New Teammate Welcome

How are new hires welcomed, prepared to become a good citizen of your organization, and get to productivity as quickly as possible?

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Welcome to $COMPANY NAME 👋

We’re so happy to have you here!

Your Role

A few high-level sentences about the nature of the role

Why you’re here

How this role fits into the broader mission/goals of the company. 

Turn up the pathos, logos, and ethos!

Your Team

Who this person will be working with an in what capacity

If you have documented intros to the broader team, link them here (here’s an example from Figma)

How we work

What’s important or notable to know about how work gets done


This is a good place to link to operating principles, values, or communication guides if you have them.
Include a note about how you’ll support the team member in upholding them.

Stakeholders

Who should provide input, be kept updated on a regular basis, and be regular thought partners

- Name, relationship to work/when to use

- Name, relationship to work/when to use

- Name, relationship to work/when to use

- Name, relationship to work/when to use

Core Responsibilities

P0’s/Glass Balls

the most important things to definitely get right / prioritize over other things, these are the things that if dropped will meaningfully break things

P1’s/Rubber Balls

The other important things to get right, but not at the expense of P0’s, these are the things that if dropped are more resilient

A great job

What does true excellence look like? How will success be measured? Use examples if they’re available to paint a very specific picture.

A not-so-great job

Show what not to do, to help bring even more clarity to what great work looks like. 

What to expect

Anticipated joys

What things you think are going to be maximally satisfying about this person in this role.

Anticipated challenges

What things you think could potentially be snags for this person in this role.

Add in some commentary on how you’ll support through these challenges as a team.

What you’ll teach us

The special thing you bring to our team/company

What you’ll learn from us

How you’ll grow by working on this team/at this company

📆 30/60/90 day plan

Milestones/Markers, things that should be done at these moments in time

  • Another option is first week, first month
  • Month 1

    Month 2

    Month 3

    Getting Going

    📖 Reading List

  • Document A
  • Document B
  • Document C
  • 💻 HR/Tech set-up list

  • Tool or Service (and how to set it up)
  • Tool or Service (and how to set it up)
  • Tool or Service (and how to set it up)
  • 👋 1:1 list

  • Person A (Role)
  • Person B (Role)
  • Person C (Role)
  • 🚶 Shadow/Follow Along

  • Slack Channels
  • Meetings to attend
  • Calls to shadow
  • "Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."

    – Drake