Congratulations, boo-bear!
My advice for being a new hire:
-don’t fight the “jitters”; that low-level sense of anxiety that comes with starting a new job. I usually find that it will last about two weeks (I think it has to do with needing to experience two weekends as a full-time employee, in order for it to disappear).
- You’re not going to remember every one’s names within that first week. So, don’t beat yourself up, if you don’t.
- There’s no shame in taking notes for the mundane things. Hell, I needed to make a bullet point list for operating the coffee machine, when I started my job.
- Ask questions. Yes, it’s a “no duh” statement. But I find that some employees like when the new hires ask questions. Gives them a… confirmation and validation, if that makes sense.
Once again, congratulations.
And don’t stay up too late tonight.