The Business Case for Training and Onboarding Videos: Save Money, Boost Retention
Here’s what the numbers tell us, without the corporate fluff:
Companies using video for employee training cut training costs by up to 50 percent. Organizations that use video onboarding see retention rates 60 percent higher than the "old-school" methods. And 75 percent of employees would rather watch a video than dig through another endless PDF or handbook.
Translation: the way you’re training and onboarding people matters — and if you’re still doing it manually, you're setting money on fire.
Why Video Training Actually Works
Let's be honest for a second. Training the same thing over and over is soul-crushing. Managers are pulled into meetings they hate. New hires get different versions of the same information depending on who’s doing the talking. And half of what you print ends up in a recycling bin anyway.
Training videos fix the problem because they don’t forget important details, don’t call in sick, and don’t need coffee breaks. Record them once, and they show up every single time, sharp and polished, ready to train your team at 9:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. — without complaining.
And let’s face it — nobody wakes up excited to sit through a three-hour onboarding lecture. But give people a clean, professional 10-minute video? They'll actually pay attention, learn something, and maybe even thank you for it.
Onboarding Support Videos: Your Secret Weapon
Onboarding is not just about collecting information and getting your laptop. It's your first real shot to prove to a new hire that your company actually has its act together.
When you nail your onboarding with video, you make new employees productive faster, slash the endless "quick question" emails that kill momentum, and create a level of confidence that sticks.
Confident people work harder, solve problems faster, and don’t spend the first three weeks wondering if they made a huge mistake.
Good onboarding keeps people from running for the exits before the ink dries on their business cards.
Quick Story: Real Numbers, Real Results
One of our clients — a fast-growing tech company — was drowning in onboarding.
Eight hours per new employee, every single time. Death by a thousand coffee breaks.
We helped them launch a set of training and support videos. Within a few weeks, onboarding time dropped to under two hours. They saved over fifteen thousand dollars in six months. And their managers? Happier, more productive, and no longer stuck running Groundhog Day training sessions.
Same hiring pace. Same company growth. Just a smarter, cleaner way of scaling.
The Bottom Line
Still hosting live onboarding sessions like it’s 1999? Still handing out the company handbook like it’s a golden ticket? You're not just working harder — you're losing time, money, and credibility.
Training and onboarding videos aren’t a “nice to have.” They are the smartest investment you can make if you want to build a stronger, faster, more confident team without burning out your leadership.
One smart decision today sets your team — and your business — up for years of success.
Ready to stop repeating yourself and start scaling properly?
Schedule your free consultation today at www.astralwakeproductions.com
