Onboarding Atlas · T07 · Onboarding plan
Site safety first, then demonstrate, practise under supervision and get sign-off for each task.
The intended result
Remove desk-based tasks that do not apply, schedule training in paid shift time and translate instructions where needed.
The onboarding plan
This is a suggested sequence drawn from the 34-task blueprint. Owners, timing, approvals and completion proof are proposals to confirm locally. Open any task to see its proposed timing, reviewer and evidence of completion.
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Learning path
Hire can find the exits, first aid, emergency contact and the current work instructions for their task.
Blueprint task FRONT01Trainer demonstrates the task; the hire repeats it safely under supervision.
Blueprint task FRONT02An authorized observer records whether the hire can do this specific task to standard.
Blueprint task FRONT03What the evidence says
Completion milestone
Sources and provenance
Starbucks · Public careers page · Undated / living
States that new employees get essential training in their first month, with further training at 90 and 190 days.
Limits: Recruiting page; the curriculum itself is not published.
Open sourceSomething Big / DHL Supply Chain · Implementation-partner case · Undated
A three-month onboarding communications journey from preboarding onward, designed to reduce drop-off before day one.
Limits: Case study written by the agency that built it; covers communications, not operational training.
Open sourceInstitute for Work & Health (Ontario) · Research summary · 2012-07-26
Workers in their first month had over three times the risk of a lost-time injury compared with workers in the job over a year.
Limits: Ontario claims data from 1999–2008; rates vary by sector and country.
Open sourceBuffer · Company process account · 2020-04-10
Hiring manager plus a role buddy (same team) and a culture buddy (another team); 30/60/90-day goals and feedback.
Limits: 2020 account; Buffer describes dropping its earlier 45-day contractor "bootcamp", so do not copy that model.
Open sourceGitLab · Public handbook · Undated / living
Manager assigns a buddy before day one; buddy calls on day one and holds at least two follow-up calls in week two.
Limits: Selection criteria are stated as ideals the handbook says cannot always be met.
Open sourceMicrosoft · Company program account · 2019-06-07 (republished 2021-09-24)
600-employee buddy pilot: the more often buddy and hire met in the first 90 days, the more hires said the buddy helped them become productive quickly.
Limits: Self-reported and correlational; hires who met more often may differ in other ways.
Open sourceMicrosoft Research · Company research guidance · 2021-03-11
Survey and interviews of Microsoft developers onboarded remotely in 2020: a same-team technical mentor, a buddy and a simple first-week pull request.
Limits: 2021 article on pandemic-era remote onboarding; not a current company-wide procedure.
Open sourceMayo Clinic · Public employee portal · Undated / living
Pre-start tasks via a preboarding coordinator, badge photo before day one, on-site orientation only after clearance to start.
Limits: Mayo-specific arrival logistics; not a clinical competency curriculum.
Open sourceMayo Clinic · Public employee portal · Undated / living
Required online modules due within 30 days of start; benefits enrollment within 31 days.
Limits: Mayo-specific deadlines; do not turn them into universal template rules.
Open sourceGitLab · Public handbook · Undated / living
Onboarding runs as a GitLab issue opened at least 4 days before the start date, with a 30-day due date and role-specific sections.
Limits: Living handbook page that changes often; describes intended process, not measured outcomes.
Open sourceAtlassian · Company design case / PDF · 2021-11
A 1.5-day virtual orientation ("Atlassian Welcome"), a 30/60/90-day Trello plan per starter and automated pre-boarding emails.
Limits: Four-page 2021 PDF; the 92% satisfaction figure is Atlassian's own post-onboarding survey.
Open sourceHubSpot · Public preboarding portal · Undated / living
A single pre-arrival landing page with required tasks (I-9, background check), a contact email and culture material.
Limits: Preboarding page for the Americas only; says nothing about the rest of HubSpot's program.
Open sourceZapier · Company process account · 2022-06-17
Month-long program; hires are pushed from Greenhouse to Enboarder automatically and matched with a volunteer "Zap Pal" days before start.
Limits: 2022 account; the tools named may have changed. Time-savings figure is the program manager's own estimate.
Open sourceSalesforce · Company program account · 2024-07-30
A common first week ("Discovering Salesforce") followed by role programs for Sales, Customer Success and Tech & Product; every hire gets a Trail Guide mentor.
Limits: Employer-brand article; the "nearly 90%" readiness figure is Salesforce's own survey.
Open sourceMcKinsey · Company program account · 2025-07-10
A pre-onboarding skills diagnostic routes hires to a foundations or refresher track; daily simulations; a personalized "Day 1 Growth Plan".
Limits: Describes the program design for consultants; reports no outcome data.
Open sourceAnthropic · Randomized skills experiment · 2026-01-29
52 mostly junior developers learning a new Python library: the AI group scored 17% lower on a follow-up quiz, with the largest gap on debugging.
Limits: One short learning task; participants who used AI to ask for explanations kept more.
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