Take a step back. When designing a remote experience, it can be tempting to dive into your existing checklist for onboarding in person and stick a
Zoom link on everything. Done! Easy! Right? You'll be better off if you take a step back and think about the purpose of your new hire's first day, first week or first quarter. How do you want them to feel after the first day? If
burned out and bleary-eyed from 8 hours of Zoom is what you're going for, then running your same playbook remotely might be fine. Chances are, though, you want them to be excited about joining your company—not burned out from staring at a screen all day.