advertisement advertisement advertisement When you are the newest employee of an organization, the experience can be both awkward and terrifying. Once we figure out where the bathroom is located and how to use the copier, the real work begins—namely, figuring out “how things are done around here,” otherwise known as an organization’s culture . advertisement advertisement This important socialization process, sometimes called newcomer onboarding , is complicated enough without the influence of the pandemic. Now that most employees are joining remotely , the problem is exponentially more challenging, but not necessarily in ways that are readily noticeable. Onboarding remotely In an attempt to get a handle on remote onboarding, researchers from HR software company TINYpulse recently analyzed 100 organizations that onboarded 500 face-to-face new hires between April 2019 and September 2019. They compared that data with … [Read more...] about These are the hidden challenges of onboarding in a remote environment