Engineer  Onboarding

Timeline

• Before the first day
• First day
• First 2 weeks
• First month
• Six months +

1 week before first day

• Send gift(s)
  Vacasa mug, t-shirt, mousepad...anything!
   

• Manager emails new hire
  Welcome to the team! You should be hearing from your buddy and getting a Vacasa gift in the mail (can be a template)

  
   

• Manager emails team
  New hire name, title, start date, and short bio
   

• Buddy emails new hire

  What to expect on their first day, when/where to meet, details about the team, desk, culture, etc (can be a template)

First Day

• Greeting / Intros
  Buddy greets new hire, gives office tour w/ team intros and shows them to their desk where their machine is fully set up.
   
• Manager Meeting
  Manager meets with new hire to review org chart, job desc, goals for the first month and first year, set expectations and answer initial questions.
   
• Team Lunch
  Buddy organizes lunch with new hire and invites other team members.
   
• Setup
  Buddy helps new hire get comfy at desk, set up their workstation/ environment, and orders any additional items (monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc) they may need.
   
• Checklist

  Buddy walks through a checklist of tasks (electronic + printout) to be completed that week including HR docs, sets them up with Google, GitHub and Slack accounts and answers any additional questions

First Week

• Buddy/New Hire Shadowing
  The new hire shadows their buddy all week to learn more about engineering infrastructure, nuances of working for Vacasa etc...
   
  • Topics for discussion:
    • ​Stand-ups
    • Retro
    • Deployapotamus
    • GitHub Repos / Wikis
    • Style Guides
       
  • PM Meeting
    ​New hire meets with their assigned Project Manager to discuss ticketing process, projects available, gauge their skillset and assign an appropriate first project.

After 2 weeks

• Manager Check-in
  Manager meets with new hire and discusses how things are going, answers questions, talkes about continued goals, progress, etc.

After 1 month

• Manager Meeting/Lunch
  Manager takes new hire to lunch to discuss current progress, onboarding and how much they're enjoying their Vacasa t-shirt.

After 6 Months

• Manager Meeting
  Manager and not-so-new hire meet to discuss goals and performance progress.

Optional Stuff

• Newbie Ping Pong Tournament
  Nothing says welcome like some healthy competition and beers.
   
• Official Nerf Gun Presentation
  That special day the new hire is awarded their office weapon.  
   
• Welcome Coffee Gathering / Happy Hour
  Other ways to bond.