Employees say only 60% of onboarding materials are necessary

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    "title": "Employees say only 60% of onboarding materials are necessary",
    "author": "Lara Ewen",
    "excerpt": "Workers receive an average of 13 onboarding documents in their first week, an Adobe survey found. When these systems are disorganized, it can negatively impact employee confidence, clarity and early job performance, according to Adobe, which surveyed more than 1,000 employed people in the U.S. who started a job within the last two years. One in four employees said their onboarding was confusing or contained gaps, which ended up having “a significant or moderate negative impact on their job performance or confidence,” per the report. In addition, more than 1 in 5 employees said their onboarding experience made them question their decision to join a company . The results underlined how challenging it can be to process large amounts of information in a short period of time. For the top 10% of employees, the onboarding process could include more than 30 documents that can take more than 35 hours to review. Role-specific responsibilities and expectations were the most retained topics, while, IT information, legal and compliance requirements, and artificial intelligence use policies were among the least retained. Meanwhile, 38% of employees said their onboarding didn’t include any information on corporate AI policies at all. When employees did receive AI policy information during their onboarding, 38% said they retained less than half of it, with 14% reporting that they retained...",
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