What changes do you forsee for the EX function at VC funded startups if the recession continues?

@ranaq How should one scale themselves up in the field of people analytics? What is a good place to start for one to contribute to the team in deriving such insights and building an analytics mindset?

What are some of the best tools in the market you would recommend for dashboarding and building prediction models?

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What is the ideal HR tech stack that you would recommend for a potentially high- growth company and for a company still gaining it foothold?

Hey @ranaq 1. What are some of the parameters that we can use to evaluate performance of Tech and Product Teams? For the purpose of Appraisals, Feedback and Performance Reviews 2. How do we quantify the metrics of Tech and Product Teams for the same purpose mentioned above ?

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@ranaq Thank you for doing this AMA. My question: What are the metrics we should start capturing in the hiring/recruitment data of the company? And going forward what could be the main focus point among the metrics we should strive to achieve first or which could increase our hiring efficiency?

Hi @ranaq thanks a lot for doing this. The first 90 days of a new hire are the most critical. 1. Who should own this experience? HR or the Manager - what should be the role of both these stakeholders? 2. What quantifiable metrics are important to track in the new hire journey?

Hey @ranaq My question is: i'm planning to take up HR Analytics course, so which tool will be better Tableau or Power BI, Pleas suggest.

Hi @ranaq Thank you for the AMA. We are a growing product based company and hence my questions are heavily focused on talent planning and forecasting. 1. How do organisations carry out people structuring % wise for a product company? (Product+Tech - Sales+KAM - Business Enablement - Leadership) 2. How should Overall people budget and new hiring budget be calculated? What % of revenue goes into people? 3. How do we decide the ideal size - Sales team to Customer Success to Product Support 4. What would be an Ideal KAM size- should it be based on revenue- what should be the ideal portfolio value in terms of both number and $ value. 5. In a Business enablement team- what % of overall people v/s % of overall cost? 6. What is an ideal manager to team ratio? 7. What are the hiring trends we see for the year since there is a market slowdown? 8. In cases of limited talent hiring budget, how to go about prioritising roles?

Hi @ranaq, I think I am just in time to ask a question. How do you see Performance Review evolve as an approach. Taking this further from the point you recently brought on LinkedIn (link for reference of the group https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ranaq_okrs-pms-performance-activity-6950318131152072704-fzhK?utm_source=linkedin_share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop_web) . Are we reaching a stage (if not already there), where Performance Review will become an archaic process, given the amount of automation and analytics is at play.

If I’m not mistaken, I believe everyone’s questions have been answered! @ranaq Thanks so much for spending your time with us here and sharing your insights with everyone 🙌 And thank you to everyone for all of the great questions as well!

set the channel topic: Guest experts will answer your HR and People Ops questions. 🗓️ Watch this space for the date of our next Ask Me Anything Session

Thanks for hosting me here! Had a wonderful time thinking through these questions and trying my best to give my context to all your questions. Always open to talking more about the space of people technology and analytics and how we can move our function to becoming a very strategic and business led function. Leaving my calendly here, happy to connect 1:1 with anyone here - calendly.com/ranaq_mpl/30 🙏

Hello! Could you help me understand one aspect of your leave policy? Is it on a pro rata basis or do you credit all the leaves start of the year or do you have a mix of both?

Hello! Hope everyones doing great! I'm looking for some help with regards to creating an L&D plan for a Start-Up. Do let me know if you have done it before or have any ideas. Would love to have a chat and understand more.

Hi, hoping everyone is doing good, Iam looking for some help with Employee Journey document or process, what all points should be considered and what should be the outcome? thanks

Would really appreciate some help here

Hello, I would like to learn more about the process of formulating a career progression plan more like a career ladder for GTM roles specifically. Would love to understand the general practices and frameworks. TIA

Hola! I really need some conversation around OKR and should OKR be part of individual objectives and performance review? I am currently contemplating how to ensure people contribute towards OKR.

For us, we do use OKRs for performance review - set them as goals in the system and track 6 months through mid-year review and annual. Honestly - it's my first experience with OKR since we used to use KPIs in my past organization. It makes sense if OKRs are used org wise even at department/leadership level to measure overall performance.

Thank you Sarang! We don't want to use OKRs for performance review but need some more light on how and what we should do.

set the channel topic: 📣 The next AMA session will be hosted by Manish Kumar, People & Culture at Flint, Ex- Unacademy and WhiteHat Jr on Aug 25, 2022 (Thursday) --> 8 am to 8 pm. We’ll roll out the announcement soon 🗒️

Hi, we are looking for any legal firm or person for our company. Any leads would be really helpful.

For people working in the night shift, do you offer any allowance in the following situations? 1. In-office 2. Remote working I'd like to get some understanding on travel, food, night shift allowance, etc. Thank you!

Hi, Does anyone know a training vendor/Freelance Facilitator who can run a People Manager Program?

Hi everyone (<!channel>) 👋 I’m delighted to be able to welcome Manish Kumar (@Manish kumar), People & Culture Lead at flint (Ex- Unacademy and WhiteHat Jr) to answer all of your questions. 🎇 Here’s how this session will work: • Join us live on #expert-ama during the session from 8 am to 8 pm on Thursday, August 25 (tomorrow), and ask your questions • Leave your questions right here in the #expert-ama channel already so that Manish can answer them tomorrow Here are some topics you might like to ask Manish questions about: 1️⃣ Building teams and setting up HR initiatives from the ground up 😇 In his current role at Flint (a crypto startup), Manish has been supporting the organisation with its HR processes during its early stages, helps them recruit their leadership teams, and additionally has the responsibilities of all in-house processes as well. 2️⃣ Scaling HR processes 🛠️ Having spent 6 years working at startups, Manish knows first-hand what going through a hyper-growth scaling phase feels like and what’s required of HR during that time. 3️⃣ Building low-cost Employee engagement strategies 💻 Manish understands the challenges of creating a low cost yet effective employee engagement program. He experimented, failed, learned, iterated & figured it out. Maybe you have questions about how to implement the same in your company? 4️⃣ … And anything else! ❓ You can ask Manish anything you like about his career, his previous experience, how he would approach a challenge you’re facing, or anything else 🙂. Looking forward to seeing your questions 💥 @Manish kumar over to you. Thanks so much for being here for the AMA 🙌

<!channel> Hey everyone! Welcome to today’s AMA session with @Manish kumar. Manish is a People & Culture Lead at Flint and has a ton of experience working in tech startups. Looking forward to seeing all of your questions. Below is a recap of how the sessions work. Feel free to post your questions below! 🙌 Welcome Manish - thanks so much for being here to answer everyone’s questions 👋 Over to you! 😄

💬 My question to Manish - Since you’ve worked at startups as large as Unacademy (6000+ employees) and startups as small as Flint (29 employees). what are some of the major differences that you have seen in the HR/People Ops challenges within small vs large businesses wrt: • Recruiting • Onboarding • Employee engagement • Rewards & Recognition • Career growth/ L&D