Employee welcome email
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- Items due before or on day one
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- Items due in the first 30 days
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An employee welcome email is sent by the manager about a week before the start date and does four things: the logistics of day one, what to bring for the I-9 and the forms, the one person to ask anything, and the handbook to read and acknowledge before arriving. It is the first item on the onboarding checklist the new hire sees, and it is written in the manager's words. The onboarding checklist on this site lists it with the rest, free and without an account; HeadcountDesk Pro sends it and records it.
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Day one
Date, time, place or link, who meets them, what the morning looks like. Short, and specific enough that nobody arrives at the wrong door or the wrong hour.
Bring and read
The I-9 documents by name, the forms, the handbook to read and acknowledge. The free employee handbook template on this site produces the handbook the link points to.
One person
A name, an email and a number for anything at all, for the first month; not an inbox and not the manager.
From the manager, on the checklist
In the manager's own words from their own address, and ticked on the onboarding checklist as sent. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
Employee welcome email: common questions
Who sends the welcome email?
The manager. A system-generated welcome reads as one.
When?
About a week before the start date, after the contract is signed.
Is the onboarding checklist free?
Yes, with no account. Pro sends the email and records it.
Will it do what you need for Employee welcome email?
Tell us what your business needs and we will tell you straight whether HeadcountDesk Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.