Any new person to a business should be warmly welcomed. Being new can be nerve wracking and any office politics should be kept firmly under wraps until they feel more comfortable in their surroundings.

The worse situation is when a fellow worker decides to ‘show off’ to the new recruit, which could see any number of things happen from them speaking loudly across office desks to draw attention to themselves or balancing backwards on the legs of their office chair whilst trying to look cool.  Using office furniture as a prop for your ego is not of course cool.

New people in the office tend to settle in within a couple of weeks and the nerve wracking and awkwardness between you and the newbie will get easier.  Soon the newbie will be having lunch with new found friends and chatting at their office desk at break times with their co-workers.  As far as the office politics are concerned there is no need to hide behind the office furniture to relay the last incident to one of your co-workers, because after a couple of weeks the new person will have capacity to take this part on.

You never know the new person may just end up being your best buddy at work, so treat them well and remember what it is like to be in their shoes.