cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28878325
In the last 4 weeks I’ve worked with several people over 60 and I don’t like what I saw: slow giving report or describing a problem, fixation on trivialities about a client’s appearance or something funny he did instead of getting directly to the point and doing our jobs, incapable of coping with new forms of communication, feeling they are your supervisor, even though they’re not, criticizing you for ‘wasting’ paper or erasers, telling you how they dislike other coworkers, even though I just met this person 2 hours ago, acting as if only their way of doing things is the right one, then they pretend to be your friend and ask questions about your personal life which I deflect as good as I can.
I don’t like working with people like this, it’s very draining and I don’t want to become this kind of person.
How do I make sure not to become this kind of person?
i think that it’s important for us to know what approximate age you are. it’ll help us gauge perspective.
edit - it would also help to know if this is your first job. any more context would help a lot if you want the best advice.
edit 2 - what industry are you going into?
edit 3 - if you don’t answer me, the answer is CONFIDENCE (for now). it doesn’t matter who you choose to be, but people will always pick holes in it if you aren’t absolutely sure. but what else does that mean? will you be open to change, or do you think you’ll always be perfect?