Assuming they are asking for help and the company's onboarding documents are not well written. Will you help them fast-track onboarding by teaching them knowledge you learnt over the months or leave some tricks under the sleeve cuz they are a competetion?
Yes. Then I give them all my work, so I can do some new projects.
You don’t promote me after working for 3 yrs in the same role. Instead you bring an outsider with higher pay and higher level. And you expect me to help him onboard ?
This kind of thinking is probably why you’ve been in the same role for 3 years.
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I will surely help them out as fairly as possible but leave definitely leave the stuff that I learnt on my own. That’s something I worked hard for wouldn’t be giving away easily.
Only thing is, make sure you let your first and second level manager know this *explicitly*. There is no charity in professional environment. When I was in that situation, I setup knowledge transfer meetings copying my manager. Sent out emails copying first and second level about stuff completed. And brag about it casually in the meetings that sry folks I couldn't this task as I was training XYZ person for this topic. Or, by saying dialogues like, 'I think my knowledge doubled when I taught the new dev'.. And so on. Create good value and sell yourself. Both are important.
Matches your username “HumbleBee”
Hahaha. That's a good one.
Yup. As you do, take vacation, ooo conference/training, networking events. You can’t be missed when you’re around putting out fires. People need to be able to miss your skills
Whatever you do (that is favorable to yourself), explicitly mention it to your manager. Make yourself a diary to record your impact. Bring it up in your 1 on 1 and when the time is right – your resume and LinkedIn. Casually bring it up to your peers without being obnoxious so peer reviews matches your 1 on 1. E.g. “gonna be mentoring X in the afternoon so I won’t be at my desk but feel free to Slack me”
Also, if it’s stupid small details like “oh you have to download home brew this way for it to work”, just update the onboarding docs. And make it known
Also I find introducing new hires to others will help you stand out. Share what you can (things that do not require much of your time). People remember these gestures. Instead of sharing a ton of info it is enough to just answer new hire’s question.
So I am curious. Does any one seriously pull this kind of shit on new hires??
I do. I really don't understand how people hold back training, thinking of colleagues as competition. If you are good you will advance in your career without resorting to such tactics. Either ways the faster they come up to speed the faster they can also help you back to get ahead. It's a win-win-win. For u, for the new hire and for the company.
This is what makes America great.
I’m curious why you specifically mention America? Are you implying that this doesn’t happen in certain countries or cultures?