
At a glance

Explore this case study if:
- You’re a new business and want to get your HR admin sorted right from the very beginning
- You’re looking for powerful HR software that can scale with you
- You want to conduct and document regular 1:1 meetings to improve employee happiness and productivity
- You’re looking for all-in-one HR software that can help you easily manage your team
About Pathmint
In 2019, Sarah Mills-Krutilek (SMK) founded Pathmint, a management consultancy firm. Their Melbourne-based team helps startups scale by building high performing teams across the globe. Their services range from strategic hiring advice to operating as your on the ground talent team, right through to partnering with your current People team to support everyday hiring functions.
Their team of recruiters and advisors have worked in recruiting for some of Silicon Valley’s most well-known companies including Google, Airbnb, Pinterest and LinkedIn. With hands-on experience and extensive professional networks, their team helps founders build successful, long-lasting teams to support them on their hyper-growth business journeys.
The team at Pathmint work with a wide portfolio of Stealth, Series A through to E organisations, with their team having assisted some of the fastest-growing, VC-backed companies in Australia and the US.
With many of the team at Pathmint being extremely experienced in building exceptional HR teams, SMK knew that a powerful end-to-end HR platform was needed to help streamline her people admin – especially during the early stages of her business and as they begin to scale.
That’s why SMK turned to Employment Hero, to help her improve her HR processes and better manage HR team admin – and she’s been one of our biggest advocates since.
Employment Hero is supporting Pathmint on their exciting growth journey
Powerful HR software that can do it all
With such an experienced team of people at Pathmint, SMK knew exactly what she was looking for when it came to HR software.
“We were a brand new company, with many of us having worked for notable companies with strong HR teams. We were all used to proper review cycles, healthy 1:1 chats with our managers and HR systems that answered our questions”, SMK said.
For SMK and the Pathmint team, Employment Hero’s suite of powerful HR tools was just what they were looking for. From seamless onboarding to 1:1 meetings, right through to performance reviews and employee benefits, SMK can manage every stage of the employee lifecycle right from within our secure cloud-based mobile and desktop app.
Intuitive HR software that can get you up and running in no time
Getting up and running as quickly as possible was a priority for the Pathmint team. They wanted to ensure that everything was set up correctly from the get-go and know that the countless items on their HR checklist would be ticked off.
“Employment Hero is very easy to set up and offers lots of extras to support your team. As we were starting from scratch, it was hard to know where to begin with the endless set-up of HR tasks”, SMK said.
Peace of mind that you’re doing the right thing, every time
Australia has some of the most complex employment laws in the world, which is why for SMK, having peace of mind that they’re fulfilling their obligations as an employer was incredibly important. This means that she can focus her attention back on other parts of her business like working with clients and developing her own company culture.
“It’s important to be mindful of those people management challenges that you don’t want to think will happen to your business, but need to prepare for. Having Employment Hero gives considerable piece of mind so that I can focus on the other important matters of my business”, says SMK.
Regular 1:1 meetings that help boost employee happiness
We all know the benefits that having regular communication and check-ins with your team bring. Increased employee engagement, a boost to workplace happiness and even higher rates of retention. “It takes the guesswork out of ensuring employees at Pathmint are happy and focused on what they should be doing each week”, SMK said.
“Since adopting Employment Hero, the most significant win has been regular 1:1s with team members and prompts that help the leadership team better understand an employee’s well-being. It is so easy to track the progress, and this has given our already time-strapped team a massive boost in productivity and overall happiness as we are communicating more effectively with each other.”
Pathmint and Employment Hero – a winning combo
We love hearing about the impact Employment Hero has made for Pathmint. If you’d like to learn more about how Employment Hero can support your team and transform your HR processes, speak to one of our business specialists today.
If you’d like to see how much time and money you can save with Employment Hero, take a look at our return on investment (ROI) report.