What we've learned about remote onboarding during the pandemic
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A study at Microsoft surveys new hires during early pandemic hiring, sending ~1,000 emails and collecting 267 responses, and distills seven simple rules that empirically improve remote onboarding: require cameras on, promote proactive communication, schedule manager‑arranged one‑on‑ones with every teammate, provide an organization chart diagram, assign both an onboarding buddy and technical mentor, support multiple onboarding speeds, and give a tiny first task so new hires make a pull request and feel productive quickly.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:57Remote Onboarding of G Software Developers Paige Rodeghero, PhD
- 2:52NO STANDARD PRACTICE
- 8:22DO YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST CONTAINING THESE RULES?
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