Post by @theportfoliocareercoach

I wish someone had warned me about this. 1️⃣ Not every coworker is going to be your friend. Stay professional and keep your personal life vague. 2️⃣ Be careful with the personal information you volunteer, especially to your manager. What you share at work can and will come up again at the worst possible time. 3️⃣ If you are new, take your time before you trust anyone. Watch how people talk about others when those people are not in the room. That is exactly how they will talk about you. 4️⃣ Be mindful of what topics you open up over lunch or in casual conversation. Politics, religion, relationship struggles, finances, your side hustle. Always be aware of who is around you. 5️⃣ Help your colleagues but watch for imbalance. If your help starts feeling like an expectation or a responsibility, that is a boundary that needed to be set earlier. 6️⃣ A message on Teams or Slack is rarely an emergency. You are allowed to respond when you have capacity. Finish what you are working on first. 7️⃣ If you cannot keep your work laptop at the office, close it at a set time every evening and do not open it again until the next morning. That boundary will save your mental health. 8️⃣ Never complain about your workload publicly at work. It signals that you cannot handle pressure. If something is genuinely too much, have that conversation privately with your manager. 9️⃣ If someone at work starts venting to you constantly about the company, the team, or leadership, do not engage. You will be associated with the negativity whether you contributed to it or not. 🔟 Your energy at work is also your reputation. If you are always stressed, always overwhelmed, always rushed, that is what people remember. Manage your composure. Follow me for more 🤍 #careers #careercoach #jobsearch #careeradvice #jobs