> what if my team complained that I wasn’t doing any work? Regardless of whether you're an incoming manager or senior IC, it's a good idea to observe your first

> what if my team complained that I wasn’t doing any work? Regardless of whether you're an incoming manager or senior IC, it's a good idea to observe your first few weeks/couple of months in a new team rather than come in suggesting big changes[1]. Yes, things might not be in an ideal situation, but there might be context you're missing which explains why things are the way they are. [1] There a few times where big, shocking changes are necessary to reset a team in a bad situation. Most of the time this is not the case.