- Get to work when everyone arrives leave when everyone leaves
- Ask questions as you're new and stupid questions will be allowed for a while
- Know who you're a threat to and who will help you
- Dress and groom your best, no bad breath allowed
- Fit in. As the saying goes "When in Rome do as the Romans do"
- Limit the number of times you interrupt people to maybe once or twice a day, batch your questions
- Spend as much time as possible getting up to speed, even when not at work
- Don't ask for vacation, remote connections, etc. until you've been around at least 3 months
- If the hiring process was weak (they didn't vet you much) they may fire quickly
- Listen and follow instructions others give you
- Don't make excuses
- Don't complain about stuff at your new company
- Try to be part of the group. Do what the group does
- Don't threaten, complain, challenge unless that's what you were hired for
- Show your boss as early as possible that he or she made a great selection
- Take notes when shown new stuff, type up and email to person to see if you got them right
- Keep a glossary of terminology you don't understand and figure out asap what they mean
If you have other tips, please post below. Hope I made a good first impression.
