Unwritten rules of office life

Head jump

What definitely will not benefit your career is a discussion of important issues and your new ideas, bypassing your immediate superiors. Even if you are absolutely sure that you are right, you know how to improve and optimize something, and don’t agree with any actions of the company, it’s better to discuss this with the head of your department, and not go straight to the general director. If you turn to a higher leadership, then the immediate boss may consider you a careerist and an upstart who does not respect his opinion and significance. Which in the future will not have a very good effect on your relationship, and work in the company will become much more complicated. In addition, the head of the company is not necessarily interested in your words, and also may not appreciate such an act, deciding that you do not know the basics of business etiquette.
Love affair at work

Love relationships at work are best avoided. It is very easy to spoil relations with colleagues, and this can entail great consequences, up to the need for dismissal. It is especially worth avoiding office affairs with colleagues who are higher than you in office. Be more modest with colleagues of the opposite sex, don’t wear defiant clothes and demonstrate an exclusively business spirit without any hint.
Special staff

Remember that management may have its favorites, and among your colleagues may be the director’s nephew. They will not talk about it openly, and you will know it only after a while. No matter how insulting and unfair it is, the attitude towards such employees will be more lenient. And what is allowed to them will not necessarily be allowed to you. Alas, this fact is worth accepting. Otherwise, your discontent will result in unpleasant consequences.
Telephone ethics

Not all ringtones are equally useful. This is especially worth remembering if you are working in open space, which are now very popular.

If you forget your phone on the table, it is unlikely that someone will like a loud long call with a new musical hit or a howl of a siren. Therefore, firstly, try to carry the phone always with you. Secondly, it’s better to put it on a vibrating alert. It’s not worth annoying anyone again, because you would not like it either.
Dress code

Usually, information about an acceptable appearance is given during an interview, but not always. You will be lucky if the company allows a free style of clothing, but even this does not mean that you can come to work in ripped jeans. The same applies to deep neckline and various open dresses. And for a general idea of ​​the company’s dress code, just look at your colleagues.


Each company may have its own unwritten rules of conduct, unique only to her day. Therefore, try in the first days not only to plunge into the work with your head, but also to pay attention to various behavioral nuances. Ask one of your new colleagues to tell you about them, or ask your HR manager for advice.