Subj : Bad onboarding is costing businesses billions - here's how you ca
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Date : Mon Mar 03 2025 11:45:08

Bad onboarding is costing businesses billions - here's how you can improve

Date:
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:42:50 +0000

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A bad employee onboarding experience could be costing US businesses more than 
they realize thanks to broader knock-on effects.

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employee onboarding is costing the US $2.2 billion annually 29,000 IT and 
tech workers will leave due to poor onboarding HR and IT departments need to 
work together with automation 

US organizations alone are wasting $2.2 billion every year on rehiring IT and 
tech talent due to poor onboarding experiences, new research has claimed. 

A repoort from Nexthink found substandard onboarding has been linked with 
high turnover rates, meaning more workers are likely to leave their roles and 
companies are forced to invest in new workers, subjecting them to equally bad 
experiences. 

Of the more than 117,000 IT or tech hires that take place in the US every 
year, over 29,000 (or around one-quarter) will likely leave their roles due 
to their initial experiences. Proper onboarding can decrease turnover rates 

Nexthink's findings blamed poor onboarding experiences on the fact IT teams 
tend to only have a few days to equip new hires, meaning there is limited 
time to not only make the right impression but also to give an indication of 
the companys operational efficiency. 

The research also points to rushed setups, leading to technology issues and a 
lack of proper access, which can often be caused by hiring managers failing 
to communicate the necessary tools and permissions to IT in advance. 

High turnover rates among new employees is also having a negative impact on 
existing workers, reducing morale and making them more likely to want to 
leave the company, amplifying the effects. Negative employer reputations as a 
result could also be making potential recruits less likely to want to onboard 
with a company. 

The report calls for HR and IT departments to work together more closely, 
forming a Super Team to understand the needs of new starters. The three 
takeaways highlighted by Nexthink are that an interdepartmental shared 
understanding should be developed, real user feedback and use data should be 
analyzed, and that workflows should be automated wherever possible to 
kickstart recruitment processes and make them more efficient. You might also 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/bad-onboarding-is-costing-businesses-billions-he
res-how-you-can-improve


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