A new employee welcome packet template is a list before it is a set of pages, and the list is what stays fixed: the welcome letter; the contract; the handbook with its acknowledgment page; the tax, payroll and eligibility forms; the equipment record; the first-week schedule; the team by name; the buddy's name; the thirty-day review date. The pages are printed per hire with their details. The onboarding checklist on this site is the list, and the contract tool and handbook template print the largest pages, free and without an account.
The fixed list
Every hire gets every line; a line that does not apply is marked as such rather than removed, so the fourth packet matches the first. The checklist on this site carries the list with an owner and a date per line.
The pages printed per hire
The employee contract tool and the employee handbook template print with the hire's name, role, start date and employee ID. The schedule and the team page are written for this person. Nothing is copied from the last hire's packet with a name changed.
The signing pages and the rest
Contract, acknowledgment, forms and equipment record are signed, dated and kept; the schedule, the team page and the owner's note are read and kept by the hire. Two halves, two purposes. A packet that mixes them chases the wrong thing, or nothing.
The record
The signed pages against the hire, exportable. HeadcountDesk Pro keeps them; the checklist and the tools print them. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location.
Questions people ask about new employee welcome packet template
Can I add company-specific pages?
Yes; the list grows by a line, and every hire gets it.
What is the most-skipped page?
The handbook acknowledgment; the template puts it first.
Is the checklist free?
Yes, without an account.