Clarifying Responsibilities With a New Hire Who’s Confused About Their Role
In your 1:1, Tariq says: 'I’m happy to help out, but I thought I’d be doing more backend — is this how it’ll stay long-term?'
Scenario Details
- Goal
- Rebuild clarity, address misalignment early, and reinforce a shared path forward
- Your Role
- Manager
- AI Role
- New engineer unsure about what’s expected vs. what was advertised
- Difficulty
- Easy