That isn't just specific to onboarding, this is just normal corporate BS. Corporate values and culture are just lip service and marketing slogans. You only learn about the real values and culture later on, by what the company really does and how things are really handled. That also includes later surprises like "our culture has changed, we didn't say so, but we now only hire salespeople anymore" or whatever.
Re:Onboarding Antipatterns
by cauliflower99 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @09:27AM
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I'd call this "Checkbox onboarding"!
This involves spending days to learn a lot about very abstract culture and values like being dynamic and innovative, and inclusive.
Usually also in stark contrast to actual practices. Like spending 2 days on DEI training in an office full of white 20-30 year old men, and the three token woman they hired all still in junior roles after 5 years of service.
Not sure what this part of the onboarding is about but many companies do it to a degree. It doesn’t seem useful to anyone or impacting anything in the actual culture.