Which? has gone to a great deal of effort to ensure a good onboarding for new colleagues, especially with the move to hybrid and remote working. We have a large amount of documentation available on our intranet, as well as checklists to complete through your first few weeks of starting.
For Engineering specifically, we have a full plan for the first three months, including specific checklists for system access, meetings and training. You will also be assigned a buddy, who you can turn to for any day-to-day questions and who will be available for training and code pairing, where necessary. We also do not expect you to hit the ground running, as we realise that there is a large amount of information and context you will need to understand, so expectation revolves around you learning and contributing slowly at first but building up as you become more aware of the codebase and customer requirements.
From my personal experience, the first couple of weeks simply involved introduction meetings, handovers from a departing colleague, reading the documentation and getting up to speed with the engineering function. From there, I took on small tasks and responsibilities that then grew as I became more accustomed to the team and organisation. I was never pushed to accept tasks I was not capable of completing or accepting responsibility without support.
