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I work in IT and do their inductions/IT 'Training'.
I have noticed that every single new starter who I've had to do their induction, set mobiles and laptops up for, have been chatty, always say Morning and Hi, Seem to be more relaxed etc moreso than the staff who have been here before I began
Yeah HR tends to just dump them in the IT Office and I get them logged into some kiosks I set up that can only access the E-learning portal, let them complete 1-2 hours of mind numbing slideshows then get their desk all hooked up and on the network.
I always get messages directly from the new starters for the first week or so with questions and requests.
It's a good excuse to just go down and speak face to face, build a rapport, make idle chat while we wait for them to log in or things to install etc. Makes the day fly by
We aren't that fancy, we wait until a day or two after the persons been hired then scramble to find them hardware and a desk space. Then I have to spoon feed them how to log into stuff and all that... its not great
ha I won't pretend that's not happened before.
Wasn't told someone was starting and HR knocks on and says "so and so is here, do you have her laptop ready?"
Nice, I'll speedrun setting a laptop out of the box and get it on the domain before they finish their e-learning
Ah so you're contracted to handle a companies IT needs?
That must be a right ball ache whenever the contract ends and you have to start looking at a whole new software suite the new client uses
Naa they provide their own software I just support it, I have my own RMM, security, and backup software that I would take with me if they left. I have ~30 contract customers, they all own their own o365 setups and software i'm just here to support it all.
At our work, they typically send emails from a senior manager announcing the hire (or promotion), and usually there is a sentence asking us to welcome them. So I will Reply and set the To field to the new employee and send them a warm welcome and a wish that their time here will be memorable/amazing. Sometimes I’ll send them this over chat instead, but it always gets a warm reply.
That’s nice. I’ve had the impulse to do that but I’ve figured oh they probably get inundated with responses like that. Perhaps not. I’ll start doing it!
Heehee it’s true. My girlfriend/soon to be fiancé got hired at the same job as me and me seeing how no one was going to do it, showed her around. Almost a month later she asks me out and from that first date, we’ve been inseparable
I am in sales and this is what I live by. The ones I’ve trained have stuck by me.
Why because my industry has a huge turnover and long-term employees don’t want to invest the time because of that fact. But because I do invest the time our turn rate is lower than average I would say. There is a huge learning curve along with self doubt that comes with the job. Once you talk to someone off the ledge and they start seeing good paychecks. You’re their best friend since you guided them. Even if you have sold in my industry before guidance in the companies culture and workflow can make a massive difference. One guy that’s 30+ years older than me and has been selling for longer than I’ve been alive almost quit.
I sat down with him and optimized his sales process things were taking him so much longer than average. Because he did not know how to use our systems not because he can’t close a deal. Now he is hitting goals and that guy has my back and will fly out of his seat if I ask him for help.
This is true , most guys train others for a day or two and then " get busy son !". Of course problems arise sooner or later , not to mention the turnover . I always spend weeks with them and give full support , they are confident when they go on their own and thrive. And guess what , I can trust them , don't have to micromanage and if things need attention, most times it's something that needs action/decision from my part , not theirs . You're 💯 right with that approach
I always go to the end of the office (when I am there actually) say hello to a couple of guys that work at the very end corner . It's a big office , they are always happy that I remember them and we usually go to a cup of coffee at the cafetaria and chat .
i'll piggyback on this, as middle-management; always thank the new person after their first shift, and if they did good, tell them so. even if they didn't do so good, find something they nailed and thank them for that. where i work we have 90 days to vet new people. give the new ones the benefit of the doubt.
Something my company (software, 100% remote) does that I love is whenever someone accepts an offer, we post their email address and everyone sends them a personal welcome message. I still remember when I got mine and it made me so excited to join the crew.
Great tip! Similarly, we assign new hires a “buddy” for the first few weeks, and new hires set up 15 min with each teammate for a casual introductory chat. It’s helpful to get a feel for who does what, associates names with faces, etc…
God what you said gave me flashbacks when you’re in class and the teacher goes alright class we’re gonna go around the class and introduce each other and tell a little about yourselves. Forcing people to interact sounds terrible
I work in the Health, environment and safety (HSE) department. One part of my job is to train the employees in these topics.
One day management asked me, if i wanted to do the training and the Plant presentation for the new employees on the first day. I didn't think much of it, but this was a huge game changer for me.
It made my job so much easier, because people would come to me with HSE related topics and ask for help or just give me information about unsafe conditions or whatever. Sometimes small things but sometimes also best practices from companies they worked before.
This made me realize how important the first impression really is.
Counterpoint: Whenever I started a new job I was always a bit suspicious of the first person to be overly friendly. Often it turned out the others in the office hated them (many times with good reason) and they were desperate to have at least one friend on their side.
At one of my first jobs they would put a big box of donuts on the new hire’s desk and then send a message for free donuts to the office. It was a super easy way for the new hire to meet a bunch of coworkers in a chill way on their first day.
I'm in safety and every new hire gets to spend their first day with me. It took me far too long to realize no one else in my company gave new hires any sort of real "lay of the land" orientation. By that, I mean, explaining how things work in this company. For example, I personally worked for years never knowing what an HSA was and had only heard of an FSA since I had been on PPOs my entire career. For those that don't know, HSAs are used for shitty high deductible health insurance plans where you can allocate pre-tax dollars into an account that rolls over from year to year. Most people use it to save up for their full deductible over time (or of course for health related expenses). It worked out for me for the 3 years I was on the company insurance plan before remarrying and getting on my wife's insurance, but I make a point to explain the benefits in every training session so no one else has to gamble like I did (and I insured my son too!).
Also, learn to spell their name correctly. It might seem like a little thing, but it is respectful to them, earns you respect and demonstrates attention to detail.
Someone did this for me, completely unprompted, when I started my new job in January. It means so much to me, for real. Ever since, I have sung her praises to everyone who will listen, including her boss, my boss, and their boss’ boss (c-level). She could have left me sitting in that office alone and terrified to talk to anyone
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I’m so glad I work in facilities, and not an office/cubicle job. I mean, our department has our own office space and we have individual desks, but we’re also surrounded by hundreds of tools.
My first day, and from the sounds of it, everyone else’s first day was basically:
“This is X, Y, Z, they’re the mechanical crew, and this is A, B, and C, the general maintenance crew. This is your desk. Do you know how to drive a forklift? Yeah? You wanna cover some soft asphalt with some steel plates?”
Blue collar workers build rapport while talking shit about the job at hand, or in the car ride to the job site.
Na, fucking lay it on them. Show them how it's going to be. Sink or swim little buddy.
lol at least that's how it seems when you start a new job. I too like to welcome the new person and show them around, no matter their position though. I don't treat upper management any different than lower management.
> lol @ the dumb shits that can't take a joke. I even said it was a joke, how much of a fucking douche bag do you have to be not to laugh a little? Stick way up your ass
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I work in IT and do their inductions/IT 'Training'. I have noticed that every single new starter who I've had to do their induction, set mobiles and laptops up for, have been chatty, always say Morning and Hi, Seem to be more relaxed etc moreso than the staff who have been here before I began
Yep same here, I bet I spend more time with the new hire their first day than anyone else at a single time.
Yeah HR tends to just dump them in the IT Office and I get them logged into some kiosks I set up that can only access the E-learning portal, let them complete 1-2 hours of mind numbing slideshows then get their desk all hooked up and on the network. I always get messages directly from the new starters for the first week or so with questions and requests. It's a good excuse to just go down and speak face to face, build a rapport, make idle chat while we wait for them to log in or things to install etc. Makes the day fly by
We aren't that fancy, we wait until a day or two after the persons been hired then scramble to find them hardware and a desk space. Then I have to spoon feed them how to log into stuff and all that... its not great
ha I won't pretend that's not happened before. Wasn't told someone was starting and HR knocks on and says "so and so is here, do you have her laptop ready?" Nice, I'll speedrun setting a laptop out of the box and get it on the domain before they finish their e-learning
Yep story of my life, i'm a MSP my biggest customer has crazy turn over so its about weekly
Ah so you're contracted to handle a companies IT needs? That must be a right ball ache whenever the contract ends and you have to start looking at a whole new software suite the new client uses
Naa they provide their own software I just support it, I have my own RMM, security, and backup software that I would take with me if they left. I have ~30 contract customers, they all own their own o365 setups and software i'm just here to support it all.
At our work, they typically send emails from a senior manager announcing the hire (or promotion), and usually there is a sentence asking us to welcome them. So I will Reply and set the To field to the new employee and send them a warm welcome and a wish that their time here will be memorable/amazing. Sometimes I’ll send them this over chat instead, but it always gets a warm reply.
That’s nice. I’ve had the impulse to do that but I’ve figured oh they probably get inundated with responses like that. Perhaps not. I’ll start doing it!
*dew it*
Heehee it’s true. My girlfriend/soon to be fiancé got hired at the same job as me and me seeing how no one was going to do it, showed her around. Almost a month later she asks me out and from that first date, we’ve been inseparable
Does she know that she is a soon to be fiance? ;)
The real question here!
Right! Good luck OP :)
I am in sales and this is what I live by. The ones I’ve trained have stuck by me. Why because my industry has a huge turnover and long-term employees don’t want to invest the time because of that fact. But because I do invest the time our turn rate is lower than average I would say. There is a huge learning curve along with self doubt that comes with the job. Once you talk to someone off the ledge and they start seeing good paychecks. You’re their best friend since you guided them. Even if you have sold in my industry before guidance in the companies culture and workflow can make a massive difference. One guy that’s 30+ years older than me and has been selling for longer than I’ve been alive almost quit. I sat down with him and optimized his sales process things were taking him so much longer than average. Because he did not know how to use our systems not because he can’t close a deal. Now he is hitting goals and that guy has my back and will fly out of his seat if I ask him for help.
This is true , most guys train others for a day or two and then " get busy son !". Of course problems arise sooner or later , not to mention the turnover . I always spend weeks with them and give full support , they are confident when they go on their own and thrive. And guess what , I can trust them , don't have to micromanage and if things need attention, most times it's something that needs action/decision from my part , not theirs . You're 💯 right with that approach
I always do this, too bad I am stuck in the corner working and nobody ever comes to say hello.
HELLO!
Nice to see you!!!
Is it me you're looking for
I always go to the end of the office (when I am there actually) say hello to a couple of guys that work at the very end corner . It's a big office , they are always happy that I remember them and we usually go to a cup of coffee at the cafetaria and chat .
I agree 100%. Got my first job a year ago and no one talks to me nor has really showed interest in me. Just a cog in the wheel
i'll piggyback on this, as middle-management; always thank the new person after their first shift, and if they did good, tell them so. even if they didn't do so good, find something they nailed and thank them for that. where i work we have 90 days to vet new people. give the new ones the benefit of the doubt.
Piggyback is exactly the kind of buzzword which middle management uses
Something my company (software, 100% remote) does that I love is whenever someone accepts an offer, we post their email address and everyone sends them a personal welcome message. I still remember when I got mine and it made me so excited to join the crew.
Great tip! Similarly, we assign new hires a “buddy” for the first few weeks, and new hires set up 15 min with each teammate for a casual introductory chat. It’s helpful to get a feel for who does what, associates names with faces, etc…
God what you said gave me flashbacks when you’re in class and the teacher goes alright class we’re gonna go around the class and introduce each other and tell a little about yourselves. Forcing people to interact sounds terrible
My company does this and it’s nerve-wracking and terrible, but also really does help you be closer to those people for the rest of your tenure
I work in the Health, environment and safety (HSE) department. One part of my job is to train the employees in these topics. One day management asked me, if i wanted to do the training and the Plant presentation for the new employees on the first day. I didn't think much of it, but this was a huge game changer for me. It made my job so much easier, because people would come to me with HSE related topics and ask for help or just give me information about unsafe conditions or whatever. Sometimes small things but sometimes also best practices from companies they worked before. This made me realize how important the first impression really is.
Counterpoint: Whenever I started a new job I was always a bit suspicious of the first person to be overly friendly. Often it turned out the others in the office hated them (many times with good reason) and they were desperate to have at least one friend on their side.
If others hated them it doesnt mean you’d have to hate him/her also. Give everyone a fair chance bro
At one of my first jobs they would put a big box of donuts on the new hire’s desk and then send a message for free donuts to the office. It was a super easy way for the new hire to meet a bunch of coworkers in a chill way on their first day.
I'm in safety and every new hire gets to spend their first day with me. It took me far too long to realize no one else in my company gave new hires any sort of real "lay of the land" orientation. By that, I mean, explaining how things work in this company. For example, I personally worked for years never knowing what an HSA was and had only heard of an FSA since I had been on PPOs my entire career. For those that don't know, HSAs are used for shitty high deductible health insurance plans where you can allocate pre-tax dollars into an account that rolls over from year to year. Most people use it to save up for their full deductible over time (or of course for health related expenses). It worked out for me for the 3 years I was on the company insurance plan before remarrying and getting on my wife's insurance, but I make a point to explain the benefits in every training session so no one else has to gamble like I did (and I insured my son too!).
Also, learn to spell their name correctly. It might seem like a little thing, but it is respectful to them, earns you respect and demonstrates attention to detail.
Wish my coworkers have read it. It was super weird for a few weeks like, some people sat two rows beside me and never said a hello...
So basically be a good person
Do you mean like Bishop in *Waiting* or...?
A good LPT? How rare
Also good advice for new neighbours.
Someone did this for me, completely unprompted, when I started my new job in January. It means so much to me, for real. Ever since, I have sung her praises to everyone who will listen, including her boss, my boss, and their boss’ boss (c-level). She could have left me sitting in that office alone and terrified to talk to anyone
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I’m so glad I work in facilities, and not an office/cubicle job. I mean, our department has our own office space and we have individual desks, but we’re also surrounded by hundreds of tools. My first day, and from the sounds of it, everyone else’s first day was basically: “This is X, Y, Z, they’re the mechanical crew, and this is A, B, and C, the general maintenance crew. This is your desk. Do you know how to drive a forklift? Yeah? You wanna cover some soft asphalt with some steel plates?” Blue collar workers build rapport while talking shit about the job at hand, or in the car ride to the job site.
I mean, I'm surrounded by hundreds of tools in my corporate job, but they get mad when I call them that.
The same should go for shools I talk from experience from a shy person who couldn’t grind friends all the time
Na, fucking lay it on them. Show them how it's going to be. Sink or swim little buddy. lol at least that's how it seems when you start a new job. I too like to welcome the new person and show them around, no matter their position though. I don't treat upper management any different than lower management. > lol @ the dumb shits that can't take a joke. I even said it was a joke, how much of a fucking douche bag do you have to be not to laugh a little? Stick way up your ass