Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Entering a new office environment can be very tricky, especially if you've been self-employed.

After decades of building her secret multinational industrial empire, Europa has decided to seek employment.

She's joining Bernice's new plant store,

Green Growing Things, as a cashier. She wants to see how the other half lives. If you can call

it living, she says, why do I not have a good feeling about this? If you're starting a new job,

you can do a lot to set yourself up for success. A little care and deliberation will go a long way. This is part one of a two-part episode on how to take a job

in a traditional environment and manage your entry, especially if you've been out of it for a long

time. When you're self-employed, you only need to worry about yourself. In an office, you have

other people to think about, and unlike

you, those other people are irrational and thus dangerous. A new job is first and foremost about

those unpredictable other people. Offices are complete, total legal dictatorships. The dictator

calls the shots and their arbitrary decisions will make or break you.

The Uber dictator shares the power and most importantly shares it with your boss.

Your boss is the most important person in your job.

Keep your boss happy or you're doomed.

When you start a job, you should schedule a one-on-one meeting with your new boss to flesh

out how you'll work together.

Bernice, of course, has a bizarre sense of humor.

Europa asks, how can we work best together?

Bernice answers with an astonishing deadpan.

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