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How do you feel confident in the workplace? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was a student for many years (5 years of undergrad, 2.5 years of grad school), and I became very comfortable with always being able to look at the syllabus and my grade and know what I needed to do and how well I was performing. Work isn’t like that. Like I think is normal, I get a performance review once a year. I find this unsettling, because even though I come in and do decent work, I still often feel like I’m doing something “wrong” and worry that I’m secretly on the cusp of being fired. Folks who have maybe been working for longer than I have, how do you feel and stay confident in your work?

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[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Welcome to imposter syndrome, it means you're a professional.

As far as how you can be more comfortable that heavily depends heavily on what your job is. Some jobs have more direct feedback than others. But largely it will just take time. You're still the new guy from the sound of it so it will take time to learn how your workplace works and what the exact expectations are. In the mean time just remember that as long as you aren't consistently getting negative feedback on the same things then odds are you're doing perfectly fine. Doing things wrong ocasionally is expected because you are human, but as long as you are learning from those times then you are already doing better than a lot of people. If nobody is telling you that you aren't meeting expectations at your reviews then either you are meeting expectations or you have a bad manager.