Did you get a good induction when you started working for your current employer?

Question

Does having a good induction make any difference to your attitudes towards the organisation, for example do you feel more loyalty towards it or better respected by it?

Answer 1

The proper induction would make you comfortable , as any would be comfotable in any environment only when they know about the expectations , values , culture pratices of that environment . please note that no two individuals are similar in all aspects and this applies to organisations , thus Induction would help you know what is expected from you .

Answer 2

Induction? Lol. I was phoned the day I started to say the key would be under the mat at the back door. Arrived at 10pm to find it wasn't. Called the office and other numbers I found from a phone book in a nearby burger bar. No reply, just answerphones on all of them. Three & 1/2 hours later after driving a round trip of all the offices, 78 miles, I went home and left a message on all answerphones to say where i was and to contact me in emergency. Went to the office the next morning to be told by the manager (who arrived 2 hours late) that he'd forgotten to put the key there for me. He told me he didn't think I needed an induction as I'd worked in a similar environment in the past, but that was 8 years previously, lol.This was a night shelter for the homeless! Needless to say I now do his job (and inductions are conducted in the correct manner). I spend at least 2 nights with every new member of staff before handing them over to a senior worker. Last I heard he was inside for pushing drugs.

Answer 3

My induction lasted 3 days, I have more in-site to the running of the company but my loyalty does go to the people I work with

Answer 4

Not really,my induction was 1/2 a day.I find that it is the people you work with that make the difference

Answer 5

i never had an induction. i just learnt my way through the organisation.

Answer 6

I did, now working for my best friend ;o)