To be really annoyed at new joiner..

[Alwaystierd]

I had a new joiner start, due to leavers I'm the only one in the team. It was a an extremely busy week with loads of deadlines (one of the busiest in the year). He is moving roles within the company so I explained to him I’m very busy and don’t have too much time.

We had many meetings together where i introduced him to stakeholders

ive worked about 50 hours but this morning, I called him to agree more time for training next week. He chose to call me out for not saying hi to him in meetings when they started… I was back to back all day whilst replying to senior management inbetween meetings.

Isn’t that odd for a new joiner? Wouldn’t you want to get in with your line manager, maybe be considerate that they have had such a busy week?

How do I handle this issue on Monday? I did apologise and say next week would be better

Will Monday see the end of all your deadlines?

I think I would just say "wasn't the best week for you to start when I was under the cosh with those deadlines and couldn't really do much for you. At least I introduced you to everyone who needs to know you and what your new role is. This week we can really make headway. Here are your tasks for the week"

I'd just be focused on what you need him to do. Don't get drawn into apologising or explaining, make it clear that you are there to manage him not be his work bestie.