<story><title>Just some red flags. No big deal. Just ignore them (2020)</title><url>https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/05/22/boarded/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TameAntelope</author><text>Honestly?  Onboarding is hard.  How are you supposed to do it?  Everyone who has to go through it isn’t going to fix it, because they’re new and have their actual job to get to.&lt;p&gt;It also doesn’t give the customer any value, so how do you justify losing out making stuff better for the people who pay your company money?&lt;p&gt;I just kind of assume on boarding will suck, and it’s not a reflection of the rest of your time there.  Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s been true for me.&lt;p&gt;What are folks’ tips for making onboarding smoother?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Cerium</author><text>I thought the on-boarding process where I work was good when I went through it. The important part was that I felt respected and that the company was excited to have me (despite it being large enough back then that about 10 to 15 were joining a week).&lt;p&gt;1. New hires start on Monday at the HR office. Take badge photos, get badges, given basic overview of company policy. Told that the company respects and trusts us, that our badge should open any door that does not have a safety reason to be restricted.&lt;p&gt;2. After orientation I found my manager waiting in the lobby. He told me how to get to our part of the campus.&lt;p&gt;3. My manager shows me to my cube. It has a computer in it with a sticky note with a temporary password. I log in, am able to open the SSO page and change the temporary password.&lt;p&gt;4. I&amp;#x27;m given an introductory binder with answers to lots of questions, who works around me, what they do, what I will likely be doing soon, etc.&lt;p&gt;5. My manager suggests I start doing trainings (medical company, lots of trainings to meet certification standards), but says if I get tired do something else.&lt;p&gt;6. A bit later in the day a local tech person came and helped me run a magic script that got the developer tools setup and ran a build to make sure it was all good.&lt;p&gt;7. Proceed to get my first project and get started.&lt;p&gt;Overall the process was the minimum needed to make sure I got into the building and had what I needed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Just some red flags. No big deal. Just ignore them (2020)</title><url>https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/05/22/boarded/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TameAntelope</author><text>Honestly?  Onboarding is hard.  How are you supposed to do it?  Everyone who has to go through it isn’t going to fix it, because they’re new and have their actual job to get to.&lt;p&gt;It also doesn’t give the customer any value, so how do you justify losing out making stuff better for the people who pay your company money?&lt;p&gt;I just kind of assume on boarding will suck, and it’s not a reflection of the rest of your time there.  Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s been true for me.&lt;p&gt;What are folks’ tips for making onboarding smoother?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>civilized</author><text>Well first, let&amp;#x27;s dispense with the pretense that every moment of time should be devoted to churning out customer value. The way an organization treats new people shapes its culture and thus its productivity.&lt;p&gt;The biggest thing is to have comprehensive written documentation of the process and keep it updated.&lt;p&gt;I agree with the other suggestion to have SSO or official password manager practices.&lt;p&gt;And steer clear of the shitty MacBook Pros Apple made from 2016-2020. The hellish butterfly keyboard and Touch Bar era.</text></comment>