Message ideas Welcome to the team messages for a new employee
Welcome to the team messages for a new employee
Forty welcome messages for a new starter, from a quick hello to a note from their manager. Add a tip about the team and it’s even better.
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Short welcomes
- Welcome to the team!
- Welcome aboard! We’re so glad you’re here.
- Welcome! Great to have you with us.
- Hello and welcome. Ask us anything.
- Welcome to the team. You’re going to fit right in.
- So happy you’ve joined us. Welcome!
- Welcome! We’ve been looking forward to this.
- A warm welcome from all of us.
- Welcome aboard. Here’s to a great first week.
- Welcome! The team just got better.
From a manager
- Welcome to the team! We chose you for a reason, and we’re excited to see what you’ll do.
- Welcome aboard. Take your time settling in, and ask as many questions as you like.
- I’m so glad you said yes. Welcome to the team!
- Welcome! My door is always open, and so is my calendar.
- Welcome to the team. Your first job is to get to know everyone. The rest will follow.
- We’ve been looking forward to your first day. Welcome aboard!
- Welcome! You bring skills this team has needed for a while.
- Welcome to the team. There are no silly questions in your first month, or after it.
- Welcome aboard! I can’t wait to hear the fresh ideas you bring.
- Welcome. We’re here to help you do the best work of your career.
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From the team
- Welcome! I’m two desks down and always up for a coffee.
- So glad you’re here. Shout if you need anything, I’ve been there.
- Welcome to the team! Lunch is on us this week.
- Welcome! We’re a friendly bunch, I promise.
- Welcome aboard. Can’t wait to work with you.
- Welcome! Don’t worry about remembering names. We’ll keep saying them.
- Great to have you on the team. Welcome!
- Welcome! Message me any time. No question is too small.
- Welcome to the team! We’ve heard great things.
- Welcome! It gets easier after week one, and it’s pretty good already.
With a tip for their first week
- Welcome! Tip: the good meeting rooms go early on Mondays.
- Welcome aboard! Tip: write down everyone’s names in week one. Nobody minds.
- Welcome! Tip: the team lunch on Friday is the best place to ask anything.
- Welcome to the team! Tip: ask for the story behind any process. There usually is one.
- Welcome! Tip: block an hour a day just to learn. Nobody expects you to know it all yet.
- Welcome! Tip: the shared drive is a maze. Ask me and I’ll show you the shortcuts.
- Welcome aboard! Tip: say yes to every coffee invite in your first month.
- Welcome! Tip: the coffee machine upstairs is faster.
- Welcome! Tip: don’t worry about the acronyms. We’ll make you a list.
- Welcome to the team! Tip: the person who knows everything is the office manager. Be nice to them.
How to write a welcome message
Say welcome, say who you are and how you’ll work together, and offer one way to help. New starters meet a lot of people in week one, so “I’m Sam from finance, ask me anything about expenses” is more useful than a general hello.
From a manager
Tell them why you’re glad they joined and what their first weeks will look like. Make it clear that questions are welcome. A short, warm note sets the tone for their whole first month.
A welcome card from the whole team
Share one link a week before they start. Everyone adds a hello with their name, a photo and a tip, and you reveal it on their first morning. Remote colleagues they won’t meet for months can say hi too.
Tips
- Say who you are and what you do.
- Add one tip you wish you’d had in week one.
- A photo helps them put names to faces.
- Reveal it at 9am on their first day.