Onboarding · office

Onboarding plan for office & knowledge work

A structured 90-day checklist for software, IT, marketing and administration, with hardware, access, mandatory training and probation milestones.

  • Tasks grouped: before day 1, week 1, month 1, month 3
  • An owner per task (pre-filled per industry)
  • Deadlines relative to the joining date, calculated automatically
  • A status column with a dropdown (open / in progress / done)
Preview: Onboarding plan for office & knowledge work

What is in the template?

Ready to use, with formulas, sample data and a legend.

  • Tasks grouped: before day 1, week 1, month 1, month 3
  • An owner per task (pre-filled per industry)
  • Deadlines relative to the joining date, calculated automatically
  • A status column with a dropdown (open / in progress / done)
  • Pre-filled: order hardware, SSO and access, GDPR training, buddy system
  • Including 30, 60 and 90 day feedback meetings

When does the template fit?

Ideal as an interim solution or for small teams, with clear limits.

  • IT teams, agencies, software and consulting companies
  • Administration, marketing, sales and back office
  • A first structured onboarding without an HR system
When Excel reaches its limits

A checklist reminds nobody. A workflow does.

Excel checklists work for the first new employee and are forgotten by the third. MetronHR turns the onboarding plan into a reusable workflow: tasks are assigned automatically, owners are reminded, and the status per employee is documented with editor and timestamp and linked to the personnel file.

In comparison

Excel template

Manual upkeep • no workflows • no reminders • copy anew for every employee

MetronHR

Automatic calculations • approval workflow • reminders • one central source for the whole team

Frequently asked questions

Answers on usage and legal aspects.

The template covers four phases: before day 1 (order hardware, contract, access), week 1 (tour, tools, buddy), month 1 (onboarding training, first tasks), month 3 (feedback meeting, probation review).

Yes. Alongside this office version there are tailored templates for retail and sales, hospitality in service, hospitality in the kitchen, trades and construction, care and doctors' and dental practices. You will find all seven versions on the overview page „onboarding plans by industry“.

Yes. The template is openly editable: remove tasks, add tasks, adjust owners and deadlines, and save it as your company's master template.

A checklist is a document; whoever looks at it sees the status. A workflow is a system: tasks are distributed automatically, deadlines monitored, owners reminded and the history documented. MetronHR delivers exactly that workflow automation, with the same task structure you find in the Excel template.

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