{"id":5142,"date":"2018-09-06T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkme.com\/blog\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:44:17","slug":"employee-onboarding-guide-hr-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkme.com\/blog\/employee-onboarding-guide-hr-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"How Poor Employee Onboarding Can Become Your New Hire\u2019s Worst Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"Every few months I have the same terrible nightmare.\n\nIt\u2019s always something like this: I\u2019m going about my regular business, when suddenly I remember I\u2019m performing a lead role in a play \u2014 later that night. I\u2019m totally unprepared.\n\nSomehow I get my hands on the script and frantically try to study, but inside I know I\u2019m going to fail. There\u2019s no way I can learn the plot, all of my lines, the stage directions, and whatever else a star actor needs to know in just a few hours.\n\nI’m doomed. The play is about to start, and all I can think about is how to get out of it. The curtain rises, and there I am on stage, blinded by the lights, heart racing, wishing it would all just be over.\n\n\"employee\n\nClassic stress dream, right? I\u2019ve never acted in a play in my life. But I have experienced the feeling of being unprepared, of knowing failure is inevitable, of feeling completely demoralized.\n\nThis gut-wrenching, anxious feeling of resignation is one everyone can relate to, and something everyone wants to avoid.\n\nThis is exactly how your new hires will feel if you don\u2019t give them the tools and guidance they need to succeed. Without employee onboarding, your new hires will step on to \u201cthe stage\u201d without a clue as to how to drive your business goals.\n

Don\u2019t let your employee onboarding become a nightmare.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n

When you\u2019re not prepared for employee onboarding, you\u2019re preparing your new hires to fail<\/h2>\nThe SHRM<\/a> defines onboarding as: \u201chelping new hires adjust to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so they can quickly become productive, contributing members of the organization.\u201d<\/em>\n\nWithout proper onboarding, what began as someone\u2019s dream job could quickly devolve into a nightmare \u2014 for both of you.\n\nWithout proper training, employees will become frustrated and stressed. They will probably become discouraged and disengaged. They\u2019ll make more errors and require more help.\n\nOr, worst case scenario, they will quit.\n

Poor employee onboarding will cost you<\/h2>\nThink about the time, money, and attention you pour into recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new employees. If they churn, you not only lose all of that, but you have to spend it again to find a replacement.\n\nAccording to SHRM<\/a>, the cost of replacing an employee could range from 50% to 60% of his or her annual salary.<\/strong>\n\nThese costs include:\n