Onboarding Atlas · Research library
Start with evidence. Adapt it to your team.
Explore 21 practical examples: original WeekOne template blueprints and source-scoped company research. Every example shows its evidence and limits.
12 examples
Company patterns
12GitLab
An onboarding checklist run as a GitLab issue, a manager-picked buddy and two weeks before team-specific training.
Buffer
A hiring manager plus role and culture buddies, 30/60/90-day goals, and a candid list of day-one mistakes.
Zapier
A month-long remote program where hiring triggers onboarding automatically and volunteers are matched as “Zap Pals”.
Microsoft
Evidence on buddies, first-week one-to-ones and remote developer onboarding from Microsoft’s own research.
Atlassian
A 1.5-day virtual orientation, a 30/60/90-day Trello plan per starter and automated pre-boarding emails.
Salesforce
One shared first week, then separate programs for Sales, Customer Success and Tech & Product, ending in certification for sales.
McKinsey
A skills diagnostic before onboarding, two learning tracks, daily simulations and a personal “Day 1 Growth Plan”.
Mayo Clinic
Pre-start tasks through a coordinator, clearance before orientation, and required modules due within 30 days.
HubSpot
One pre-arrival page for the Americas with required tasks, a contact address and culture material.
Starbucks
Training in the first month, with further training points at 90 and 190 days.
DHL
A three-month onboarding communications journey for a global, largely frontline workforce.
A 2009 account of a six-week engineering bootcamp with real tasks, senior mentors and team choice at the end.
How to read this library
Company pages summarize public sources for education. They are not an employer’s official internal process and do not imply endorsement. Templates are research blueprints: owners, dates, rules, permissions and local policy need human confirmation. No native WeekOne import has been verified.