Solution Provider Review: HiBob
Bob, the modern Human Capital Management (HCM) platform from HiBob, is designed to streamline HR processes, enhance employee engagement, and support dynamic, fast-growing companies. With features like automated workflows, people analytics, and performance management, Bob helps HR teams improve efficiency and create a more engaging workplace experience. Its intuitive, user-friendly design enables companies to foster a strong company culture while managing HR tasks at scale.
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Analyst Notes on HiBob
I’ve been watching HiBob for over five years now, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised time and time again by the Bob product and how the team approaches the market. Our research shows that HR teams are strapped for time, and that’s doubly true when they are at midsize organizations with limited resources. Bob offers a single platform that gives them everything they need for onboarding, employee performance, recruiting, training, and more.
What makes Bob different, in part, is the culture of the company. They truly believe they are making work better for employees at each of their clients, and that filters through into an intuitive, pleasant user experience with the platform. However, Culture is just one of three pillars that Bob excels at; the other two are Operations and Strategy.
From a roadmap perspective, Bob is adding new features that keep it in a very competitive market position, including a range of intelligent AI features across the platform. Taken together, these advances take work off of HR’s plate, enabling them to spend more time building great cultures and aligning with the business.
That’s the sense I get when looking at some of the customer wins for HiBob in the last year. There are a range of companies adopting the Bob platform, from those moving up from spreadsheets to their first HCM solution to those that are migrating from overly complicated enterprise HCM solutions to something more flexible and adaptable to midmarket employer needs.
The other differentiator for Bob is the global nature of the platform. While the system can be used by a company with operations in one country, it really shines when used across international borders. It’s one reason our team suggested Bob to a software company that was looking for a replacement to one of the legacy HCM providers as they sought a more agile alternative for their multicountry HR needs.
In the past few years, HiBob has won multiple times in the HR Tech Awards program for excellent work in global HR, culture-building, DEI, and other areas. For employers with hundreds to thousands of employees, HiBob is a solution that is definitely worth deeper consideration.
Ben Eubanks is the Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory. He is an author, speaker, and researcher with a passion for telling stories and making complex topics easy to understand.
His latest book Talent Scarcity answers the question every business leader has asked in recent years: “Where are all the people, and how do we get them back to work?” It shares practical and strategic recruiting and retention ideas and case studies for every employer.
His first book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, is the world’s most-cited resource on AI applications for hiring, development, and employee experience.
Ben has more than 10 years of experience both as an HR/recruiting executive as well as a researcher on workplace topics. His work is practical, relevant, and valued by practitioners from F100 firms to SMB organizations across the globe.
He has spoken to tens of thousands of HR professionals across the globe and enjoys sharing about technology, talent practices, and more. His speaking credits include the SHRM Annual Conference, Seminarium International, PeopleMatters Dubai and India, and over 100 other notable events.