[llamajams]

Oh boy.We have this onboarding buddy system where the new hire get paired with someone HR just send out an email to connect the two of u and then that's that.Last month we got a new guy, and I was assigned as his buddy. I had a rough week and that email got buried. This man went a whole week under the radar, besides HR and group onboarding called he's had no communication with anyone. He didn't know what Dept or team he was on, or who his direct report was. It was only when I was cleaning up my inbox that I saw the email and reached out.

So moral of the story is to not be shy any take initiative to reach out. We have chats and emails and internal forums message boards, so use all of them. If you're nice, ppl will be nice to you and help out. I've noticed that most new hires are not comfortable with messaging people they don't know, but this needs to be overcome. Even couple years in I DM people knowing nothing but a keyword, and I get a lot of help, and I get to have a nice chat and bitch about the lack of documentation etc .

You are completely correct, orgs need to do a lot better but I don't have a lot of hope but you can totally take it upon yourself to be more forward. Also bring it up with your manager maybe they can find you a dedicated mentor