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Employee Onboarding Welcome Email

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People Ops · Welcome

Day 0 · Friday Brief

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Welcome to Sunshine Co,
Cindy.

We're so glad you're joining us on May 2nd 2026. This email has everything you need for your first day — schedule, what to bring, what we'll hand you, and who to find.

Read what's useful, skip what isn't. Text me anytime.

Where

340 Oak Street
3rd floor, Portland

When

Monday, 9:00 AM
Ask for Casey

Your first week

Monday

9:00 AM

Arrive at 340 Oak Street, 3rd floor — ask for Casey

9:30

Laptop setup + IT onboarding with Marcus

10:30

Coffee with your manager, Justin Kim

11:30

Office tour

12:00

Team lunch (on us, obviously)

1:30 PM

HR paperwork & benefits walkthrough with Casey

3:00

Slack, email, and tools setup

4:00

Free time — set up your desk, read docs, breathe

Tuesday

9:30

Product deep-dive with Jordan Lee (Head of Product)

11:00

Engineering architecture overview with Sam Rivera

1:00 PM

Design systems walkthrough with Alex Park

3:00

Meet your onboarding buddy, John Green

Wednesday

10:00 AM

All-hands with Maya (good timing — these run every other week)

After

Team-specific onboarding with your group

Thu / Fri

All day

Your manager will have a plan. Expect to start picking up small tasks by Thursday.

What to bring & what we provide

You bring

  • Photo ID (for your badge)

  • Bank details for payroll

  • A good attitude (sorry, had to)

We provide

  • MacBook Pro 14" (M3 Pro)

  • Monitor, keyboard, mouse

  • $500 home office stipend (hybrid/remote)

  • Sunshine Co hoodie (the good ones)

Tools you'll use

Slack

All async communication

Linear

Project tracking

Figma

Design

GitHub

Code

Notion

Docs and wikis

The quick hits

Health, dental, vision

Starts Day 1 — no waiting period

401(k)

4% company match

Unlimited PTO

Actually used — team averages 24 days/year

Learning budget

$1,200/year, yours to spend

Parental leave

16 weeks, fully paid

Wellness stipend

$100/month

Your onboarding buddy

John Green has your back for the first month.

They're not your manager — they're someone who joined recently enough to remember exactly what it's like to be new. Ask them anything: where the good coffee is, how to file an expense, what the unwritten rules are. That's literally their job.

We can't wait to have you.

— The Sunshine Co Team

SUNSHINE CO · 340 OAK ST · PORTLAND, OR 97204

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