There are probably hundreds of new warning signs that everyone of us has learned over the years. After all, even those who lack work experience feel in their instincts that something is wrong in the first days of their work. Unfortunately, things like the need for money and the lack of will to keep pounding the sidewalk often make people ignore these warning signs.
Even if you think it's not worth going to another day without having a job, the following 5 new work warning signs should be clear indicators: you should pass the door and continue to search:
1. You introduce yourself and no one knows who you are or why you are there.
In most cases, but not in all cases, most team members need to know your name before they even walk in the door. The hiring of a new talent is something that is done with pride, especially in a small business or a start-up. You should not have to walk here, there and everywhere in search of the person who is supposed to train you, or a representative to find you at your workstation.
This kind of unprofessionalism should be seen as a great harbinger of things to come. They probably do not care, or the direction is high and does not know what is the end. Move on and spend a little more time searching.
2. You immediately notice signs of quarrels and infighting.
No one will tell you during the interview that the founder or the management team hate each other, or that the office is full of gossip and that people are at the throat. one of the other. These are the things we tend to see in the first full days at work. It may be said to everyone, or one feels obliged to play well on the first or third day, but the cracks will begin to appear quickly.
In this case, you are much more advanced to find a more pleasant workplace where to spend your days. When you let your judgment slide, because you "need the job," you subtly send a message to your brain that everything is fine, and the bad apples in such a job will suck you into their drama, by making you one of them as soon as possible. Negativities multiplies!
3. Changes to the agreed terms and conditions of employment.
With regard to the first day and it's time to complete all the necessary paperwork to be hired, carefully check every word by looking for changes to your job title, salary, benefit package , schedule and job description. Despite all the great benefits that a job can offer, it is unacceptable to change the terms and conditions agreed upon without consulting you first. It can be a point of no return of sorts, and it is better to act quickly and make a decision about whether you want to go to bed with these people or not, because trust is the only thing you can count on. this point.
Subtly ask the director why he made the change to your agreement – even subtly as in "I think you made a mistake in this section …" It should not be confrontational, but listen to what comes next , try to read their faces and posture to see if signs of deception are present. You can get real evidence of embarrassment to the mistake, or the manager will clarify that the terms or agreements were purposely changed after you agreed to take the job. If so, get out!
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4. The company is not as clean as it says.
The character of Giovanni Ribisi in the film Boiler Room could have saved himself from many tortures when he had read the warning signs on the wall before the FBI came to knock on his door in search of juice on his stock exchange employer. JT Marlin. Alas, you do not live and do not work in a fiction film, in real life, we do not want to work for companies that have a high turnover or are currently involved in multiple lawsuits and investigations.
High turnover rates should be taken into account in the minds of new employees. If they can not hang on to good people, they probably can not keep you either. In some industries, a high rate of lawsuits and investigations can be quite commonplace (like working in a medical office or a pharmaceutical company) but in most cases it's not the case. The probability is that you do not need any aggravation that this business can bring in your life.
5. The hiring manager promises quick progress, but no one in the company has gone anywhere (but down or to the side) since they've been hired.
You will find out very quickly in what kind of place you work after talking to an employee or to three. Misfortune has a way to engender even more sadness and you risk finding more than a few who do not tell you how they were sucked by those same promise of advancement that you were only be subject to more responsibility for the same pay, in the same position.
It's immediately obvious that it's a dead end that leads nowhere, get out before you end up in the same situation as the one in which you you find all of them, unless you are dealing with a … start of the scene, in which case you will want to check these other warning signs and go from there.
Quick question:
Have you ever started working for a company and ignored one of these signs (or others), ignoring them despite feeling in your gut? Please share your story in the comments.
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