Why we exist
Building companies that actually work for the people in them.
We exist to help founders and executives build businesses that actually last through the ebbs and flows.
Growing fast is exciting. Growing fast and growing smart are equally important.
Our Approach
How we think about the work.
People at the center.
We design systems that actually support how people work, think, and collaborate. Not the other way around. Because a business is only as strong as the people in it.
Embedded, not siloed.
We understand how the company actually operates, not just how leadership thinks it operates.
Foundations that hold, not bandaids.
Quick fixes require constant attention to keep working. We build systems that hold up, even when you're not in the room.
Data + humans.
Data gives you signals. Humans give you context. One without the other is incomplete.
Real work, not performative.
We ask the hard questions, lean into discomfort, and avoid templated culture decks and corporate speak. We do work that actually changes how your company operates.
A message from Jannah
Hi, I'm Jannah Bachrouche (she/her).
I started HERC HR because I wanted to do what I'd done in-house, but for more companies. I wanted to change how people view and experience HR, and I wanted to be the kind of HR leader I wish I'd had before I ever entered this industry.
I've spent my career in the messy middle, the hard conversations, the broken systems, the places where people were doing their best without the support they needed. And I kept noticing something: employees didn't really know HR. People would say to me, "I've never actually gotten to know an HR person before." That's not a flex. That's a problem.
I'm a Queer Arab woman who's navigated spaces that weren't built for me. That shapes how I show up and what I help others build. I'm done running with the crowd. I want a new direction, even if the crowd gets smaller.
Before this, I was a professional athlete. I learned that high performance requires more than just pushing hard. You have to care for the whole person. Their body. Their mind. Their development. Performance is just as much mental as it is physical. You can't show up at your best without someone paying attention to the whole picture.
I approach this work the same way. The people you're employing are no different (minus the 6am summer workouts, of course). They need to be developed, challenged, and cared for. They need someone paying attention to the whole picture, their capabilities, their challenges, their growth. That's how you build a culture that actually performs.
HERC is named after my dog, Hercules. He was a blue heeler, too smart for his own good, an insanely hard worker, and could do burpees. I'm not kidding.
If you're here, you're building something important. Maybe you're overwhelmed. Maybe you're ready to do things differently. Maybe you want to get it right early on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here. Let's see what we can build. Together.
Jannah