Onboarding Done Right: Why the First 90 Days Matter
Most companies hand over a laptop and hope. The evidence says the first three months decide far more than that.
Sofia Lindqvist · September 21, 2026
Coverage of employment as it is experienced: pay and its structure, hours and scheduling notice, workplace safety records, bargaining and representation, and the automation redefining tasks. Evidence comes from inspection data, contracts and filings. For HR leaders, organizers, employment lawyers and labor economists.
Most companies hand over a laptop and hope. The evidence says the first three months decide far more than that.
Sofia Lindqvist · September 21, 2026
In the largest published UK pilot, 56 of 61 companies kept the shorter week after the trial ended — and the measured effects on revenue, sick days, and quitting ran in one direction.
Sofia Lindqvist · August 28, 2026
Sixty days' notice is the whole of the federal promise — and the record shows how often it is narrower, shorter, or unenforced than the phrase suggests.
Sofia Lindqvist · August 21, 2026
Pilots from the U.K. to U.S. local government documented stable output on fewer days, and the companies that kept it reveal the pattern behind the promises.
Sofia Lindqvist · July 23, 2026
The FTC's 2024 ban died in a Texas courtroom, but the state-by-state revolt against noncompetes has quietly made them unenforceable for millions of workers.
Sofia Lindqvist · June 30, 2026