- Onboarding was very high-level. Mine was largely focused on my job/responsibilities, which is fine given how quickly I needed to get acclimated to the work. But as a company with a large slate of products and offerings, I was looking for formal onboarding that included education on the company's history, strategy, goals, mission, core values; how it operates; what industries it serves; how it makes money and who/what it competes with; and what its products are and what they do. I wanted a visit to a production facility, too, so I could see where the sausage is made. Since I'm a self-starter, I found ALL the necessary resources on Columbus McKinnon's website (videos, product guides, blogs, etc.) so I took time on my own to do this learning.
- This isn't unusual with respect to corporate America, but there's not a lot of racial/ethnic diversity at the corporate level of Columbus McKinnon (other than in Latin America and Asia, I assume). The company hasn't gotten to a place where diversity groups, DE&I messaging, and employee resource groups are really up and running/functional and widely promoted, but I've been seeing the embers beginning to glow on these efforts so that's great.
