You are working full time and headed for a career. You have found a place that you think you will like. You have at least some of the skills you need to succeed on the job. So far, so good. But it pays to know that something like 3 out of 4 first time employees who get fired are let go for reasons that have nothing to do with their actual job skills.

They get fired because of problems in the workplace that they aren’t prepared for. Maybe they didn’t get the raise they thought they deserved. Or maybe a coworker was giving them some serious problems. Or maybe they felt that the boss just wasn’t being fair, it happens. No one tells you how to solve these problems. The fact is that there is a good chance that sooner or later there will be a conflict in your workplace that could blow up into serious trouble if you do not know how to handle it.

Dealing with people who don’t pull their own weight in the workplace is a situation you will find in the workplace all of your life. Knowing what to do when you are faced in a situation like that is critical if you want to become successful. Sometimes there is a conflict in the workplace about what you think is appropriate and what someone else thinks. When that someone else is your boss, you could have a problem. One of the most difficult times at work is when you don’t get that raise or that promotion you think you earned. How you handle such a situation can be an indicator of how successful you will be on the job. There is always trouble in the workplace, you will just have to deal with it one way or another, and sometimes resignation really is the only option.