Case Study: Cisco Meraki achieves 88% Day-1 readiness with Enboarder

Cisco Meraki’s World-Class Preboarding Journey Ensure 88% of New Hires Feel Prepared For Day 1

Cisco Meraki, the cloud‑managed IT leader, had no formal onboarding—relying on manual, inconsistent processes that left new hires anchorless and recruiters spending 3–5 hours per hire using Excel and email templates. To address this, Global Onboarding Manager Darren Gant selected Enboarder to deliver a mobile‑first preboarding experience and bring ownership and structure to Meraki’s onboarding program.

Darren implemented a four‑stage onboarding strategy and ran a year‑long preboarding pilot with Enboarder, using simple, automated workflows that begin 21 days before start and run every three days to deliver surveys, welcome messages, team introductions and company info. The results with Enboarder: 88% of new hires and 88% of managers feel prepared for day one, improved senior leadership approval, more time for the people team, and a global Enboarder rollout for preboarding in November 2020 with stages 3 and 4 planned for 2021.

Cisco Meraki

Darren Gant

Global Onboarding Manager