Welcome Messages for Your New Employees

1Dear [Employee Name], 2 3Welcome to [Company Name] and the [department name] team! 4 5I am pleased you are joining us as a (job title. As you might imagine, your role is crucial in helping us both meet and maintain the goals of our department and our company as a whole. 6 7I'm certain your skill set, unique experience, recent education, etc.] will support you within your new professional endeavor. 8 9Enclosed you will find the final documents and access links necessary to complete the rest of your onboarding process. Please complete these by [Month, Date at [time]. 10 11We are all here to support you as you transition into your new role. Do not hesitate to call on any of us should you have questions or comments. 12 13I'm looking forward to your success here at [Company Name]. 14 15Here's to a wonderful partnership together!

1How are you feeling, friend? 2 3Starting a new job at a new company can be kinda stressful. It's a mixture of emotions, so we want to make sure we help ease those nerves! 4 5In fact, if you have a moment this week, read through Emily's blog post about Doing Things That Scare You - https://www.helpscout.com/blog/do-things-that-scare-you/. 6 7There are so many helpful tips in there that I hope will keep you feeling encouraged :) 8 9Finally, keep in mind that by joining Help Scout, you've got 100+ folks around you who form a supportive community. Chanita's post on Fostering Inclusivity at Work (https://www.helpscout.com/blog/fostering-inclusivity/) is a helpful reminder for how we can all help create a welcoming space. 10 11Talk to you again soon, 12 13Rachel and the People Ops Team

1Kary Lee 212 Business Rd., Business City, NY 54321 • 555-555-5555 • [email protected] 3 4September 1, 2023 5Brenda Lau 635 Chestnut Street 7Dell Village, Wisconsin 54101 8 9Dear Brenda: 10 11I'd like to welcome you to ACME Retailers. We are excited that you have accepted our job offer and agreed upon your start date. I trust that this letter finds you mutually excited about your new employment with (Name of Company). 12 13As mentioned during the interviews, while your new position reports to me, I'd like to welcome you to the (Name of Department) on behalf of all of the staff. Each of us will play a role to ensure your successful integration into the department. 14 15We're expecting you for new employee orientation on September 15, 2023, Tuesday at 9 a.m. You will meet with me to discuss your successful integration into our company and with Human Resources staff to learn about employment related issues. You'll also meet with several coworkers so you can get a feel for the overall work of the department. 16 17Our dress code is casual. 18 19Your new team anticipates taking you out to lunch to get to know you and to make sure that you meet everyone with whom you will be working. Your meeting agenda, for the rest of your first day, will involve planning your orientation with me and setting some initial work goals so that you feel immediately productive in your new role. 20 21I anticipate that your second day will involve more coworker meetings to understand the department. You'll also have the opportunity to continue with your new employee orientation plan and your initial work for the department. 22 23Again, welcome to the team. If you have questions prior to your start date, please call me at any time, or send me an email, if that is more convenient. We look forward to having you come on hoard. 24 25Regards, 26 27Karly Lee 28Manager

1Subject Line: Welcome from all of us 2 3Dear [employee name], 4 5A giant welcome from your new team at (company name]! 6 7As you'll see from the big list of CCs, we all wanted to be a part of welcoming you into the family. We cannot wait to start working with you officially on your first day, [date]. 8 9I have to say you are at a slight disadvantage. We all know a lot about you, including your [personal facts about the new hire]. However, you have yet to learn anything about us! 10 11We've decided to fix that immediately. We made a cheat sheet [link to document with team info] to help you learn a little bit about everyone. Now, we're not saying you HAVE to read it, but we will tell you we're going to kick off your first day with a few rounds of icebreaker quizzes from Quizbreaker. 12We promise it will be fun; you'll learn a little bit about us and we'll learn a little bit about you. 13 14We're all looking forward to it! We've invited you to join our [team channel/thread on communication hub]. 15 16We're happy to have you jump into the conversation whenever you're ready. 17Once again, welcome! We can't wait to get to know you. 18 19[signatures of every team member)