Dealing with an issue while trying to teach a newly hired employee. I am a consultant and my current project management hired someone to takeover long-term for me, and I must train them, however there have been many issues. This individual doesn't know basic data concepts (left join, right join, vlookup, etc.) and there is only so much I should be required to teach. I do not want to tutor this person on how to use Excel or manipulate data.

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I feel I should teach them about the data tables and the primary and foreign key relationships instead of starting from ground zero. Thankfully this individual is now on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), partly due to the concerns I've raised. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation before? Any advice? Where do I draw the line? It's difficult being in the middle, as a contractor, because it can appear that I don't know how to train others effectively. My direct manager knows little about data or related concepts, so that doesn't help either.

For specifically SQL, have them go through SQL for Dummies. Not kidding, it's a good primer.

Otherwise send them to LinkedIn Learning or YouTube or DataCamp for basics.

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