Most new employees take 3-24 months to "get up to speed." This wide disparity provides wonderful opportunities for organizations looking to decrease "ramp time."
In a recent survey, 210 CEO's estimated the time for a typical mid-level manager to reach "break even" as 6.2 months. Using an average salary of $100,000:
- The difference between a 3-month ramp and a 6.2-month ramp is approximately $26,500 per employee. (Note: this does not account for increases in revenue, margin, utilization, or productivity.)
- For a company hiring a minimum of 100 new employees per year, this creates a $2.6m window of opportunity for an improved new hire process.
- For companies closer to the 24-month mark, the opportunity is as large as $17.5m.
Based upon helping to onboard thousands of new employees, we have identified 7 key best practices to ensure that new employee orientation programs "move the needle" to faster productivity.
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