Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Thanks, Justin. Before we can start working on adding people, I need to know the basics of the job to get that set up in Workday.

Could you provide the pay rate, hours per week, job title, and number of positions you need? 

Thanks,

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2025 10:54 AM
To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>
Subject: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

Hi Danielle,

I attached a spreadsheet with tentative personnel to be onboarded for the 2025-2026 school year.

I believe there is at least one other person waiting to be trained and the spreadsheet will be updated once they have done so.

Cheers,

Justin

 ONBOARDING F'25

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SPEC Sound

University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Eevee Darling: ev...@seas.upenn.edu | 617-939-4552

Trinity Nieves: n...@sas.upenn.edu | 267-665-8355

Carol Rau: caro...@sas.upenn.edu | 626-652-5107

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[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Thanks for reaching out! I will be out of the office on Tuesday, September 30. I look forward to connecting after I return on Wednesday, October 1. Thanks for your patience.

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Hi Justin,

If the pay rate is the same, why do we need three different positions? Couldn't it just be a job titled SPEC Sound Technician for everyone?

Thanks,

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:04 PM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>

Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hi Danielle,

The pay rates are 25$/hour for all jobs. As for hours per week, we don't work regular hours, but on whether we have events scheduled for any particular week. There are three positions: director, sub-chair, and technicians. I think they should be detailed in the spreadsheet.

Thank you,

Justin

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Hi Justin,

I just received approval for the positions in Workday this morning. Could you please have everyone sign and return this offer letter to me? With this document, I can ask my supervisor to place everyone in their positions in Workday.

Thanks,

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 10:33 AM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>

Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hi Danielle,

Just wanted to reach out to check in on the status of the onboarding process. Anything else I need to provide?

Thanks,

Justin

On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net> wrote:

Hi Danielle,

Totally understand your question---realistically it would be more convenient if we were lumped all into the sound tech category given that we're paid the same. I'm a new director this semester, so am not familiar with the history of how onboarding worked in previous semesters. Feel free to run with the one job title on Workday and I'll let you know if things change.

Thank you,

Justin

Justin Duong: jud...@sas.upenn.edu  | 267-237-8211

Trinity Nieves: n...@sas.upenn.edu | 267-665-8355

Carol Rau: caro...@sas.upenn.edu | 626-652-5107

Instagram | Facebook |Event Request Form

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SPEC Sound

University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Eevee Darling: ev...@seas.upenn.edu | 617-939-4552

Justin Duong: jud...@sas.upenn.edu  | 267-237-8211

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Hi SPEC Sound,

Do you have a sheet set up the track the technician hours? I received a timesheet, and I need your reference to ensure the hours are correct. Apologies if you sent it already, I'm not seeing it in my email.

Thanks,

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 10:33 AM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>

Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hi Danielle,

Just wanted to reach out to check in on the status of the onboarding process. Anything else I need to provide?

Thanks,

Justin

On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net> wrote:

Hi Danielle,

Totally understand your question---realistically it would be more convenient if we were lumped all into the sound tech category given that we're paid the same. I'm a new director this semester, so am not familiar with the history of how onboarding worked in previous semesters. Feel free to run with the one job title on Workday and I'll let you know if things change.

Thank you,

Justin

Justin Duong: jud...@sas.upenn.edu  | 267-237-8211

Trinity Nieves: n...@sas.upenn.edu | 267-665-8355

Carol Rau: caro...@sas.upenn.edu | 626-652-5107

Instagram | Facebook |Event Request Form

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SPEC Sound

University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Eevee Darling: ev...@seas.upenn.edu | 617-939-4552

Justin Duong: jud...@sas.upenn.edu  | 267-237-8211

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Thanks, Carol! This is a really nice spreadsheet. I'm wondering if it's possible to add a place where I can note how many hours I've approved in Workday? For example, Justin submitted a timesheet for 5 hours, so I would want to note that I've approved 5 hours so far.

Thanks again,

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 4:19 PM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hello Danielle, 

Everything should be updated here. Please let me know if there are any issues or questions. Thank you so much!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qvx3pLfGGwm-HFXmsd7HVtBgK056a6lGf9KElx1r_Gc/edit?usp=sharing 

Best, 

Carol

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Wonderful, thank you!

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 2:05 PM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hello Danielle, 

I have updated the spreadsheet. Feel free to add the hours in the "submit hours" columns. I will find time to fix the format so it accurately reflects the calculations. For now, I would avoid looking at the total hours and total pay. Thank you so much!

Best, 

Carol

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Thanks, Carol! Here are the offer letters for them to sign.  

Once I have these back, I can send them to my supervisor to appoint them in Workday.

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2:45 PM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

 

Hello Danielle, 

I hope you are having a great week so far! We have 4 new technicians who have finished their training and can start the onboarding process on Workday. I have updated the Onboarding Spreadsheet. I have also attached the information on the new technicians below. Please let me know if you need any other information. Thank you so much!

Nia Katarina Abd Razak	nia...@sas.upenn.edu	87856484
Teja Vankireddy	te...@wharton.upenn.edu	72552459
Adijared Huerta	Ajhu...@sas.upenn.edu	35202550
Abril Herrera-Calderon	herr...@sas.upenn.edu	37821838

Best, 

Carol

[Fike, Danielle Crumb]

Thanks, Carol. This should be the last batch of hires for the year as we're quickly approaching the end of the semester.

Here are the offer letters, please have them sign and return them to me so that we can begin the set up process in Workday.

Danielle

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From: SPEC Sound <so...@specevents.net>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2026 6:01 PM

To: Fike, Danielle Crumb <cr...@upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Sound Technician Onboarding 2025-2026

Hello Danielle, 

I hope you had a great weekend! We have 2 more technicians who need onboarding, and we were wondering if you can help with the process. Below is their information. Thank you so much!

Wan Qin Lim (Iris)	iri...@seas.upenn.edu	27663615
Oluwatofunmi Lawal	tofu...@sas.upenn.edu	88432947

Best,

Carol