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Hello, life Kitters.
I'm Stacey Vanek.
Smith Infer, Marielle Sagara, and this episode, we are talking all about how to thrive in a new job.
And we've brought in a very special guest, Elaine Mata.
She's the host of a new podcast from Harvard Business Review called New here.
New here is a podcast for anyone who is once starting a new job or doing something new at work.
And we are your friends to help guide you through that.
New here looks at all kinds of questions that come up in the workplace, especially if you're more junior or just starting out in a new job.
How long do you have to be in a job before you ask for a raise?
What do you do if you make a big mistake?
And how should you handle it if you realize your boss is the worst?
On this episode of Life Kit, we go to work, look at how to handle some of the big issues that arise and navigate your workplace so that you can make your new job work for you.
Elaine Mata, host of New here, thank you so much for joining us.
I wanted to start out a little bit broadly.
So let's say you start a new job and you are just trying to get the lay of the land, figure out the culture of this new workplace.
At New here, you did an episode all about this, and you spoke with an expert who a lot of us know and really love.
So for this episode, we talked to actress, comedian and author Sarah Cooper.
And we wanted to talk to her because she has a corporate background, and we also wanted to hear her experience and how she was able to break those rules in her job.
When it came to etiquette, I had.