How does Empuls handle swag and gifts for new joiners?

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Automated Swag from Day One

First impressions shape long-term retention, and Empuls ensures every new hire receives a thoughtfully curated welcome experience before they even log in for the first time. Empuls ships branded merchandise, welcome kits, and custom swag through preconfigured onboarding workflows, removing the coordination burden from HR and People Operations teams entirely.

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How the Onboarding Workflow Operates

When a new employee record is created in an HRIS such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or Darwinbox, Empuls detects the trigger and activates the corresponding onboarding gift workflow automatically. The workflow draws from the Empuls global catalog — which spans branded merchandise, print-on-demand items, tech accessories, and curated gift hampers — and dispatches the selected swag directly to the employee’s address. HR teams configure the rules once; Empuls handles fulfillment from that point forward regardless of hiring volume.

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Global Catalog and Branded Merchandise Options

The Empuls global catalog gives People teams access to company-branded apparel, welcome hampers, lifestyle products, and fully customized swag kits. Items can be pre-selected by HR for a consistent brand statement, or offered as points-redeemable choices so new hires pick what they actually want. Either approach ensures the first physical touchpoint with your organization reflects your culture and employer brand.

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Connecting the Experience Through Communication Tools

Empuls integrates with Slack and Microsoft Teams, meaning a shipping notification can land directly in the new hire’s channel the moment swag dispatches. Teammates see the welcome happening in real time, which builds community before the first standup call. For companies running structured buddy programs or cohort onboarding, this visibility adds a social layer that email notifications simply cannot replicate.

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Consistency at Scale

With Empuls, every new joiner receives the same quality experience whether you are onboarding one person or a hundred in the same week. Manual processes break under volume; Empuls does not. The swag workflow runs silently in the background, freeing HR bandwidth for higher-value onboarding conversations rather than logistics follow-ups. Empuls is SOC 2 Type II certified and ISO 27001 compliant, so the personal address and shipping data collected during fulfillment is handled under enterprise-grade security standards. Global enterprises can deploy the onboarding swag feature confidently across all geographies without additional compliance review. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — General