“…Impressions on the first time count and that is why new employee experience from the inception of taking up a job offer is important. NEO programmes are conducted to assimilate, to guide, to inform, and to advise new employees (Onochie, 2020). NEO programmes are also conducted to achieve the following objectives such as reducing new employee's tension and anxiety, minimizing startup costs, decreasing staff turnover, improving new staff proficiency, promoting easy assimilation of organisational culture and expectations, newcomer adjustment to a new working environment and developing positive work attitudes (Feldman, 1981;cited in Liao, Handayani & Chien, 2011).…”