New job nerves

sashafierce

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baby and crumble

The worst thing you can do is pretend you know what's going on if you genuinely don't. Nobody expects a new person in a job to walk in and a week later know everything. So make sure and ask if you need clarification on anything- managers prefer being "annoyed" by a 30 second clarification to having to deal with a few hours of wrangling that could've been avoided.

Try and relax- you'll feel like that for a while but a day will come when you realise you haven't felt nervous in ages and voila!

Rubberchikken

agree^^.
admit when you don't know something. people love imparting their knowledge.
and remember, they were very happy to pick you.

in a copule of weeks you'll have forgotten all of this and you'll be great:) good luck

allybhoy

Id echo what posters above say but also, dont forget to note everything down that colleagues help you out with in detail and maybe at the start of the day just re-read your notes from the previous day. Nothing more annoying then having to tell somebody the same thing twice or 3 times!

cml387

In our place we accept that it can be up to six months before a new hire can be considered to be fully contributing.

You will not be expected to be up to speed after a week.

Just hang in there.

Butterface

The feeling will eventually pass. It took a few weeks for me to feel like I wasn't annoying everybody around me. It then took another few months until I actually felt comfortable with my work. It can be daunting starting a new job from scratch, but if you have a mentor or buddy assigned to you it can be helpful to have a chat with them and they'll likely reassure you that they felt the same when they started.

pookie82

Tbh I'd be worried if someone new started on my team and they WEREN'T asking questions. The worst thing you can do is "pretend" you know what's going on and sit in silence stewing over the unknown wasting hours, being too afraid to speak up.

It'll take a month or two to feel in any way up to speed - and a good 6 before you feel totally in control, a lot of the time. You're on week 2 - relax!!

I look back at some jobs I held now and laugh at how I must have come across in my first few weeks in them, I was utterly clueless. Nothing to do with a lack of intellect or education, just a lack of experience! But guess what ... I did just fine in the end

I know very few people who ever walked into a new job they already knew inside out. What would be the point of that? You could be 45 and still taking on jobs you have no experience in. In fact, if you want to climb a career ladder that's kind of the point! So give yourself a bit of a break, everyone around you is there to help you. Yes they may be busy but better you ask and get something right than mess it up by attempting it in ignorance.

Instead of asking 5/10 questions of a busy colleague spread out over a day, request a training hour so that they can specifically set time aside to show you something when they're not in the middle of a day's work. I find that helps in a new position.

Penn

I agree with others. When I started my current job my boss said to me that he'd rather I ask questions so he could explain the answer to me, than for me to pretend I know the answer, not ask questions and get things wrong.

7 years later with the same company and I'm saying the same thing to new employees I'm training.

Wompa1

Started my job back on November 1st. I'm a nervous wreck still.

I've also had multiple jobs in the last few years. I have felt the same in most of them...think it's normal if it's a job in which you are challenging yourself.

sashafierce

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