Takes me back. I worked at a spot almost 10 years ago that was giving me easy money to do medical billing for cardiac devices. I came, I listened to talk radio all day, and generally minded my business except with my direct people. There were hundreds of folks in that place at any given time.
I was supposed to be evaluated for 90 days and it turned into 140+ or so of me working before they decided not to pick me up fulltime. I find out much later that not only was there a few people in the office gossiping about me (found this out from coworkers later) but my lack of talking to folks turned into no one wanting to keep me on because they felt like they didn't know me. Again, my direct reports and superiors I talked to all the time, but it was my first foray into office culture and that constant quiet shyt gets you canned. I was never trained properly and basically got ok by month 4 just through repetition and was never given an evaluation or any real guidance. It literally came down to someone vouching for me, or better yet, not thinking me weird and distant for minding my business and doing the work. Unfortunately, the biggest skill to nail is schmoozing if you are in the white collar space, especially when you are one of few black folks in the building.
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