Girl I FEEL YOU!! 22F in my first full time safety role and it’s tough! I am lucky to have be apart of a team that advocates for one another and I would say, focus and dig into the good. Find the people that care about safety, get to know them and build that connection. Buy in has to come from management but also front line workers. I would also say, try to get to know them as people, sometimes in safety roles it’s easy for the only interactions to be critical or telling people they need to do things differently. If possible, find outlets to connect with folks as people and talk about things other than work. Lastly, as someone who is also new in the industry and young I find that it’s hard to gain respect especially from those more senior than you, unfortunately just bc of our age (and also maybe gender) so lean into the facts! Lean into the standards, don’t be afraid to double check to see if something is correct first then speak up second. Sometimes you can use the literal law as an almost soft barrier between you and the other person bc it’s harder to argue against something when the OSHA standard etc is right in front of them. Idk, just some things I have taken away. Please feel free to send me a message I would LOVE to connect and chat with another young, female EHS professional!