Former Employment Hero staff raise alarms over 'vile workplace' and 'fear culture'
Several former employees of the $2 billion HR software provider have come forward with criticism over the company's internal practices.
Human resources software startup Employment Hero is facing an avalanche of criticism about its internal practices from former employees including claims it operates a "vile workplace" with "shoddy HR practices" and a "fear culture".
The $2 billion company — which counts Airtree Ventures, OneVentures and US-based Insight Partners and TCV among its investors — is also facing claims it instructed employees to manipulate reviews on workplace platform Glassdoor.
Capital Brief this week revealed the high-profile startup cancelled an International Women's Day initiative in March on concerns it violated the company's "apolitical" internal mantra, known as "The EH Way", and risked creating "unnecessary division".
The IWD decision, which caused angst inside the company, has also put the spotlight on the company's internal culture and its high performance mantra, which is influenced by practices developed by Elon Musk at Tesla.
