Getting Along with a New Co-worker

Almost every worker faces at some time or another in their professional career, a new co-worker at their job. Most the time you will feel indifferent towards that person. Sometimes you will be friendly with the person and other times you will hate your new co-worker. Here are some helpful tips for getting along with a new co-worker.

First when you hear around your office or job that someone new has been hired, make the first effort to make that person feel comfortable. After all, that new guy will feel lost in his first couple of days on the job. He or she will not know anyone at the office and might feel overwhelmed being in a new work environment.

Try to remember your first day at work and your emotional state. Every person reacts differently to a new job. You don’t know that person’s past history. Did they get fired from their last job? Are they taking a pay cut? These are factors that affect a person’s emotional state at a new job. So if you can make someone new at the office feel like at home, you will get along with them and the workplace will feel better to come to everyday.

If you do in fact try and be nice to the new person and go out of your way to help them, sometimes you still might not get along with that person. You cannot be friends with everyone and some people are just mean spirited people who hate coming to work everyday.

People who have this kind of personality there is not much you can do. My advice is to stay away from that co-worker and interact with them as little as possible. Do not give them a reason to hate you or make your life miserable at the office. At this point all you want to do is be able to work with them, not be friends or have conversations with them.

If the new co-worker is really giving you a hard time, tell your friends at your office and ask them for advice. Maybe some of your friends get along with the new worker. They can give you tips on how to get along with him or her. If your co-workers are also having problems with the new person, tell your boss right away.

You have seniority over the new person because you have worked at the company or job for a longer period of time. Therefore your opinion will be respected and listened more than the new guy.