Context
This outlines what new hires can expect in their first 90 days! This is a critical time period for all parties to understand whether a new hire is ramping up and integrating well with our team.
Every company operates differently, and naturally ramping up at a new company like Finch is understandably challenging— what success looked like before may not work here. It’s important for new folks to join Finch with a beginner’s mind where there’s likely many things to unlearn in order to succeed at Finch.
We know there’s a lot to ramp up on and we want to provide support! Our team aims to setup new folks for success by:
- Assigning a manager and mentor to provide coaching
- Setting clear expectations by agreeing on a 90 day plan
- Sharing various onboarding resources
- Providing hands on opportunities to ramp up and collaborate with others asap
- Giving continuous positive and constructive feedback
First Day
- Your manager will give you a Starting Point doc that aggregates expectations for your first day, your first 2 weeks, onboarding resources, and 90 day plan.
- Depending on your role, there may be a 90 day plan pre-made or you may need to propose a 90 day plan to your manager to align with.
Before Day 90
- Honest conversations. New hires will have honest conversations with their manager, mentor, and teammates throughout their first 90 days on what’s been going well and what’s been challenging.
- Day 30 check point. The manager will aggregate feedback and deliver written feedback. This is meant to give concrete and early guidance to help orient new hires for the remainder of their ramp up.
- New hire choice. If a new hire realizes early that our team is a poor fit or unsustainable, they may choose to leave early and split amicably. While we always hope for things to work out, it’s important for everyone in the team to earnestly believe that they can be happy and thrive in our environment. Standard severance will be provided.
- Manager discretion. If a new hire is unfortunately an exceptionally poor fit for the team, the manager can choose to end things early. This is a decision that’s taken very seriously.