- Employee Contract Management: The company lacks understanding and respect for Dutch employment laws, often weaponizing yearly contracts instead of building long-term employee relationships.
- Benefits Misalignment: HiBob needs to respect standard Dutch benefits, such as travel and mobile phone reimbursements, which are commonly offered by other startups and scale-ups in the Netherlands.
- Onboarding and Support: New leaders, especially in satellite offices, face unclear onboarding processes with minimal guidance, which impacts their start and ongoing management roles.
- HR Communication: The People team tends to communicate indirectly, which often leads to misunderstandings and unresolved grievances among staff.