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0 pointsJJMcJ3y ago0 comments

You need to have a very very clear idea of what the new hire will be doing when they start.

Plenty of companies assign people badly and then act all surprised that they don't have a Plug Compatible Interchangeable Engineer. https://kidneybone.com/c2/wiki/PlugCompatibleInterchangeable...

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Ensorceled3y ago

> You need to have a very very clear idea of what the new hire will be doing when they start.

Yep. My latest hire started a few weeks ago and I had a back log of pretty simple tasks that were well within their wheelhouse and a dedicated mentor to help bring them up to speed.

I've been on the receiving end of gruelling "sink or swim" initiations that were called "onboarding"

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Ensorceled3y ago

> You need to have a very very clear idea of what the new hire will be doing when they start.

Yep. My latest hire started a few weeks ago and I had a back log of pretty simple tasks that were well within their wheelhouse and a dedicated mentor to help bring them up to speed.

I've been on the receiving end of gruelling "sink or swim" initiations that were called "onboarding"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse