Common thing people do is they take a job that doesn't fit with their personality and don't try to adapt. It's up to you to adapt and mold yourself into your company's culture. Behavior that goes against the grain is generally an easy tell that something's not quite right.
Stiff person who tries to keep things all business in an office environment where everyone treats each other like family.
Sharing stories about your weekends when everyone tries to be a bit more professional in the office may not help.
Sharing stories about your weekends when everyone tries to be a bit more professional in the office may not help.
Not ready to be helpful to others in their needs while everyone helped you to become a member of the office would turn coworkers against you and shorten your survivor in that office.
Sometimes, working harder than everyone else will work against you.
Do your best, but don't go overboard. "Be humble. Tone it down. Let your work speak for itself. That way, you'll avoid any office politics."
Do your best, but don't go overboard. "Be humble. Tone it down. Let your work speak for itself. That way, you'll avoid any office politics."
You are the one who perhaps ruining your own chances.
