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Bowl Leader
First off, take a breath! You’re a week in, at some larger companies it’s probably the norm to not have all your tools in place. My first two weeks at my current company included lots of onboarding sessions. I wouldn’t fret about the client feedback session, I’m sure there’s more.
If you don’t already have meet and greets scheduled, get those on the calendar w/ all various stakeholders. Ask those people what meetings you should be a part of as well as who else to meet up. Partner closely with your tech lead to ramp up on the ongoing projects. If you have downtime do competitive research, play around with your product, jot down any initial notes.
Thank you great advise!
Rising Star
See if there’s anyone on your team that can forward you any reoccurring meetings in advance. Also, it takes forever to get access to systems. For me, it took a full four weeks.
Agreed, and I'd have a sitdown with individual members to figure out what's on their plate and where you fit in. That way they can forward you invites and get you up to speed faster!
Give it a few weeks, don’t sweat it! I’ve been working at my company for 2 years and still don’t have all my access, no one can figure out how to get me Cognos access haha
That’s hilarious, and makes me feel better!
Things are usually a little bumpy at the beginning. Maybe you should schedule some individual time with your team members. It's always good to receive insights from someone who's been with the company and/or team for awhile.
Thank you, I did some syncs yesterday and have more this week.
I would sit down with your manager and have a candid conversation about where you are in the journey of starting the new gig and how you're adopting to the learning curve
That’s a great idea too