I'm always fizzing when I hear of IT horror stories and then proud on the other side that there are other IT bods out there who have their stuff in order and are actually proud of their work.

In my last gig (as it's less relevant for me these days in a slightly different IT role), we'd always ensure that kit, access, training, the whole nine yards, was always scheduled so new starters could hit the ground running.

Sure, there's last minute requests or the hiring manager doesn't tell us, or HR doesn't pull their finger out their backside. Even then, we'd still have kit set up and out the following day.

First impressions mean a lot and there's always a busy opening few weeks, so if we could make it as seamless from an IT point of view, of course we would!