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<p>some employers conduct EOP with individual person-to-person, some at group level and some directly send new joiners to their supervisors or HOD. is employee orientation programme is really important? please share your opinion.</p>
1. To orient organizational policy, procedure and culture.
2. To introduce key staff and colleagues and peer.
3. To help for growing and self development.
4. Adjust with new culture.
The main purpose of the EOP is to introduce employees to their new jobs and work environments, so they become acclimated to their new company, department, colleagues and work expectations. Effective EOP provides many benefits for employers and employees such as
Aside from the great answer given, employee orientation is like an ice breaker. It's a tour of your job, your functions, what is expected, policies, rules at workplace, and most of all you meet all the managers and in some cases meet CEO to congratulate your arrival, and welcome you to the organization.
Hi Zeshan,
Its the new model to make employees feel valued. It offers them a rounded view of the business.
My view is that it should be carried out6-10 months into the employment and not from the start as everything is new and limited information is taken in when you first start new role.
A new joiner is like an alien in new country, it is the duty of citizens to guide him and welcome him so that he would be familiar with new country. Similarly, orientation plan helps new employee to get familiar with key individual in organization. It also helps him to get familiarity with work flow process and procedure and this would helps in designing and execution of his task. Being performance management i used to compiled various orientation plans of each position and its duration ranges from one week to one year depending on nature of candidate.
The purpose of staff guidance is to protect themselves from the hazards of the work environment
The objectives of an employee orientation program are often confused with sharing lots of information about the company and what it does. The key role of the program is to build pride about the workplace and enlist the new hires as brand ambassadors.
Each employee brings a host of talent to the workplace which we don't usually know of and tap to the fullest.
It is the ownership of those running the program to spend time in understanding what each one brings to the table and hone their skills to build personal brands - and in the long run make the overall brand a success.
The purpose of employee orientation programme is to reduce the anxiety of new employee, introducing with the other employees of the company, new job and the woek environment of the company.
Each employee has to know minimum information about his new waork place
Orientation is a socialisation process in which new entrants get to know of the Company, Stakeholders, Policy and Safety. But also includes workplace and the job.
