Ramping Up

It is a contract job world now
even for full-time employees.
New employees receive minimal training.
They’re expected to perform tasks that first day
and already know the job they’ve been hired for.
They’re judged based upon that assumption.

Knowing 100% of a new job day one
is almost impossible
so that means a steep ramp up is needed,
a ramp up not possible
within the 9 to 5 confines.

I would work on the tasks
I needed to complete
during the day.
At night and on weekends,
I’d learn acronyms, customer/product information
and skills I didn’t already have.
I’d easily ‘work’ 100 hour weeks

In other words,
expect to hustle that first month.
Superstars ramp up quickly.