Onboarding
The first week with HR software
People, then time, then one pay run. Not every module on day one.
October 20, 2026
The first week fails when it tries to be the whole transformation. Start with the employee record. If the person is wrong, everything downstream is wrong.
Add the managers who approve leave. A system nobody’s manager will open is a second database, not a replacement.
Run one pay cycle in parallel with the file you trust today. Compare. Then retire the file, not before.
Leave the edge cases — the unusual contract, the person in two markets — for week two, with names on them.