Sapling
Apartment List Case Study
How Apartment List built a streamlined and consistent Employee Onboarding Experience with Sapling. In January 2017, Sapling helped the People Operations team at Apartment List design and deliver a comprehensive onboarding program to welcome new hires to their company.
Snapshot •
Apartment List implemented Sapling to provide a way to bridge the candidate’s experience into their strong company culture
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Sapling helped provide visibility and consistency on an average 72 workflows per new hire, saving an estimated 140 emails between employees
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Reduced People Operations management per new hire from 6 hours to 90 minutes (saving an estimated 4.5 hours per new hire)
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By automating recurring workflows and notifications, Sapling allowed the People Operations team to focus on more strategic initiatives
72
Workflows per new hire
140
Emails saved per onboarding
4.5
hours saved per new hire
Challenge •
65 person company onboarding 5 - 10 employees per month (both locally and remote)
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Previous onboarding program consisted of a mix of spreadsheets, Google docs and Google slides (with manual paperwork being sent and filed) and manual reminders
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72 onboarding workflows per new hire, with an estimated 6 hours of People Operations management, between an average of 5 people for each new hire
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Limited visibility of what onboarding activities had been completed, what was outstanding and who was responsible for each activity
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Numerous follow-up emails from new staff with questions relating to new hire workflows, hardware requirements, payroll and benefits
Sapling
Apartment List Case Study
Solution Apartment List implemented Sapling in January 2017, consolidating their fragmented new hire systems and processes with purpose built technology, providing significant benefits to all stakeholders.
Company branded onboarding portal for new hires showcasing company history, values, team and culture.
Automated on average of 72 workflows per new hire across multiple stakeholders and departments, saving an estimated 140 emails between employees.
Provided their People Operations team with visibility of workflows, and ensured a consistent process for new hires (locally and remote).
Sapling
Apartment List Case Study
Results •
Apartment List built a streamlined and consistent Employee Onboarding Experience that provided a great new hire experience, and streamlined the process for internal stakeholders
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Sapling helped provide visibility and consistency on an average 72 workflows per new hire, saving an estimated 140 emails between employees
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Reduced People Operations management per new hire from 6 hours to 90 minutes (saving an estimated 4.5 hours per new hire)
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Sapling worked with the Apartment List People Operations team to create structured onboarding plans for new hires
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Sapling’s been awesome for providing a consistent
onboarding experience for new hires. It’s no longer
necessary to check-in, chase and remind other employees, because it’s all tracked and managed in Sapling.
Fallon Roche
People Operations at Apartment List
About Apartment List •
Apartment List is a free service that helps you find the perfect apartment, and is the web’s fastest-growing apartment rental marketplace
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Their mission is to reinvent the rental marketplace on the basis of trust and transparency
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In one word, Apartment List wants your experience and apartment search to be extraordinary
Get in touch! We’d love to show you how Sapling can help your team. For a free demo, contact
[email protected] or call +1 (415) 463 9662
Sapling San Francisco, CA www.trysapling.com
