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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too many requests too early.

To turn it around, you need 6 months of perfect behavior. This means -

Parking - Leave home 30-60 mins earlier if you have to in order to get a spot on your assigned day & take a walk or something before work. Maybe that’s why you got that day, because all the senior employees know it is a tough parking day & requested others. Parking is not your boss’s problem. You need to be in office on your assigned day.

Working in your assigned space - be there as much as possible. If you need to move for noise control, move to the closest possible spot. Put up a sign at your desk. Ask boss for approval for this plan, and stick to it- absolutely be in your cubicle or the other space. Don’t rotate between 5 spots - you are either in spot A or spot B (with a note at spot A).

Don’t ask for any other changes (like WFH another day instead of your assigned day because a repairman is coming). Just put off personal stuff for 6 months and be at work consistently & without needing accommodations.

6 months from now, and you are a trusted employee, great, you can start to ask about tho gs if you need. Once a boss trusts you, they are totally willing to work with you. But trust has to be earned first, by completely this first 90 days pretty flawlessly. If this doesn’t work out, remember that for next time - in the first 90 days, do the job to the letter exactly how they have stated the job should be done - in x location, on x day, from this time to this time, with this product format/outcome/etc. Figure out how to make it work exactly as they’ve specified for the first few months to earn trust & get a sense for the job, culture, etc. THEN you can request things that might make your life easier, or suggest process improvements, or whatever. But the first few months are to prove that you can get the job done well & are trustworthy. [/quote]
This is spot on.

Best case scenario: the email was a warning. When your boss counsels you on what you should be doing, say you will and don't give lengthy, or any, justifications about what you did. Listen to what they say and follow it. You are full of reasons but you're wrong and not paying attention to the office culture. Stop being surprised and baffled by everything. It's a job in a hierarchy and you need to follow directions and protocol. This really applies in any job. It's not about what you like or prefer. Learn to read the room. [/quote]

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