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For fresh grads: x2 Manager checkins daily for first 2 months For the 2-5 yr expirence: x1 checkin daily for the first month For the 5+ yr experience engineer
by rubidium 6y ago
For fresh grads: x2 Manager checkins daily for first 2 months
For the 2-5 yr expirence: x1 checkin daily for the first month
For the 5+ yr experience engineer: x1 checkin daily first week.
For all: reduce checkins as appropriate for each, case-by-case.
- t-writescode 6y agoI would say there still needs to be more regular checkins, even for experienced engineers. The onboarding stage is almost always way longer than anyone wants to be stuck onboarding, and direction is very important, especially on teams that own way too many features.
- andreilys 6y ago2x Daily Checkin’s for 2 months.... sounds like a recipe for micro management. Also given most managers schedules are packed, I’m not sure how feasible this advice is. Especially if they onboard 2 or 3 new hires.
- rubidium 6y agoThis is fresh college grads, and it’s literally a “you have things to do? Are you stuck at all?” The checkins reduce in proportion to the positive check on things. People don’t understand the massive amount of time new hires can spend stuck (be it HR, software license issues, unfamiliarity with the process, etc).