The problem at company B was everyone was experienced so they haven’t needed to onboard anyone. As a result you had no onboarding and that’s a team failure. I tell new joiners their fresh feedback is the most important thing they can contribute when they start and we place a lot of value in a smooth onboarding.
The result of not doing that is that people are taken off their work to help the person onboard manually. This then can cause the feeling they’re being held up as you experienced, this is where a true senior would have noticed this issue and raised it. It seems none of the team members were actually behaving like a senior.
Unfortunately this wasn’t explained to you so you felt disempowered to feedback on your experience so the next person they hire will have the same problem.
So on a successful onboard you might produce a better onboarding experience for the next person plus a bunch of feedback on the product with fresh eyes that many new customers will share.
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The problem at company B was everyone was experienced so they haven’t needed to onboard anyone. As a result you had no onboarding and that’s a team failure. I tell new joiners their fresh feedback is the most important thing they can contribute when they start and we place a lot of value in a smooth onboarding.
The result of not doing that is that people are taken off their work to help the person onboard manually. This then can cause the feeling they’re being held up as you experienced, this is where a true senior would have noticed this issue and raised it. It seems none of the team members were actually behaving like a senior.
Unfortunately this wasn’t explained to you so you felt disempowered to feedback on your experience so the next person they hire will have the same problem.
So on a successful onboard you might produce a better onboarding experience for the next person plus a bunch of feedback on the product with fresh eyes that many new customers will share.
Glad it worked out at a new place!