Thank you! You have written an important piece that I will be sharing with my colleagues. Having worked in nonprofits for decades, I would say often the issue is really just not knowing how important it is. Small organizations require people to do many different jobs and most people don’t have training for all of them. “We don’t know what we don’t know.” Thank you for helping more people know about how it feels to be poorly onboarded and how that can ruin an employee’s experience and confidence.
Thank you so much for reading and engaging with my work! I appreciate you sharing it with your colleagues. I'm glad it resonates with you, and I'm hoping this starts necessary conversations about the need for better onboarding practices in the sector!
I convinced myself I was a “diversity hire” for an entry level job that I QUALIFIED for because I couldn’t seem to grasp certain concepts and processes. The onboarding process was severely lacking and I’m just now getting over that feeling of incompetence that had absolutely nothing to do with my actual skills. Thanks for sharing this!
Of course! Thank you so much for reading. And I'm glad you recognized that struggling with poor onboarding had nothing to do with your actual qualifications! Took me so long to unlearn those ways of thinking. We deserve(d) better support from the start, so it's great that we're moving past unfair self-doubt. 👏🏾
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I saw that title and rushed over here to say, YES!!! I’ve been there and it SUCKS!!! Thank you for writing on this important topic and offering better alternatives.
To me, it communicates a lack of care, amongst other things, and it often shows up throughout all other aspects of the organization. I worked at an institution that touted a “culture of care”, but I never saw evidence of such a thing. When leaders don’t understand why care and support of new and longtime employees is important, that’s a red flag. 🚩 🚩 🚩
It sucks big time! It's so mentally depleting. Thank you so much for engaging with my work. It's reassuring to know that I'm not alone in these experiences.
Thank you! You have written an important piece that I will be sharing with my colleagues. Having worked in nonprofits for decades, I would say often the issue is really just not knowing how important it is. Small organizations require people to do many different jobs and most people don’t have training for all of them. “We don’t know what we don’t know.” Thank you for helping more people know about how it feels to be poorly onboarded and how that can ruin an employee’s experience and confidence.
Thank you so much for reading and engaging with my work! I appreciate you sharing it with your colleagues. I'm glad it resonates with you, and I'm hoping this starts necessary conversations about the need for better onboarding practices in the sector!
I convinced myself I was a “diversity hire” for an entry level job that I QUALIFIED for because I couldn’t seem to grasp certain concepts and processes. The onboarding process was severely lacking and I’m just now getting over that feeling of incompetence that had absolutely nothing to do with my actual skills. Thanks for sharing this!
Of course! Thank you so much for reading. And I'm glad you recognized that struggling with poor onboarding had nothing to do with your actual qualifications! Took me so long to unlearn those ways of thinking. We deserve(d) better support from the start, so it's great that we're moving past unfair self-doubt. 👏🏾
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I saw that title and rushed over here to say, YES!!! I’ve been there and it SUCKS!!! Thank you for writing on this important topic and offering better alternatives.
To me, it communicates a lack of care, amongst other things, and it often shows up throughout all other aspects of the organization. I worked at an institution that touted a “culture of care”, but I never saw evidence of such a thing. When leaders don’t understand why care and support of new and longtime employees is important, that’s a red flag. 🚩 🚩 🚩
It sucks big time! It's so mentally depleting. Thank you so much for engaging with my work. It's reassuring to know that I'm not alone in these experiences.