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Onboarding

Onboarding should help a new employee understand the work, meet the people behind it, and make a useful contribution without carrying avoidable uncertainty.

Before the first day​

The manager confirms the role, start plan, equipment, access requests, primary contacts, and first-week schedule.

The first week​

The employee and manager review:

  • the Mantra and this manual;
  • the team's users, responsibilities, current objectives, and working agreements;
  • required tools, security practices, and sources of truth;
  • close collaborators and how decisions are made; and
  • an initial piece of useful, appropriately scoped work.

The first month​

Agree role expectations and early outcomes, schedule feedback, identify learning or mentorship needs, and remove access or process blockers. The goal is not maximum activity; it is growing clarity, confidence, and independent judgment.

Guidance type: Working agreement
Owner: People and the hiring manager