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I ran a fully remote company for six years.

At the beginning, our remote onboarding process sounded something like this:

“Do you have a laptop? We could probably send you one if not.”

“Why don’t we meet at 9 AM on your first day. I can send you a calendar invite.”

By the end, we had a dialed-in, repeatable process for onboarding remote employees in every way.

Here’s an overview of the process:

• Start: Receipt of a signed job offer letter and signed employee handbook
• Set up the new employee in the HR system
• Send a welcome email from the manager
• Allow the employee to pick home office equipment, then send
• Create accounts for the new employee
• Schedule trainings and meetings
• Add to existing team meetings
• Assign the first set of tasks in your project management tool
• Phase in job responsibilities
• End: The 6-week review meeting ends the onboarding process

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