Hypergrowth: How Montu scaled 1,400% in 18 months with Bob
Founded in 2019
Employees: 450
Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia
Sites: 3
Overview
Montu is Australia’s leading medical cannabis company. Headquartered in Melbourne, the company has 450 employees, including over 300 permanent and 100 contractors working remotely from across Australia and the UK. Montu has experienced exponential growth, scaling from 30 to 450 employees in 18 months.
Back when they were a company of 30 employees, Montu used spreadsheets and Dropbox to manage HR. As the first hire on the people team, Jade Harvey, GM of People and Talent, pushed for implementing an HCM after just two weeks on the job. After reviewing several HR systems, she chose Bob for its real-time people analytics and user-friendly interface. Fast forward 18 months, and Jade manages a team of 20 across talent acquisition, HR, and L&D. As Montu has scaled, they’ve purchased additional Bob modules that align with their roadmap and support their growing needs.
Montu’s favorite Bob features
How Montu used Bob to support their hypergrowth
As a small company of 30 people, Montu didn’t have an HCM to manage their people or any significant people data. This meant that they couldn’t track trends, which impacted their ability to be strategic.
Since implementing Bob, Montu’s people team can easily view and track KPIs and trends on their people and share key insights with the C-suite and other relevant stakeholders through the platform. Montu’s people team also uses Bob’s Analytics to produce customized executive reports for the C-suite.
“Having Bob as our central repository for all information and data has helped us to drive a high-performance culture as we’ve got metrics for measuring people’s performance, attendance, and feedback, and manager notes in there for anything that needs to be worked through.”
Scaling up on HR during a period of hypergrowth
As Montu scaled from 30 to 450 people over 18 months, their HR needs shifted and grew. Hiring at such a high volume meant that creating a successful remote onboarding experience became a priority. Using Bob’s onboarding workflows, Montu’s people team has built consistent onboarding processes for their new hires according to role and seniority.
When experiencing hypergrowth, companies need to plan their new positions carefully. Montu uses Bob’s job catalog to map out its job architecture, including aligning titles and providing a clear understanding of how many people are linked to each job type. They also use Bob’s Workforce Planning module for planning, approving, and budgeting for future headcount across the organization.
Bob’s modular platform has been the perfect solution for Montu as they’ve scaled, enabling them to add new modules as their business has evolved. Managing a rapidly growing fully remote company can be challenging, and with Bob, Montu’s people team feels confident in providing consistent experiences that reflect their company culture from onboarding to offboarding.
Main takeaways
- Montu’s C-Suite uses Bob’s Analytics to view key data for strategic planning.
- Bob’s modular platform was a perfect solution for Montu as they scaled.
- Montu uses Bob’s job catalog to map out its job architecture.
- Montu plans and budgets future headcount across the organization using Bob’s Workforce Planning.