Documents we need from you
Emergency contact form required Fill in the form we emailed and upload a photo or PDF of it.
PDF, PNG, JPEG or WebP, under 10 MB.
Staff handbook required Version 4, attached to your welcome email.
Your first weeks
19 steps
9 Nov Send the contract and get it signed
HR · Nothing else can start until this is back.
done
12 Nov Order the laptop and second monitor
IT · Standard dev spec. Lead time is about a week, so this one bites if it slips.
planned
14 Nov Post the home-working kit: monitor, keyboard, chair
IT · Only for remote starters.
planned
16 Nov Book the first-week diary: team intros, architecture walkthrough
Marcus Ofori
planned
16 Nov Pick a buddy and tell them
Marcus Ofori
planned
17 Nov Create accounts: email, SSO, repo, CI
IT
planned
18 Nov Desk, pass and a welcome note ready
HR
planned
19 Nov Morning welcome and office tour
Marcus Ofori
planned
19 Nov Hand over the laptop and check they can sign in
IT
planned
19 Nov Health, safety and fire briefing
HR
planned
19 Nov Lunch with the team
Their buddy
planned
20 Nov Read the engineering handbook
For you
21 Nov Get the dev environment running locally
For you · Buddy pairs on this — if it takes more than a morning the docs need fixing.
23 Nov First pull request merged
For you · Something small and real. The point is the pipeline, not the change.
23 Nov End of week one one-to-one
Marcus Ofori
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3 Dec On-call shadowing arranged
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19 Dec 30-day check-in
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19 Dec Probation objectives agreed and written down
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16 Feb 90-day review
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