Work cases · Starting out at work · Think ahead · Keep a cool head · Cooperate or defend · Weigh odds

Your first job

A story in four decisions, for someone starting out at work. It uses Spend effort where it matters, The blunder check, Cooperate or defend and Start from the base rate. Each decision follows from the one before.

You have just started as a junior analyst at a delivery company. Your manager, Priya, asks you for a weekly report on deliveries from the firm's two depots, due each Friday at noon. It is your first week, and you want it to look good.