"When I first started at my current job five years ago, I was fresh out of school with no experience. I was thrown into the deep end with no training in a highly complex, technical, and fast-paced field. I screwed up constantly and was so bad at my job. My co-workers were all far more experienced, and I quickly gained a reputation as a total screwup."
"But with a lot of hard work, my performance dramatically improved, and for the past few years, I've received nothing but positive feedback and performance reviews from my team and my managers. But I have a problem."
An employee started a job inexperienced, received little training, made frequent mistakes, and acquired a lasting negative reputation among longer-tenured co-workers. After years of effort the employee achieved consistent strong performance and positive reviews, yet peers still view them as a screw-up and continue to pass them over for special projects and development opportunities. First impressions, biases, expectations, and disdain can outweigh demonstrated competence. Competence is often quiet and can go unrecognized in workplaces that fail to properly train new hires, leaving employees unsure whether to try to repair reputation or move on.
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