**Buddy / Mentor**

**Please make use of this efficient tool to ensure a smooth transition
of your new employee into the Goddard workforce.**

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  **[General Information]{.underline}**       

  **New Employee's Name**:                    **Start Date**:      

  **Code**:       **Location (Bldg. / Rm.)**: **Phone**:      
                                              
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| **[Upon Arrival or Within the First Week]{.underline}**               |
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| ***General Information and Branch Practices***                        |
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> ***[Upon Arrival:]{.underline} [Within First Week:]{.underline}***
>
> Pick up employee from OHCM and Make plans to have lunch with the
> employee accompany him/her to Branch building Show location of supply
> cabinet
>
> Welcome the employee to Branch
>
> Introduce employee to immediate Supervisor
>
> Give tour of Branch - workplace and associated facilities
>
> Take employee to pick up keys/keycard

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| **[Within the First Three Weeks]{.underline}**                        |
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| ***Work Life!***                                                      |
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**Verify the employee knows about:**

> Location of library and how to obtain library card
>
> How to sign up for Dateline Goddard online
>
> Goddard hotline for center operating status (snow days, etc., 6-NEWS)
>
> Purpose and location of excess storage facility (furniture, equipment,
> etc.)
>
> Location of cafeterias on Center
>
> About NEWB (New Employee Welcoming Board) and associated support
> programs for the employee
>
> GEWA and associated clubs (6-8498)
>
> How to join the gym
>
> Credit Union/ATM Machines
>
> Recreation Center
>
> Location of the Learning Center

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| **[Within the First Three Weeks *(Continued)*]{.underline}**          |
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| ***Work Life!***                                                      |
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> Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
>
> Goddard Child Development Center (GCDC)
>
> Goddard Taxi Service/Shuttle to HQ (4-TAXI or 301-346-8276/TDD)
>
> Post Office (6-2349)
>
> Visitor's Center (6-8981)
>
> Maintenance (6-5555)
>
> Operator (6-2000)
>
> **Contact Information for Wallops\*:**
>
> Operator - Dial 0 and 0 again when you hear the menu\
> Center Status (snow days) 757-824-1000 or 1- 800-521-3415\
> Emergencies - 911\
> Health Unit - 1766\
> Maintenance - 4357 (HELP)\
> NASA 8 Charter Flights - 1473\
> Gym - 1721\
> Fitness Center - Robert Tittle, 1244
>
> **\*** When calling **Greenbelt from WFF**, add a 66 in front of the
> four digit extension; when calling **WFF from Greenbelt**, add a 7 in
> front of the four digit extension; when calling a **Greenbelt
> extension while at Greenbelt**, add a 6 in front of the four digit
> extension; when calling a **WFF extension while at WFF**, simply dial
> the four digit extension.