The whole onboarding took way longer than I thought it would
I had hoped the training and onboarding would slot nicely around the hours I generally work, but it ended up being a bit of a mixed bag. Some parts of the onboarding sessions were convenient enough for my schedule, especially the recorded ones which I could watch late at night. But then, the live workshops sometimes happened right when I had to log off, which felt frustrating. I found myself juggling between getting my work done and attending the live parts, which stretched the whole process longer than I expected. Initially, I thought perhaps I was just bad at managing my time, but others on the calls seemed to feel the same. On the plus side, the trainers were understanding about rescheduling and patient when I needed to clarify things, though that added to the total time commitment. So while the initial expectations about fitting it all into the hours I usually work were a bit optimistic, the overall experience with training was still okay for me. It just took a bit more time than I wanted, circling back to how those live sessions didn’t fit neatly into my personal hours. I might recommend they offer more flexible timing or more repeats of those particular training sessions that ended up being hard to attend live, because that could really help others who work irregular hours like me.