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mountain of paperwork. You will leavethe building at the end of the day, head spinning, with an information packet. Your first instinct might be to toss it in the dumpster on the way to your car. But, instead, you must take the folder home and re-read every word. If your organization is tree-friendly and all of its new hire information is online, you are not excused. Pop open that browser and get to it.
HR has probably asked you to immediately sign a few legal documents. One will be a tax form that the company needs in order to pay you, a second might be a non-compete agreement (stating that if you leave the company you wonât go to work for a competitor for a set period of time), and a third could be a confidentiality agreement (stating that you wonât share the companyâs proprietary information). Itâs important to understand what these documents say, so ask someone to help you if you have to. Getting these documents back to HR the next day will serve several purposes: You wonât lose or forget about them, your assimilation into the community will be hassle-free, you will look like a responsible and efficient employee to the âJob Godsâ in HR, and you will erase any chance of anyone going to your boss in order to collect your delinquent paperwork.
The new hire folder often includes an employee handbook that outlines company policies, such as initial performance review periods, compensation, dress code, smoking and drugs, sexual harassment, and company benefits. Treat this book as though itâs your new best friend for a few days. Donât leave it on the train, and avoid the urge to stuff it in a desk drawer without reading it. Again, if itâs online, you should still peruse it in detail.
True story: My friend Zach, who worked for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, was fired after an HR representative caught him smoking on company grounds. Zach was outside the building at the time, but his company had a zero-tolerance smoking policy, which was covered in the employee handbook. Although his companyâs reaction was extreme, Zach was dismissed legally and couldnât do anything about it. The best way to steer clear of these situations is to know where you stand from the get-go.
The Perks
Time Off
Fewer aspects of your job are as important as the number of days you get to spend away from it, so you should read and understand your vacation policy up front. Many companies give a standard two weeks per year for newemployees, but policies on personal days, paid holidays, sick and bereavement leave, and short-term and long-term disability leave vary. Some businesses also limit the amount of vacation time you can take during your first few months of employment. I accepted my first job six weeks before my college graduation, and, lo and behold, two days before I was scheduled to take off for the ceremony, I ran into a snag with HR because I hadnât cleared unauthorized vacation days ahead of time. By the way, unless you do not have any other choice, donât plan any vacations during your first three months with a company. Remember your professional persona and consider how jetting off to the Caribbean within weeks of your start date will look to company veterans who havenât taken a vacation in two years.
Flexible Work Schedules
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about a quarter of employed Americans work from home some hours each week. In a recent study by the Families and Work Institute, 63 percent of employers said they allowed employees to work remotely, up from 34 percent in 2005. Even Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo! CEO who banished telecommuting from company policy last year, canât stop this train.
Flextime arrangements might include part-time or compressed schedules (for example, the employee works 40 hours from Monday to Thursday and takes Friday off) and job sharing, in which a full-time position is split between two people. Teleworking or
HR has probably asked you to immediately sign a few legal documents. One will be a tax form that the company needs in order to pay you, a second might be a non-compete agreement (stating that if you leave the company you wonât go to work for a competitor for a set period of time), and a third could be a confidentiality agreement (stating that you wonât share the companyâs proprietary information). Itâs important to understand what these documents say, so ask someone to help you if you have to. Getting these documents back to HR the next day will serve several purposes: You wonât lose or forget about them, your assimilation into the community will be hassle-free, you will look like a responsible and efficient employee to the âJob Godsâ in HR, and you will erase any chance of anyone going to your boss in order to collect your delinquent paperwork.
The new hire folder often includes an employee handbook that outlines company policies, such as initial performance review periods, compensation, dress code, smoking and drugs, sexual harassment, and company benefits. Treat this book as though itâs your new best friend for a few days. Donât leave it on the train, and avoid the urge to stuff it in a desk drawer without reading it. Again, if itâs online, you should still peruse it in detail.
True story: My friend Zach, who worked for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, was fired after an HR representative caught him smoking on company grounds. Zach was outside the building at the time, but his company had a zero-tolerance smoking policy, which was covered in the employee handbook. Although his companyâs reaction was extreme, Zach was dismissed legally and couldnât do anything about it. The best way to steer clear of these situations is to know where you stand from the get-go.
The Perks
Time Off
Fewer aspects of your job are as important as the number of days you get to spend away from it, so you should read and understand your vacation policy up front. Many companies give a standard two weeks per year for newemployees, but policies on personal days, paid holidays, sick and bereavement leave, and short-term and long-term disability leave vary. Some businesses also limit the amount of vacation time you can take during your first few months of employment. I accepted my first job six weeks before my college graduation, and, lo and behold, two days before I was scheduled to take off for the ceremony, I ran into a snag with HR because I hadnât cleared unauthorized vacation days ahead of time. By the way, unless you do not have any other choice, donât plan any vacations during your first three months with a company. Remember your professional persona and consider how jetting off to the Caribbean within weeks of your start date will look to company veterans who havenât taken a vacation in two years.
Flexible Work Schedules
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about a quarter of employed Americans work from home some hours each week. In a recent study by the Families and Work Institute, 63 percent of employers said they allowed employees to work remotely, up from 34 percent in 2005. Even Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo! CEO who banished telecommuting from company policy last year, canât stop this train.
Flextime arrangements might include part-time or compressed schedules (for example, the employee works 40 hours from Monday to Thursday and takes Friday off) and job sharing, in which a full-time position is split between two people. Teleworking or
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