Onboarding a new hire is usually a whirlwind, with dozens of different loose ends that need to be tied up in an extremely short period of time—often less than a day. An an ideal, efficiently-organized system, this process is tedious but not stressful, because everything is organized and simple to access, even when accounting for variations depending on the role that is being filled, or the people in question. Unfortunately, many people find themselves in a less-than-ideal system, and onboarding often involves a scramble for information, or the frustration of logging into system after system to sort information into its different silos.
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