How long should it *normally take to get up to speed in a new position?

I am me123

Hi.

How long should it normally take (on average) to get fully up to speed with a new role, especially if the work involved systems that that employee is not familiar with, and have no experience using these in a previous post?

Thank you.

antimatterx

6 months minimum imo to get somewhat ok. At least a year to get solid.

28064212

How long is a piece of string? In a call centre, follow-the-script scenario, you could be dropped if you're not productive within a week. If it's a technical position covering a score of legacy systems with little to no documentation and a requirement for 5 nines availability, it might be two years or more before you're considered knowledgeable enough to operate unsupervised

the_amazing_raisin

It depends a lot on the person, the job and how relevant their experience was to the job at hand

In general for a complex job it would take almost anyone around 6 months to really start contributing properly

The most important thing is that if you're having trouble in a job role to let your manager know and they can get you help

It can be a bit daunting to ask loads of questions of people and look like an idiot, but you'll look like a bigger idiot of you leave it too late

The only stupid questions are the ones you didn't ask

Padre_Pio

I use a 6 month rule with people.

6 months to learn the role, get up to speed with the team, get to know the team and build relationships, complete any training required and have a chance to use it.

Only then will someone be comfortable and confident enough to handle the role without any oversight.

WealthyB

6 months IMO, and that's why we have probationary periods. With my staff they have a lot of separate processes to learn; they're started on high volume transactions that require little training before being introduced to the more complex processes. That being said, you should know after 4 weeks whether someone will be a fit or not.