Remote & Hybrid Onboarding: How to Welcome Virtual Employees in Style
New employees who receive a branded welcome kit on Day 1 are nearly twice as likely to say they felt they completely belonged from the start — 34% vs. 18% for those who received no kit at all, according to our 2026 Employee Onboarding Experience Audit. For remote and hybrid hires, where there’s no office to walk into and no team [...]
The Employee Onboarding Checklist Every Manager Needs (2026 edition)
Only 12% of employees strongly agree their company does a great job onboarding new hires, according to Gallup. That number goes a long way toward explaining why 70% of new hires decide whether a job is right for them within the first month, and 29% make that call within their first week (BambooHR, 2023). Strong onboarding is entirely [...]
What Is Employee Onboarding? Process, Steps, and Why It Matters
Only 12% of employees strongly agree that their organization does a great job onboarding new hires. Yet companies with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82% and productivity by over 70%, according to the Brandon Hall Group. That gap — between how most companies onboard and what great onboarding actually produces — [...]
31 Butcher Shop Slogans & Sayings
No meal is complete without a nice cut of meat. Whether you’re getting ready to fire up the grill or simply serving up a side of bacon, the local butcher shop is the best place to get everything you need. Help your butcher shop meat the needs of your community with custom t-shirts for the whole crew featuring these fun butcher shop [...]
The State of the Employee Welcome Kit: What HR Teams Are Struggling With — and What Employees Actually Want
Most HR teams assume the biggest barrier to a great Welcome Kit is budget. Our new research says otherwise — and it also reveals exactly what employees wish their kits actually contained. We ran two parallel surveys as part of our 2026 Employee Onboarding Experience Audit: one with 300+ HR professionals responsible for building Welcome [...]
The Welcome Kit Confidence Gap: New Survey Reveals What HR Professionals Really Think About Employee Onboarding Swag
Your new hire’s first day starts before they walk in the door. Most HR teams assume the biggest barrier to a great Welcome Kit is budget. Our 2026 Employee Onboarding Experience Audit — which surveyed 300+ HR professionals responsible for employee Welcome Kits — says otherwise. The #1 challenge isn’t cost. It’s knowing [...]
We Asked 300+ Employees What They Actually Want in a Welcome Kit. Here’s What They Said.
Everyone has an opinion about what should go in a new employee Welcome Kit. The HR team, the office manager, the CEO who saw something on LinkedIn. We decided to ask the people who actually receive them. Our 2026 Employee Onboarding Experience Audit surveyed 300+ employees — people who’ve started new jobs, gone through onboarding, [...]
44 Group Names for Four Friends
If three’s company then four must be a party, because when you get together with your closest companions, there’s nothing the four of you can’t do. Make your foursome official with one of the group names below on custom t-shirts, hoodies, and more. You just may find your friends growing closer than ever be-four. 44 [...]