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copy of Michael Watkins book the first 90 days. I got that when I started. Do you

know why that's tradition Amy B? Well I wasn't in on the decision but I also got

that book when I started 10 years ago and I assume it's because we recognize

we as an organization recognize that it's really important to lay the

groundwork from your first day right Amy? Yeah those first 90 days actually

probably the whole first year when your new employee is a formative time right

you're sussing out people and how work gets done you're getting to know your

boss you're establishing expectations and goals and you're making all those

mental notes of how things actually work what the office politics are who you

want to be friends with and yes so going through that transition for any

you drop it to always challenging but I think it's even more challenging when

you're remote and the culture of your workplace isn't already geared toward

being remote. I mean how do you suss out the social dynamics and the

politics and all of the unspoken stuff? Well and it's not just about remote I

mean so many organizations including our own are in this like betwixt between

stage of like we're coming in the office some days and not others and we're

changing the policies and you know there's just so much happening. Everybody's

figuring things out while you're figuring things out in a completely new

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