Welcome to the team cards for new hires
A new hire’s first day is mostly IT setup and a calendar full of introductions to people they will not remember. A card signed by the team, waiting on the morning they start, is the first thing that tells them who they will actually be working with.
Create a free welcome card →Free · up to 100 invited signers · no accounts for the people signing
Welcome card designs
Every design is free. Pick one to send it as a group card — it opens as a real card, an illustrated cover that folds open and turns one page per signer.
Open Door Send as a group card
Big Wave Send as a group card
New Sprout Send as a group card
Pennants Send as a group card
Coffee Run Send as a group card
Desk Plants Send as a group card
Home Sweet Send as a group card
Mailbox Send as a group card
New Desk Send as a group card
The Keys Send as a group card
Two Plants Send as a group card
Welcome Basket Send as a group card
Welcome Mat Send as a group card
How it works
- 1
Pick a design and write the first message
No account needed to start — you compose first and only give an email when you save the card.
- 2
Invite the team by email
Everyone gets their own private invite link. Nothing to forward around Slack, and you can see who has signed.
- 3
It delivers itself on the day
Sealed until the delivery date, then it opens in the timezone you set for them — not yours.
What to write
- Welcome aboard! Ask me anything, however small — that's what the first month is for.
- So glad you joined. Give it a fortnight and it will all make sense.
- Welcome to the team. Genuinely pleased you are here.
- Welcome! Nobody expects you to know anything yet, so please don't pretend to.
- Great to have you with us. Shout if you need a hand with anything.
Schedule it for their start date
A welcome card that arrives in week three has missed its moment. Set the delivery date when the offer is signed and forget about it.
Include who you are and what you do
The new person does not know anyone yet. "Welcome!" from an unfamiliar name is warm but useless; "Welcome! I’m on the data team, I sit next to you on Tuesdays" is a map.
Offer one concrete thing
An offer to walk them through the codebase, or grab coffee in week one, is worth more than a paragraph of enthusiasm.
More message examples: Welcome to the team messages
Why teams use TeamRally Cards
- Free to make, sign and send. Invite up to 100 people, with no per-signer fee, premium designs or charge to deliver. A copy to keep — a PDF to print, a vertical video to post — is an optional $12 extra afterwards.
- Personal email invites. Every signer gets their own link, so there is no shared URL for the recipient to stumble across.
- Sealed until the day. The recipient's link refuses to open before delivery, so a leaked link doesn't spoil the surprise.
- No accounts for signers. They click their invite and write. No sign-up, no password, no app.
See how that compares with Kudoboard, GroupGreeting and Ellacard.
Questions
- What do you write in a welcome card for a new employee?
- Say who you are and what you work on, welcome them warmly, and offer one specific thing — a coffee, a walkthrough, an open door for questions. A new hire cannot use anonymous enthusiasm.
- When should a welcome card be delivered?
- On their first morning. You can create it as soon as the start date is known and schedule delivery — it stays sealed until then.
- Do the people signing need an account?
- No. Send personal email invites or share one signing link and QR code. Signers need no account or password.