How to Avoid Disaster as a New Boss

Five career lessons from the worst first month ever

Peter Martin
Forge
Published in
4 min readSep 13, 2019

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Congratulations on your new job!

Aside from your last week at a job, week one is the best week you will ever have there. Everyone will be nice to you. You’ll be introduced at every meeting. Instead of dumping work on you, people will “let you get settled.” No one will be offended if you…

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Peter Martin
Forge
Writer for

Peter Martin is a longtime writer and editor who worked at Esquire Magazine and Popular Mechanics, where he focused on pop culture, technology, and gear.