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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. I was loyal and hardworking. I stressed about work a lot and truly did my best. I was intimidated by superiors and wanted them to like me and like my work.

But what I've learned in the interim is that people don't value hard work as much as they claim to, especially in corporate settings. In fact sometimes it actually annoys them. People don't want to look bad, don't want to be bothered, don't want to have additional work land on their plate, and don't want to be blamed when something goes wrong. These motivations are far more prevalent in most office than the people who truly want diligent, good work production.

My advice to young people starting out in corporate jobs today would be this:

- Be on time
- Listen more than you talk
- Build relationships based on shared work interests and approaches
- Set reasonable boundaries with work (both in terms of using nights and weekends to have a social and private life, and also in terms of not sharing everything about your social and private life with people at work)
- Once every 6 months or so, check in with your direct superiors to ask if there is anything you can be doing to improve. This should really be built into their management of you, but if it's not, initiate the conversation. Don't ask for feedback constantly (this will irritate people) but periodically request a meeting on the schedule for a performance check in to see if you're on track. Simply doing this will communicate commitment and willingness to learn, and it's the best way to find out of if you are putting the work in the right places. Don't wait for official reviews, which can often be quite useless because of the rigid structure.[/quote]

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