Training & Onboarding

Welcome new team members with a comprehensive onboarding presentation. This 10-slide template covers company overview, team structure, tools, processes, key contacts, and a detailed first-week plan.

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Who This Template Is For

This template is designed for HR teams, hiring managers, and team leads who onboard new employees. Use it when you need to:

✓ Give new hires a clear, structured first-day experience
✓ Ensure every new employee gets the same comprehensive introduction
✓ Reduce time-to-productivity by providing all essential information upfront
✓ Create a welcoming, professional first impression of your company

Slide-by-Slide Breakdown

1
Welcome
Company name and warm welcome message. Sets a positive, professional tone.
2
Agenda
Overview of what the onboarding session will cover. Sets expectations.
3
Company Overview
Mission, founding, size, funding, and what the company does. Builds context.
4
Team Structure
Where the new hire fits in the org. Names, roles, and cross-team relationships.
5
Tools & Access
Every tool they need with clear instructions for getting help if access is missing.
6
Key Processes
How the team works: sprint cycles, code review, deploys, and communication norms.
7
Key Contacts
Names and channels for manager, buddy, product, IT, HR, and office contacts.
8
First Week Plan
Day-by-day schedule for the first week with a clear goal for what success looks like.
9
Resources
Links to documentation, handbooks, design systems, and policies.
10
Q&A
Open the floor for questions. Reinforces that no question is too small.

Complete Markdown Template

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Markdown

# Welcome to Luminary Health
## New Employee Onboarding
**Your First Week Guide**

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# Today's Agenda

- Company overview and mission
- Team structure and who does what
- Tools, access, and setup
- Our key processes and workflows
- Important contacts
- Your first week plan
- Resources and documentation
- Questions and next steps

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# About Luminary Health

**Mission:** Making preventive healthcare accessible to every employer in North America.

- Founded in 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts
- **180 employees** across Boston, Denver, and remote
- Serving **2,400 employer clients** covering 620,000 employees
- **$32M Series B** raised in 2023 (investors: Sequoia, a16z Health)
- Named to Forbes Cloud 100 in 2024

We build the platform that connects employers with preventive health programs, making it easy to offer wellness benefits that actually get used.

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# Team Structure

**Your team: Product Engineering**

- **VP of Engineering:** Michael Torres
- **Engineering Managers:** Lisa Chang (Platform), David Okonkwo (Growth), Ana Ruiz (Mobile)
- **Your manager:** Lisa Chang
- **Your team:** Platform team, 8 engineers focused on core infrastructure and API

**Other teams you will work closely with:**
- **Product** - Defines what we build (PM: Jamie Walsh)
- **Design** - How it looks and works (Lead: Nora Eriksen)
- **QA** - Quality and testing (Lead: Sam Patel)
- **DevOps** - Infrastructure and deploys (Lead: Chris Tanaka)

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# Tools & Access

**You should have access to these by end of day:**

- **Slack** - Primary communication (check #engineering, #platform-team, #general)
- **GitHub** - Code repositories (org: luminary-health)
- **Linear** - Issue tracking and sprint management
- **Figma** - Design files and specs
- **Notion** - Documentation, runbooks, and decision logs
- **Google Workspace** - Email, calendar, Drive
- **AWS Console** - Cloud infrastructure (read-only initially)
- **Datadog** - Monitoring and alerting

If anything is missing, message #it-help on Slack or email it@luminaryhealth.com.

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# Key Processes

**How we ship software:**

- **Sprint cycle:** 2 weeks, starting on Mondays
- **Daily standup:** 9:15 AM ET on Slack (async, written updates)
- **Sprint planning:** Every other Monday at 10 AM ET
- **Code review:** All PRs require 1 approval, 2 for core services
- **Deploys:** Continuous deployment to staging, manual promote to production
- **On-call rotation:** You will join after your first month (paired with a senior for 2 weeks)

**Communication norms:**
- Slack for quick questions and async updates
- Linear comments for issue-specific discussion
- Notion for decisions and documentation
- Meetings only when async will not work

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# Key Contacts

- **Lisa Chang** (your manager) - Weekly 1:1 on Wednesdays at 2 PM
- **Sam Patel** (your onboarding buddy) - Reach out anytime with questions
- **Jamie Walsh** (Product Manager) - For product questions and priorities
- **IT Help Desk** - #it-help on Slack or it@luminaryhealth.com
- **HR / People Team** - hr@luminaryhealth.com or #ask-hr on Slack
- **Office Manager (Boston)** - Karen Liu, building access and supplies

Your onboarding buddy Sam will check in with you daily this week and weekly for the first month.

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# Your First Week

**Monday:** Setup day - Laptop, accounts, Slack intros, office tour
**Tuesday:** Architecture walkthrough with Chris Tanaka (10 AM), lunch with the team
**Wednesday:** Codebase deep dive, set up local development environment, first 1:1 with Lisa
**Thursday:** Shadow a sprint planning session, pick up your first starter ticket
**Friday:** Complete security training, join the team retro, week 1 check-in with Sam

**Goal for Week 1:** Have your local environment running, understand the codebase structure, and submit your first PR (even a small one).

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# Resources

- **Engineering handbook:** notion.so/luminary/engineering-handbook
- **Architecture docs:** notion.so/luminary/architecture
- **API documentation:** docs.luminaryhealth.com/api
- **Design system:** figma.com/luminary-design-system
- **Runbooks:** notion.so/luminary/runbooks
- **Benefits guide:** notion.so/luminary/benefits-2025
- **PTO policy:** Unlimited PTO with a 15-day minimum (yes, minimum)

Bookmark the engineering handbook - it covers coding standards, PR conventions, deployment process, and incident response.

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# Questions?

We are glad to have you here.

**No question is too small.** Reach out to Sam (your buddy) or Lisa (your manager) anytime.

Welcome to Luminary Health!

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Frequently Asked Questions

What should an onboarding presentation include?

An effective onboarding presentation covers the company mission and overview, team structure, tools and access, key processes, important contacts, a first-week plan, and links to resources. The goal is to reduce anxiety and give new hires everything they need to hit the ground running.

How long should an onboarding session be?

The presentation itself should take 30-45 minutes. Do not try to cover everything in one session. This template focuses on day-one essentials. Schedule deeper dives (architecture, codebase, product) as separate sessions throughout the first week.

Should onboarding be the same for every new hire?

The company-wide sections (mission, culture, benefits) should be consistent. The team-specific sections (tools, processes, contacts, first-week plan) should be customized per role or department. This template is structured so you can keep the first three slides standard and customize the rest.