing. And having a crazy manager does not help the problem. She is like a person who is having PMS every single day of the month. She is all happy one moment and then all emotional the next moment. She screams at me, puts me down, shows off what she thinks are big achievements, all the nonsense then after all this, she still wants to hang out with me outside of work. I really don't know what is going on at work.

I feel so uncomfortable and out of place at work. It is hard to find common grounds with anyone. I have just stopped talking. These days I just go in, do what I am told and get out. I feel like there is no point in being friendly.

If I ask for help. This is how it goes down or have went down. I asked one of my co-workers to help me with a certain client on the phone because I was not familiar with what he was talking about. Damn bastard went to the manager and talked about how it is not his job blah blah blah and then the manager got on my neck and blah blah blah at me. All this because of one simple phone call.

I dread going to work every morning. I am not good with expressing myself so I can't really put it in words about how I really feel but it is bad. I have gained about 10 pounds after I started work because of all the stress. I feel tired all the time. I just can't wait to get out of this place.
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