Adobe Report Reveals Only 60% of Onboarding Materials Are Considered Necessary by Employees
A new Adobe report highlights inefficiencies in employee onboarding processes, revealing that employees typically receive an average of 13 documents and spend around 12 hours reviewing materials during their first week. However, only 60% of these materials are deemed necessary by the workers themselves. Additionally, just 56% of employees retain more than half of what they learn during onboarding. The report also found that disorganized systems can harm employee confidence and early job performance. One in four employees described their onboarding as confusing or incomplete, which had a significant negative impact on them. Moreover, over one-fifth questioned whether joining the company was the right decision due to poor onboarding experiences. The top 10% of cases involved more than 30 documents requiring over 35 hours to review. Role-specific responsibilities were best retained by employees, while IT information and AI policies ranked among the least understood areas. Notably, nearly half of those who received AI policy details during onboarding said they remembered less than half.
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Topics: employee retention HR practices onboarding