Rore: Agentic Employee Onboarding SaaS (independent project)
4 Oct 2024
The onboarding gap: productivity lost before it begins
Fast-growing companies are hiring rapidly, but their onboarding is broken. New hires join with no structured ramp-up, lack critical context, and take months to contribute meaningfully. Hiring managers are stretched thin, and HRMS tools aren’t built to solve this.
I saw this firsthand. At multiple startups, my own onboarding was a mix of scattered Notion pages, Slack messages with outdated links, and well-meaning but overburdened colleagues who had no real time to guide me. It was clear: onboarding was no one’s job, and as a result, it was everyone’s problem.
New hires take too long to be productive due to a lack of structured onboarding.
High attrition and rehiring costs create a cycle of inefficiency.
Managers lack time, HR lacks specialized tools, and onboarding becomes nobody’s job.
Why this problem? Why now?
A bad onboarding experience leads to lost productivity and higher churn. Existing HRMS tools focus on compliance, not productivity ramp-up. AI now enables structured, dynamic onboarding plans at scale. Fast-growing startups need a lightweight, embedded solution—something that works without adding complexity.
The cost of onboarding failure is massive.
HRMS platforms handle paperwork, not productivity.
AI-driven personalization makes effective onboarding easier than ever.
Startups need speed, not cumbersome enterprise software.
Rore: the productivity sidecar for new hires
For Series A-C companies struggling with onboarding, Rore ramps up new hires at lightning speed. Unlike HRMS tools that focus on documentation, Rore delivers:
Instant, structured onboarding plans.
A self-updating knowledge base.
Slack-native engagement and nudges to keep things moving.
Who needs this?
Tech-first startups scaling rapidly, founders and hiring managers looking to maximize new hire productivity, and teams frustrated by slow ramp-up times. Companies that already use HRMS but need a productivity layer will benefit the most. The focus is shifting away from HR personas to decision-makers like founders and hiring managers, who feel the direct impact of slow onboarding and lost productivity.
Startups with 100-200 employees growing fast.
Founders and hiring managers who care most about productivity, not compliance.
HR teams looking for lightweight automation.
Companies that need onboarding solutions beyond their HRMS.
Differentiation: built for speed & impact
Rore is agent first, meaning users don't have to learn to use Rore. They can use natural language prompts to take system wide action (yes, in marketing collaterals we will frame this differently).
Users can use Cmd + K or Ctrl + K to trigger the agent, where they can put in any command.
Rore prioritizes ease of setup, and time to first onboarding track over comprehensiveness.
Setup in under three minutes with no IT/Admin overhead.
Slack-first execution removes the need for extra dashboards.
Prioritizes quick impact over exhaustive processes.
MVP
Create and launch role based Onboarding Tracks via AI - setup 40 custom tasks that can boost productivity for any role, any department.
Trey - AI Agent who can take actions based on prompts (limited selection of prompts)
Real-time tracking & insights – Visibility into onboarding completion rates, engagement levels, and productivity impact.
Early learnings: what we know so far
HR leaders often underestimate the impact of poor onboarding because the feedback loop is slow—often taking more than three months to surface. Most failures stem from broken processes rather than individual performance. Hiring managers engage better with nudges rather than complex dashboards. Early hires, especially juniors, need structured onboarding the most.