Hi Elea, welcome
I'm 60yo, retired without choice at 57. During my working life I had around 80 jobs with around 15 professions from RAAF to taxi driving to security, dog ranger, Telstra, Army vehicle tester, warehouse management and private investigator....and I've left out many.
On each and every occasion I had anxiety before starting the job and it never went away until I settled into the work and learned the basics.
What I did find challenging were the people, fellow employees that made it hard for me. Being a newcomer, others will look upon you as a threat. Some wont want to teach you anything, talk down to you etc. I found that most if not all of these toxic co workers had an issue within themselves. Like they would never get promoted or they held a grudge against management etc. Ove the years they would see newcomers enter their workplace and eventually become their boss. Clearly these undesirables have an attitude problem and there is only one way to deal with them- snuff their flame out early. If you snap back at them and clearly and firmly tell them to back off until they talk to you in a proper manner,,,,you'll be much better off. Then the playing field is level again. If you don't they will continue to bully you and make things harder for you.
Apart for that, most people are welcoming of new people and some are the mentor types, seek one out and remember- your best is good enough. Have confidence that this anxiety is quite normal and in a few days you'll settle and relax.
Congratulations by the way.
Tony WK
