February is already coming to an end and the ski holiday weeks are upon us. Checkfin, however, is not taking holidays as the start of the year 2023 has luckily been very busy with work. So busy, that we are about to get an extra pair of hands to strengthen the team Checkfin! We dared to take the next step on the growth path and hire our first employee!
We already had some practice in this role when Heli-Marlee completed an internship with Checkfin last spring. Now, however, we can get down to business and we have already enthusiastically started preparations for the arrival of our employee; the laptop is waiting for installation, the sim card for the phone arrived in the mailbox and the orientation plan is in good shape.
There are many things that need to be taken into account and taken care of when hiring an employee. The easiest part was taking care of the statutory obligations, i.e. organising occupational health care, concluding an employment pension insurance contract and obtaining other required insurances. Making an employment contract already required a little more effort; determining the collective agreement to be followed and making sure that the contract has all the necessary information correctly recorded, required a deeper understanding of the issues.
Agreeing on practical matters and creating common rules should be thought through carefully in advance, so that these small but important everyday matters do not cause major problems later. How to arrange holidays and holiday pay, how many days you can be on sick leave with your own notice, how flexible working hours are arranged, whether exercise benefits are offered, how to take care of well-being at work and the atmosphere when everyone works in different locations, and so on. The list of things to think about is long!
However, our leap to the new is softened by the fact that a suitable employee was found in our own network and is already familiar to both of us. We are extremely excited and can’t wait for March 🤩
