Why Do New Hires Leave? The Secret to Effective Employee Integration That Gets Overlooked We spend huge budgets on recruitment. We conduct interviews, verify skills, and negotiate salaries. Finally, the perfect candidate is found. They start the job, but a month later, their productivity is still near zero, or worse—they hand in their resignation. Why does this happen? Often, the reason isn't laziness or the complexity of the tasks. The reason is failed onboarding. The Myth of "Adults" In manual labour industries (cleaning, construction, manufacturing), a tough opinion often prevails: "We hired an adult. We pay them to work, here is the job site—let them go and do it. They will figure it out themselves." This is a fundamental mistake that costs businesses money. Put yourself in the newcomer's shoes. You join a new team. You don't know where to get inventory, who to ask if a machine breaks down, where to have lunch, or what the unwritten rules of communic...