start a new job tomorrow top do's and don't's?

LMC


Don't do what I did on my first day at Japanese company NEC. At the drinks machine one of the Japanese managers saw that I was a newbie and asked where I lived. I told him then asked him the question back. He replied "Harrow" and (very stupidly) I said, "There's a lot of Japanese from there."

When he asked me to elaborate, I suddenly realised telling a racist joke on day one wasn't the best way to succeed in the company so I mumbled something about hearing it mentioned on the radio or something.

Thank **** I didn't ask if the guy hiding round the corner worked in 'Supplies'...