So went to fill out paperwork for new job.

[Catmusicfan]

Had to take a drug test and they had me fill out the w-2 and all provided the drug test and criminal check I start Monday.

Place will start me with 5 vacation days. Next January I will have 10 vacation days + 8 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday.

I am excited and nervous.

My nail are a wreck. Breaking off as well as bite them. I do use hard as nail stuff and I end up peeling off the polish from the nail.

Yes, I babble when I am nervous?

Anyone got advice or funny stories about their first day. My brain is on Trump overload...at the moment. When Rachel comes on I will be watching that.

[padfun]

1. Just relax and be yourself

And don't necessarily make a friend with the first person who tries to befriend you. That person might be desperate and possibly not on good terms with others, especially management.

Just be yourself. If you are a good person, it will show. And beware of dog eat dog types.

[Catmusicfan]

7. Yeah, learned that the hard way at last job. Luckily most people

Knew the snakes tricks pointed out to me and taught me to steer clear.

[Skittles]

16. I think be yourself is the worst advice you can give most people

yes indeed

[Hoyt]

17. LOL. I would not survive at work doing that.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

2. My advice?

If they got a Union, join it.
I joined the Union where I work 2 years ago. Never have regretted it.

[Catmusicfan]

8. Love the idea.

[shenmue]

3. Hug

[Catmusicfan]

9. Thanks

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Two of my "first days" from my youth...

First day driving a pizza delivery truck, I backed the truck into the owner's Cadillac. I decided pizza delivery was not a career I wanted to pursue.

Many years late, got a really cool job in my engineering field working with lasers and computers and other exciting toys. First day on the job I came down with the flu and started puking my guts out in the optics lab, and had to go home early. The boss was understanding, and, after a few days of recovery, I went on to have a long and interesting career with that company.

[magicarpet]

5. Best of luck on your new employment.

Relax be yourself.
Observe - observe - observe.

Short jokes - maybe pick a few
Click link....
http://www.101funjokes.com/clean-short-jokes.htm

[Catmusicfan]

10. Thanks.

[NNadir]

6. They hired you. Be the person they hired and you'll do fine.

They would not have hired you if they had a bad impression of you or if they thought you couldn't do the job.

Treat yourself with respect and treat your co-workers as you treat yourself, with respect, and you're going to have a wonderful experience.

Good luck!

[Catmusicfan]

11. Thanks.

[Eko]

12. Got a job at a resturant.

In my twenties, cooking. Ask head cook if I can go smoke, he says no problem. I go out back in a little fenced in area where they spray the mats to clean them, sit down on a little concrete wall, finish my smoke and stand up right into 4x4's going across fence where they hang the mats. Top of the head meets 4x4 and I knock myself out. Wake up a little bit later confused, remember I am at my first day at work. I go back inside and ask the head cook how long I was gone, he says maybe 15 min. It could have been an hour as far as I knew, told him what happened and he laughed. So. Dont knock yourself out. lol.

[Catmusicfan]

13. Lol

thanks. Hope things aren't so concrete hard for ya now

[Eko]

14. Hope your new job rocks!

[Catmusicfan]

15. Thanks.

[rurallib]

18. just remember that you can't do any worse at your new job than Trump has done at his

and the fate of the world doesn't depend on it.

[Catmusicfan]

20. Very true.

[GeoWilliam750]

19. Wishing you the very best of good fortune

Stay focused, positive, and professional.

[Catmusicfan]

21. Thank you

[irisblue]

22. If there is a 401K or a 403B, join it

Put away 15%....any raise or bonus, put it in there. You are not used to the size of that paycheck yet, you aren't likely to miss it.
As time goes on, compound interest is a very good thing.

[Catmusicfan]

23. It does have a 401K but with Trump as President. I am afraid to gamble with

The stock market. I have started a savings account that 50 a pay is put in that account from the old job. It will start again with this new job.

[csziggy]

25. Gradually paying into a 401k is a better investment than a savings account

Especially if the company matches your 401k contribution. Even with the 2009 crash, my husband's 401k from his job still grew to a tidy amount in only 14 years of working for the company. Originally they matched up to 10% of his pay - essentially a 10% raise! After the crash they dropped it to nothing, then brought it back at 5% a few years later. He still kept a regular contribution all the way through the crash even when the returns were not that good.

Check for the matching contribution and if they have one see if you can put enough in to maximize that. It is well worth it.

[Catmusicfan]

26. Okay I will look into it.

[NJCher]

24. that is great advice

and here's a thought for you:

you will be introduced to many new people on your first day. Focus on associating their name with their face. I actually have to write it down because I'm so overly enthusiastic on the first day. But do that--focus on other people--and it will help you later on, as you'll need to get those people to work with you.


Cher

[Catmusicfan]

27. Great advice. I am terrible with names.

[Shrike47]

28. First day: the supervisor showed me my office, left to deal with a crisis, never came back.

After a while I got bored, started reading all the stacks of paper I found, and sort of figured it out by myself.

Co-workers can be a real blessing.

[Laffy Kat]

29. Major empathy here.

With every job I've started I would have given anything to fast-forward through at least the first six weeks, ideally, six months. You'll do fine, though. Good luck. Please give report on first day.

[Catmusicfan]

30. Will do. Thanks.

[pangaia]

31. Get off trump

It is unnecessaey negative emotion...

[Catmusicfan]

32. Yes, I know but I care about this country damnit

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

33. Lie to all the time, treat people like shit, expect everyone to bow down and lick your shoes.

Oh, wait, I thought you said you got elected President.

Seriously, though, I hope the job turns out great! Congratulations!

[Bayard]

34. Congratulations!

Congrats on your new position. Hope its a good career move for you.

I used to have an article that I gave new hires I had placed years ago. It was full of good advice on do's and don'ts for the first 6 weeks on the job. I can't lay my hands on it at the moment, but a ton of articles came up from good sources when I googled.

[Catmusicfan]

35. Thanks. Will look into the article.

[AJT]

36. What kind of work will you be doing?

[Catmusicfan]

39. Customer service. It is actually more than that

Company refill ink and toner cartridges f o r printer and other devices. They resell the product. I will get the order get it sent to right warehouse to get it filled. Making sure it gets to customer. Lots of follow thru. If it is delayed my job to let customer know why and when to expect it. I will basically be involved from start to finish of the order not just inputting the order in.

[AJT]

37. Don't talk politics!

[Catmusicfan]

38. Yeah, that is a given being a liberal in a red county of PA.

[cwydro]

40. This.

Very bad idea to talk politics at work.