- You get to keep all your current memories and knowledge.
- Everyone/everything else is a clean slate.
- You’re starting now (not going back to the past).
Not have any expectations about excelling in my career, nor any expectations about having support in serving the public, although that is entirely what we do.
Get a different job.
Quit
I wouldn’t apart with this company if I was starting today.
This is a very different place than it was when I started.
Well I started last week… so… everything I guess
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Demand my wfh arrangement be in writing, rather than just a “gentleman’s agreement”
I would not have forgotten my phone. Yesterday was my first day
I would have refused to participate in that Foosball tournament that a coworker begged me to be in because he needed an even number for teams.
A disaster, seriously.
I will demand more money having the know-how of a lifelong industry professional
Is it possible to have two cell numbers on one phone?
I’d give out my burner number if anyone outside of HR asked for my contact info.
Yep, dual sim is a thing. However, my employer wants full control of the phone so they provided an iPhone. (I’m an Android user) The biggest pro of 2 phones is that you can silence the work phone outside work hours.
With my 1st temp job ('99) I told my boss that the best feature on the work phone the power button was. The moment I left the building it would be turned off. Alas, those modern phones have a complete sequence to go trough to get them off, so I now use the automated do not desturb. Alas, iPhone has only times you can set daily, instead weekday dependent times. Between 18:00 and 7:00 the thing is quiet, no exceptions.
Interesting! Can work track your location via your work phone?
Yep, when they have control overthe phone, yep. This iPhone tells me it’s managed by my organisation so they can do what they want with it, including looking up the location of the device.
I would not mention as much of my personal life as I did.
People are going to make decisions based on more than just merit.
It might not be fair, done consciously, or with malice, but it happens.
I was going to write very much the same thing.
I’ve given too much information about my health, and now it gets used against me.
Your employer, managers, supervisors; they’re not you’re friends. You can and should remain friendly to an extent, but be careful what information you give away.
I like that… “Remain friendly, but remember they’re not your friends”.
I would do it all over again but I would do the bare minimum. I would do what my job duties entailed in my contract and never give any extra.
Absolutely this. Sadly these days hard work is very rarely rewarded!
Work to get myself relocated a couple of years earlier. I eventually did, but I think I could’ve done it at least 2 years earlier.
You’re starting now (not going back to the past).
This makes it a bit more difficult since I designed most of the architecture at my work. It would take a lot of work to be taken seriously again and not have my opinion being discarded because I’m the newcomer.
I would have to prove myself all over again though, not something I’d look forward to.
