Getting along with you’re co-workers can making work FAR more pleasant and enjoyable. You’ll enjoy going to the office, if not for the job, then for the people that you will meet! I mean, imagine if all meetings and presentations went like this…
That would just make for the MOST uncomfortable workplace atmosphere. At Twenty19, we give you tips to avoid having you’re relationship with you’re coworker deteriorate to this extent. These suggestions will help you get off on the right foot with a co-worker that you have just met.
1. Don’t be Over-Familiar
Don’t ask questions that are too personal for the first few meetings. For example, “How much does you’re father earn?”, or “Why did you get a divorce?” are never appropriate in a corporate atmosphere. Uncomfortable questions like this will make you’re co-workers think that you have no sense of personal space, and they will become uncomfortable and avoid you. Also, don’t share personal details of your life with them at the first meeting.
2. Don’t Come In Sick
It’s okay to show dedication to you’re job, but you don’t want to make you’re co-workers sick as well!
3. Don’t Be Loud
Whether it’s talking on the phone, or typing on your keyboard – make sure to maintain decorum and a courteous level of silence. Don’t eat loudly, don’t type loudly, and don’t make unnecessary noise.
4. Don’t Complain
You’re all doing the same job – there is no need to be the one who is completely stressed or serious, all the time. Don’t act like you have the most work. Everyone else also has lives and families and problems. Don’t throw yourself a pity party in the office – no one really wants to attend. Working is hard enough, without listening to someone else complain all the time.
Don’t let this be you
Anyway, we hope these tips helped you, because making friends with you’re co-workers makes it worth it to go back to work on Monday! Being friends with you’re co-workers is the best decision you’ll ever make. Let us know your other top tips for getting along with people in the office.
