The Hiblog

How Bob's new audio and video features boost employee belonging

Bob now offers people the option of personalizing their profile with an audio file they can upload on how to pronounce their name.

4 remote leadership techniques for building cultures of authenticity and empathy

Trying to come up with the next generation's ping-pong table is overthinking it. At the core, building a great culture is about creating a space where people can genuinely connect with each other. The conversations people have are the essence of strong, healthy cultures, whether people sit next to each other or talk through a Zoom screen.

How people-first cultures and HR tech support business resilience

Our customers' needs evolve all the time, and supporting this is in HiBob's DNA. We've built Bob–with the help of our customers’ feedback–to be bidirectional and agile enough to support businesses through radical market ups and downs.

How to use Your Voice and Bob’s Surveys to inspire feedback and promote wellbeing

Companies can make a huge difference to the employee experience by creating healthy workplaces that put employee wellbeing first. Showing your people that you care positively impacts engagement and job satisfaction, ultimately leading to higher retention rates with happier people who are invested in your company’s success.

Evolving your business strategy to fit the modern workforce

When forward-thinking companies invest in putting their people first, they get a healthy, productive, and engaged workforce in return.

How HiBob’s Work-from-Anywhere policy blazes the trail to productivity with freedom and flexibility

Last year HiBob introduced its Work From Anywhere policy. This policy gives Bobbers the freedom to work from anywhere (literally) for up to two months a year, in addition to its already-existing (and standard) hybrid work model. Since the WFA policy’s introduction, we’ve seen a handful of our people exercise the Work from Anywhere policy at least once. More Bobbers are planning for the same in 2022 and beyond.

How companies can proactively improve their people’s mental health

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and is dedicated to raising awareness about the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of our community members. Reducing the stigma surrounding those living with psychological or behavioral health issues is key to cultivating healthy communities and company cultures.

Let’s talk about mental health in the workplace and what HR can do

Even before the pandemic, in 2019, the World Health Organization labeled employee burnout a medical condition. As the number of people struggling with mental health continues to increase, employers and HR need to be proactive in their approach to helping people cope. Here are some best practices HR can consider to move the needle on mental health.

Equity sharing: Mid-sized companies' key to winning top talent

In our latest guide, How to attract and retain top talent using a full-stack compensation strategy, we partnered with leading equity management platform, Ledgy, for a deep-dive discussion into how companies can build competitive compensation and equity sharing into people-centric cultures to set themselves apart from the competition.

4 ways to achieve workplace gender equity and equality

Let's start with the good news. The fight for gender equity and equality is making progress worldwide. According to research we conducted last month on women’s equality, the majority of women across the US, UK, and Australia: -Feel comfortable at work and have never been made to feel less qualified because they're women -Were promoted or received a bump in pay and benefits in 2021 -Receive women-specific benefits from their companies

Why it’s important for employees to feel like they belong—and how to make it happen

Hiring a diverse workforce is only the first step to building a meaningful DE&I strategy that will ultimately empower people to thrive as their authentic selves in the workplace. By building a culture of belonging where everyone feels accepted as they are, leaders can create a more supportive and productive work environment. In a webinar presented at the HR of Tomorrow Conference Europe, Natasha Shifrin, HiBob’s global director of outbound sales, explains that incorporating DE&I into your organization goes beyond simply adding a culture page on the company website or…

Healthy cultures start with recognizing unconscious bias

**This is a guest blog post written by HiBob employee (bobber) Shani Shitrit. Shani is a parent, a non-binary and loving human, a person with a disability, an activist for human rights, a Crossfit athlete, and a former Wheelchair basketball player.  DE&I has become a hot topic around the world, from schools to informal social gatherings to workplaces. There have been amazing strides in the right direction, and people are now very conscious of other people's needs and the benefits of diversity and inclusion.  There's a ton of material about…

Creating an exceptional customer experience that drives success

Putting customers first has always been in HiBob's DNA. From the beginning, our overall business strategy has prioritized investing in our clients with a dedicated customer success strategy. Now that we've closed our Series C funding round, we're able to go full-force ahead to achieve our goal of creating even more exceptional customer experiences.  HiBob further demonstrated its dedication to a customer-first approach when I was promoted to Chief Customer Officer. Taking on this role is an absolute privilege for me. Leading Customer Success in a customer-first company like HiBob…

How gender equality in the workplace boosts company profits

According to the World Economic Forum, it’ll take 267.6 years to close the gender pay gap. The Global Gender Gap Report also found that the second largest area of gender disparity is in economic participation and opportunity, at 42 percent. This and other recent studies confirm that the pervasiveness of gender inequality not only hinders women’s ability to advance, it’s also costing the entire global economy. According to Australia’s Office for Women, the Australian GDP could increase by a massive 11 percent, should women’s equality be promoted. Gender equality at…

How to foster bully-free and healthy work environments for your employees

I would like to discuss one of the most influential factors on employee mental health in modern office settings: workplace bullying. Once regarded as incidents that only took place on school playgrounds, bullying now runs rampant in offices and other workspaces, leading to a high negative financial impact for companies. According to Forbes, workplace bullying costs the U.S. economy an estimated $360 billion annually due to high turnover and diminished work productivity. Research conducted by Monster.com, the global employment service, found that 90 percent of workers have been bullied at…