Your first weeks
18 steps
1 Oct Send the contract and get it signed
HR · Nothing else can start until this is back.
done
4 Oct Order the laptop and second monitor
IT · Standard dev spec. Lead time is about a week, so this one bites if it slips.
done
8 Oct Book the first-week diary: team intros, architecture walkthrough
Marcus Ofori
done
8 Oct Pick a buddy and tell them
Marcus Ofori
done
9 Oct Create accounts: email, SSO, repo, CI
IT
done
10 Oct Desk, pass and a welcome note ready
HR
done
11 Oct Morning welcome and office tour
Marcus Ofori
done
11 Oct Hand over the laptop and check they can sign in
IT
done
11 Oct Health, safety and fire briefing
HR
done
11 Oct Lunch with the team
Their buddy
done
12 Oct Read the engineering handbook
For you
13 Oct Get the dev environment running locally
For you · Buddy pairs on this — if it takes more than a morning the docs need fixing.
15 Oct First pull request merged
For you · Something small and real. The point is the pipeline, not the change.
15 Oct End of week one one-to-one
Marcus Ofori
done
25 Oct On-call shadowing arranged
Rosalind Cheng
planned
10 Nov 30-day check-in
Marcus Ofori
planned
10 Nov Probation objectives agreed and written down
Marcus Ofori
planned
8 Jan 90-day review
Marcus Ofori
planned