HR

The company is Wells Fargo

Instructions

Your friend is starting a new position within your place of employment and has a couple of questions. She wants to know what to expect and how your organization uses teamwork to build positive relationships. In this assignment, you will give your friend some ideas of what to expect by outlining the following aspects of your workplace:

Explain the role of the human resource department and how they can help you.

Define the role of a mentor.

Describe the ways in which you can work together with a mentor to overcome challenges in the new position.

Provide a description of a mentor from your life and how you used teamwork to solve problems.

Your complete assignment must be at least two pages in length. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources, if used.

The company that I will use is Wells Fargo.

Welcome to Progressive! There is a lot to learn about your new employer and most likely

you will be most familiar with the human resources department as they handle your on-boarding

process, among other things.

The Human Resources department will be your one-stop-shop to becoming an established

employee and leading your growth and development. Traditionally, human resources are

responsible for hiring, training, determining pay, establishing benefits, conducting performance

evaluations, and granting accommodations.

At Progressive, the roles are a little different, your supervisor will be your liaison for most

things, but with our HR department, they will assign you to a department to work, then will

assign you to a training class and will help you to set up a schedule. One of their biggest roles is

handling special working accommodations and benefits. Progressive is a great company for

working with the employee’s individual needs and they are the best department to contact in the

case you need to modify your work conditions. Whether it be for a life-change, handing

paternity leave, modifying your schedule, or requesting benefits. HR has a whole website

dedicated to navigating benefits, as there are many! It will be important to schedule time to meet

with your HR coordinator to learn which ones you qualify for. One example is education, after a

year of employment you will qualify for tuition assistance which can be used to pay for classes

relating to your development at Progressive. Another useful benefit is parental leave, which

provides four weeks of parental leave to new parents, whether it be naturally, adoption, or

foster, you can use your leave all at once, or space it out as the need arises.

At Progressive, everyone is assigned a mentor, or as we call them “coaches” and they are

your guide as you start, as well as helping your development as you progress. Mentors will

introduce you better to the company and help you understand the culture of how we operate,

they will help you establish your career goals and best ways to achieve them and set you on your way. While in training still, mentors or “coaches” will work with you to fine-tune your job skills

to get you ready to operate on your own. Your relationship with your mentors will change as you

are fully trained. After training, your supervisor will become your coach, who will work often

with you individually to meet job objectives and will help you take charge of your personal and

career development.

Progressive is a champion at personal development and growth; it is vital to work with

your mentor to ensure you are getting the most of your time with Progressive and progressing as

needed. Some of the tools we use are time management tools to ensure you are satisfying all

your objectives to be available for your shift, monthly dashboards to track your progress with

job objectives as well as bi-annual reviews to establish overall progress and opportunity for

bonus and pay increases. In addition, your success in your job objectives even determines your

rank within the company, with evidently allows you to choose your schedule each year. With all

of the tools made available, you can meet with your mentor as little as twice a month, and

sometimes weekly if needed to help you develop and perform at your best. Your mentor will be

the best person to reach out to if you are having difficulty in your position or struggling with any

job objectives as they will work with you to establish small goals and a game plan to help you

succeed.

When I started a Progressive, after hitting the floor after training I was assigned to a

supervisor who became my mentor. Over the last year, she has helped me to become a Top

Performer at my company and has helped me to create a plan for where I want to be within the

company and how to get there. One of my goals is to become a blended agent with the company

who is licensed to sell insurance, but also services existing customers. We have worked long and

hard to make sure I am keeping my focus, fine-tuning my skills, and nipping all problems I have

before they become larger problems. I have struggled with one of my primary job objectives, which is to make additional offers for insurance to customers. Through diligently working with my supervisor to determine the root cause of my struggles and utilizing feedback, I was able to

lead my team in numbers many months.

In addition, we operate in teams with other members of the department and we often find

ways to have competitions with each other on job objectives and it helps offer some friendly

competition to boost performance, it has also become a great way to help each other on our

struggles and offer suggestions to help everyone succeed. Teams are a helpful resource available

and teamwork is encouraged to enable growth for you and the company.