Welcome to the Team Messages: 50+ Things to Write

A new starter spends their first week trying to work out whether they have made a mistake. A decent welcome message is a surprisingly large part of the answer. Here are 50+ messages for cards, emails and Slack.

Send yours in a free congratulations ecard or drop it in the team channel.

Quick welcome messages

1. Welcome to the team! Great to have you with us.
2. Welcome aboard — we are really pleased you are here.
3. Welcome! Looking forward to working with you.
4. Great to have you on board. Welcome to the team.
5. Welcome! Shout if you need anything at all.
6. So glad you have joined us. Welcome!
7. Welcome to the team — you will fit in well here.
8. Delighted to have you with us. Welcome aboard.
9. Welcome! Here is to a great first week.
10. Welcome to the team. Genuinely pleased you accepted.
11. Great to have you. Welcome!
12. Welcome aboard! Looking forward to getting to know you.

Warmer, longer messages

1. Welcome to the team. The first few weeks feel strange for everyone — it settles faster than you think.
2. Welcome! Nobody expects you to know anything yet, so please ask about everything.
3. Delighted you have joined us. You were the standout candidate and everyone here knows it.
4. Welcome aboard. This is a good team and you are going to enjoy working with them.
5. Welcome! My door is open for stupid questions, of which I asked hundreds in my first month.
6. So glad to have you. Take the first fortnight to find your feet — there is no rush.
7. Welcome to the team. We have been looking forward to this for weeks.
8. Welcome! You are joining at a good moment and there is plenty to get stuck into.
9. Delighted to have you with us. Whatever you need, just ask — genuinely.
10. Welcome aboard. Looking forward to seeing what you bring to this.

From a manager

1. Welcome to the team. I am glad you are here and I am looking forward to working together.
2. Welcome! No expectations for the first month beyond settling in and meeting people.
3. Delighted to have you. We hired you for how you think, so please say what you think.
4. Welcome aboard. My diary is open — book time whenever you need it.
5. Welcome to the team! I will check in properly at the end of week one.
6. Great to have you with us. Ask about anything, including things you feel you should already know.
7. Welcome! You are joining a team that looks after each other. Use that.
8. Welcome aboard. Take your time — nobody is measuring you this month.

From a colleague

1. Welcome! I sit two desks over — come and say hello whenever.
2. Welcome to the team! Coffee this week? I will fill you in on everything the induction skipped.
3. Great to have you. Ask me the questions you do not want to ask your manager.
4. Welcome! I joined six months ago, so I remember exactly how this feels.
5. Welcome aboard! Lunch on Thursday? A few of us go out.
6. So glad you are here. Shout if you need anything at all.
7. Welcome! The coffee machine is temperamental. That is your first lesson.
8. Welcome to the team — you will like it here.

For a card signed by the whole team

1. Welcome to the team, from all of us!
2. We are all really pleased you have joined. Welcome!
3. Welcome aboard from everyone here.
4. The whole team is glad to have you. Welcome!
5. Welcome! We have all been looking forward to meeting you.
6. From all of us — welcome, and good luck with week one.
7. Welcome to the team! Come and find any of us if you need anything.
8. Delighted to have you with us. Welcome, from everyone.

Short welcome messages

1. Welcome to the team!
2. Great to have you.
3. Welcome aboard!
4. So glad you are here.
5. Welcome — shout if you need anything.
6. Delighted you have joined us.
7. Welcome! Good luck this week.
8. Happy first day!

How to write it

1. Remove the pressure explicitly. “Nobody expects you to know anything yet” is the single most reassuring line for a new starter.
2. Offer something concrete. A coffee, a lunch, or an open door beats a generic welcome.
3. Say who you are and where you sit. New starters cannot match names to faces for weeks.
4. Keep it short in a group card. Twenty people writing paragraphs is unreadable; twenty short warm lines is lovely.

Send it — and pair it with a gift

A free congratulations ecard works before their first day. See also new job congratulations and what to write in a leaving card:

FAQ

What do you write in a welcome to the team card?

Say you are glad they joined, remove any pressure about their first weeks, and offer something specific like a coffee or an open door.

What should a manager say to a new starter?

That there are no expectations beyond settling in, and that questions are welcome — including ones they feel they should already know the answer to.

When should you send it?

Either just before their start date or on the first morning. A welcome message in week three has missed its moment.

What do you write in a group card?

One or two warm lines and your name and role. In a card signed by twenty people, brevity is a kindness.

What is a good short message?

“Welcome to the team! Great to have you with us.”

Is a Slack message enough?

It is fine on its own, but a card the whole team has signed is the thing new starters remember and keep.