Hireology

HQ
Chicago
150 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2010
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What's the Company Culture Like at Hireology?

Hireology Employee Perspectives

Tell us about a time when you were able to share feedback — either positive or negative — with your company. How was it received? Explain why you felt supported in sharing this feedback.

I’ve had several opportunities over the years to share feedback that helped shape strategy and internal processes. More recently, I provided feedback around the optimization of our go-to-market tech stack. As our company scaled, I noticed overlapping tools, underutilized features and inconsistent adoption — all of which contributed to a growing list of inefficiencies. I shared these observations with my leader during one-on-ones, highlighting not just the redundancies, but also the missed opportunities for automation, better data flow and improved user experience. She was super receptive and recognized that streamlining our tech stack could directly improve go-to-market execution and team productivity. I felt fully supported in raising these concerns because Hireology encourages cross-functional problem solving and continuous improvement. Rather than seeing it as a critique, my feedback was treated as a catalyst for progress and I was empowered to own the solution.

 

How did your employer take action on that feedback? What did these changes demonstrate to you as an employee?

As a result, we deprecated several tools, consolidated workflows, restructured integrations and improved the user experience. These changes led to measurable improvements in lead conversion, reporting accuracy and time savings for our revenue teams. This experience reinforced that feedback is valued and acted upon.

 

How does employee feedback influence your company culture and how you feel about your workplace?

Continuous feedback fosters transparency, trust and shared ownership of outcomes. At Hireology, we run two engagement surveys a year to get a pulse on how everyone is feeling. The surveys impact how we engage, grow and improve as a company. 

I believe when you can influence strategic decisions, it strengthens your connection to the company’s success. Having a voice gives a sense of belonging and truly impacts how you show up every day for the company and each other.

Alicia Foote
Alicia Foote, Sr. Manager, Sales and Marketing Operations

Your favorite collaboration win — in one quotable line?

Partnering closely with sales and customer success helped us transform a repeated customer pain point into a standout experience that reduces workflow friction, meets real market needs and drives faster adoption across our platform.

 

What metric shows it works?

The most meaningful metric has been feature adoption — seeing customers actively shift to the new experience and rely on it every day. In addition, sales no longer hears this as a top blocker during conversations, which is a clear sign the market sees the value.

 

Which ritual keeps teams glued?

We stay aligned by bringing every voice to the table! Sales provides us with real-time prospect feedback, customer success joins design reviews and we also sit down with customers to hear directly from them what’s working and what isn’t. When every voice is part of the process, it’s easier to learn fast, adjust quickly and keep moving toward the best version of the product.

Stephany Burz
Stephany Burz, Product Manager

Hireology Employee Reviews

My favorite part of Hireology’s culture is our high-trust teams. We share information easily, we extend support to one another, we’re not afraid to take up challenging work, and we don’t worry about other team members letting us down.
Dani Harper
Dani Harper, Engineer Manager
Dani Harper, Engineer Manager
This is a very generic answer, but it’s true in my experience: everyone genuinely wants to help each other, and I think that type of culture can make up for a bad day here or there. We’re not perfect, but we’re lucky to have a group of people who have empathy for one another and will go out of their way to help you solve a problem when it comes up.
Chris Meingast
Chris Meingast, Director, Implementation & Customer Support
Chris Meingast, Director, Implementation & Customer Support

What People Are Saying About Hireology

  • Authentic & Consistent Values: Core values such as Create Wow Moments, Eager to Improve, Own the Result, “No Assholes,” and Pathological Optimism are explicitly framed as daily behaviors and decision guides. These values appear consistently across careers content and employee testimonials, signaling durable, lived norms.
  • Collaborative & Supportive Culture: Teammates are described as supportive and approachable, with accessible leaders and regular cross‑functional collaboration. Day‑to‑day culture is often characterized by strong team chemistry and a high‑trust, collaborative environment.
  • People-First Culture: Policies highlight remote‑friendly flexibility, unlimited PTO, monthly mental‑health days, volunteer time, and structured development programs. Inclusion and belonging are emphasized with an explicit DEI statement and practices intended to ensure every voice is heard.

Hireology's Benefits

Established employee awards to honor work and contributions

Has employee-led culture committees

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Offers company-sponsored outings

Offers Employee Resource Groups

Offers fitness stipend

Offers wellness programs

Hireology provides gym membership discounts, as well as, Divvy membership discounts.

Partners with nonprofits

Re:work and Upward Global, The Urban Alliance, Brave

Provides access to an onsite gym

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

Hireology offers two paid volunteer days, as well as, company-wide volunteer events.

Provides recreational clubs

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Hosts in-person all-hands meetings

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility

Offers a remote work program

Our remote work program includes full-time remote for specific positions and the ability to work remotely on occasion, as needed.

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

Utilizes a hybrid work model