Onboarding/New Starter Guide

This guide helps new colleagues get productive during their first days at Company. It is designed for the employee, their manager, and their onboarding buddy.

Before day one

Managers should confirm that equipment, accounts, calendar invites, and access requests are ready before the start date. The onboarding buddy should send a short welcome message and arrange an informal introduction during the first week.

Task	Owner	Target date
Confirm laptop and peripherals	Manager	Five business days before start
Create identity and email account	People operations	Three business days before start
Add new starter to team channels	Manager	One business day before start
Schedule buddy introduction	Buddy	First day

First day checklist

1. Join the welcome call with your manager.
2. Confirm that you can sign in to email, chat, calendar, and the knowledge base.
3. Read the team overview and current quarterly goals.
4. Set up your profile photo, working hours, and notification preferences.
5. Ask your buddy how the team usually communicates urgent and non-urgent topics.

First week outcomes

By the end of the first week, you should know what your team owns, how work is planned, how to ask for help, and where important documentation lives. You are not expected to know every system or process yet.

Useful links

• Acronyms
• Internal services
• Access request process
• Team communication channels