Onboarding at GitLab Foundation is incredibly important and takes time. Generally you can expect the following during your first 90 days but much of your learning will be self-driven. Each onboarding plan will be tailored to the staff member and their role but will generally follow the format below. As mentioned during the interview process, the company is in early development stages and continuing to shift on a weekly basis. Being agile is key!

• Day 1-30: The first month involves training for the team member’s new position. This is when you learn as much as possible about the foundation, structure, policies, organizational goals, your role and expectations.
• Day 31-60: The second month of employment is the new team member’s opportunity to put what they’ve learned into practice by taking on new tasks and building on obtained knowledge.
• Day 60-90: Mastering the gig, fully meeting job expectations and achieving performance goals!

Recommended: The First 90 Days by Michael Watson

Before You Start

The Director of Operations will be in communication with you after you sign your offer letter, approximately 2 weeks before your start date, to provide some helpful information, make sure you have received a company-issued laptop*, credit card and have the information you need access the Professional Employer Organization’s platform. This is how you will enroll in benefits, request time off, get paid and more!

New team members will receive a personalized onboarding guide approximately 5 days before they officially start.

First Day

1. Meet with manager 1:1
2. Set up your accounts: when you open your email you will see a number of emails from various platforms that you will need to register for.
3. Take a look at your calendar (you will see meetings have been scheduled)
4. Provide Director of Operations with your I-9 paperwork for verification and a copy of your COVID Vaccination card

First Week

1. Review the last Board Meeting recording and associated materials
2. Review organization Information, strategy and goals
3. Review current grants and other information related to your role
4. Establish your role and priorities for the first month
   1. Review your job description
   2. 1:1 Call with your manager to outline key priorities
5. Create a draft learning agenda (what you want to learn - list of questions and hypotheses) and learning plan (how you will go about learning - how you will collect information and test hypotheses) and share with your manager
   1. Learning should be the primary focus of your first 30 days on the job
6. Become familiar with agile work
7. Prepare for your first all-team meeting and review the expense and reimbursement information and guide
8. Sign Conflict of Interest Statement to be sent via DocuSign

First 30 days

1. Develop your 30/60/90-day plan; share with manager and get feedback
2. Create plans to discuss with your manager:
   1. Expectations
   2. Working styles (yours and hers)
   3. Resourcing to meet expectations
   4. Personal development plan
3. Outline your annual goals for the fiscal year
4. Create a README and save in folder
5. Connect with key internal and external stakeholders to understand the state of the organization and state of the work
6. By the end of the first month, discuss with your manager:
   1. Your diagnosis of current state based on your learnings
   2. Updated learning questions and hypotheses
   3. Revised 60/90-day plan
7. Conduct a 30-day check in with the Director of Operations

60 days

1. By the end of the second month, discuss with your manager:
   1. Your updated diagnosis of current state based on your learnings
   2. Updated learning questions and hypotheses
   3. Progress against 90-day plan and any revisions
2. Conduct a 60-day check-in with the Director of Operations

90 days

1. Eligible for 401k
2. End of third month, discuss with your manager:
   1. Progress against your 90-day plan
3. 90-day check-in with Director of Operations

How We Work

1. Know Your Team (README)
2. How We Work
   • Handbook-first
   • Agile Working
   • Making Decisions
   • Program Management Tool (how we get the work done and assign tasks)
3. Zoom: how we talk or share information quickly via chat (rather than email)
   • GTLF Team (updates, FYI’s and other quick notifications or questions)
   • Good Reads (interesting articles, books and more)
   • Handbook (important handbook updates staff should be aware of)
4. Values