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

This is the second episode about how to start a job in an ongoing series of, well, two. In part one,

we discover that bosses have motivations. And since your boss is the person who will raise you to

grand heights or condemn you to eternal workplace torment, you'd better understand what drives your boss is the person who will raise you to Grand Heights or condemn you to eternal workplace torment,

you'd better understand what drives your boss and make sure you're fulfilling your boss's underlying motivation.

There's a link in this episode's transcript to that prior episode.

There's more to your job than simply fulfilling your boss's motivational needs, however.

Yes, you need to make sure you're

meeting your boss's needs, but you also need to manage their expectations. You need to

communicate about what's important. When you're thinking about how to start a job,

what could be more important than blaming, judging, and scapegoating? At home, we call it a family

gathering. At work, we call it giving and receiving feedback. Most

companies have an annual review policy where your boss, who's been given no training ever in

how to evaluate another person's performance, judges you and tells you what you have to change

for the upcoming year. It's like a codependent relationship, but you don't even get any nookie.

The problem is that an annual review only comes once a year. If you start to independent relationship, but you don't even get any nookie.

The problem is that an annual review only comes once a year.

If you start displeasing your boss, it might be 11 months before you find out.

And then you'll find out by being passed over for promotion.

Not good.

Early on, have a feedback discussion with your boss.

Come to an agreement on the feedback preferences

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