Employee Orientation

Definitions

Orientation: An introductory stage in the process of new employee assimilation, and a part of his or her continuous socialization process in an organization. Major objectives of orientation are to gain employee commitment, reduce his or her anxiety, help him or her understand organization's expectations, and convey what he or she can expect from the job and the organization. It is commonly followed by training tailored to specific job positions. See also acculturation and company orientation.

Why employee Orientation?

There are different studies on the question "what losing an employee might costs". One by the Society of HR Management says that the average costs are between 6 and 9 months of the positions salary. This means training an employee with a salary of € 40.000 per year costs additional € 20.000 to € 30.000 if they decide to leave. Especially for higher payed, more professional or specialized positions, costs can reach up to 2 years of the employee’s salary. One element are the costs of Training and Onboarding. In addition to the direct costs of seminars, training often results in understaffing of other departments and therefore a lower productivity in these departments. Interview expenses and advertising costs are additional cost factors. The lower productivity of new employees is a commonly known factor.

Reasons for new hires to leaveare due to bambooHR:

They decided the work was something they didn’t want to do anymore (28%)

Employee thought he was given different work than expected (26%)

Boss was a jerk (23%)

Phases on good Employee Orientation(Dubois)

Before they start

-make them feel welcome

-send a note (express excitement, first week’s schedule)

-set up workstation (phone, e-mail, computer)

Day One

-welcome them (as boss be physically there)

-introducing to team