Thomas Kunjappu 
At Cleary, we did not initially set out to build an employee onboarding tool. However, we consistently heard from our customers that Cleary was the most effective onboarding tool they had used. As we delved deeper, we discovered and addressed a much larger issue: managing the employee lifecycle from day one, not just through the first 90 days, but extending well beyond that.
Here at Cleary, we’ve developed a powerful platform that spans several previously independent categories—Intranets, Wikis, Event Management tools, Onboarding platforms, and search.
Today, we’re proud to announce Cleary Journeys, our next progression in building the most powerful suite of employee experience tools available – integrating all elements of what’s needed to create the ideal employee experience into one seamless product.
The addition of Cleary Journeys to the current suite of Cleary solutions benefits both the diligent administrators and those in charge of employee experience (People teams, IT, Internal Comms), while also simplifying the front-end experience for employees.
The State of Employee Onboarding
Before we get into the details of Cleary Journeys, let’s first understand where the current state of employee onboarding lies.
The onboarding experience of a new hire lays the foundation for their journey within an organization. Yet, HR teams often find themselves bogged down by the manual, repetitive tasks associated with traditional onboarding processes. These tasks are difficult to scale in the modern, increasingly remote and hybrid work environments.
From sending welcome emails to tracking task completion and scheduling onboarding meetings, the complexity of these processes is both time-consuming and error-prone. Such inefficiencies burden HR professionals and negatively affect the new hire experience, potentially leading to early disengagement.
The challenges extend further. Ensuring new hires are included in key communications and connected to the appropriate groups and individuals within the company often requires navigating a complex network of list-serves and calendar invites.
The operational burden of managing these tasks is daunting, especially when striving to offer a personalized and welcoming experience to each individual. Additionally, organizing and routing essential onboarding information—from swag preferences to laptop shipping details—requires a streamlined approach to avoid oversights.
In response to these challenges, Cleary Journeys was born. Cleary Journeys is not just a tool; it is a comprehensive system that automates personalized employee journeys for every significant moment—from onboarding to offboarding and everything in between.
