Hello CIPD!
We are a SME of 120 employees who work in the technology industry, specifically around website and app design.
We have been operating a hybrid model of work over COVID, we decided to offer fully remote working as an option for all employees in February this year. As expected, we now have almost the entire workforce working remotely. Interestingly enough, we also have more people attending the office space than we did when it was the hybrid model.
Anyhow, I have recognised a large opportunity for us around how we welcome, onboard, induct our new employees and how we manage their 3 month probation period. This was much easier when everything was in person, but now we are fully remote it requires a lot more structure and planning.
Does anyone have any best practices or insights they can share to help me in this situation - I do not have any experience until now of working fully remotely, so anything would be great.
Thank you!