HR audit and process design for businesses in Berlin
GullyHR works remotely from India with owners and HR heads of Berlin businesses. We audit HR, design processes and documents, and train managers online.
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Share your requirementsIn brief
GullyHR is the HR consulting arm of Gully System, based in Bengaluru, India. We work remotely with Berlin businesses to audit HR practice, design clear processes and documents, and train managers online. We give no legal advice. Your German employment lawyer or adviser confirms every legal point. The first conversation is free.
Time zone. Germany and Switzerland follow Central European Time. In winter (UTC+1) India is 4h30 ahead, and in summer (UTC+2) India is 3h30 ahead. For Berlin, the Indian morning meets the German early-to-mid morning, and the German afternoon meets the Indian evening. A shared window of three to four hours is easy to keep, usually late morning to mid afternoon in Berlin.
HR in Berlin
Berlin is well known for its start-up and technology scene, creative and media businesses, and a large number of international teams working in English. Many employers hire across borders and across cultures. That makes consistent onboarding, clear role definitions and written processes more important than they first appear.
- A founder-led start-up in Berlin that has grown past its first 20 people
- A scale-up with staff from many countries and no common people process
- A subsidiary of a foreign group that needs its HR documents to read the same as head office
Where we usually start in Berlin
HR audit
A paid review of how HR runs today across hiring, onboarding, records and manager practice, with a clear list of gaps and fixes. The first conversation is free.
Read more →Employee onboarding process
A step-by-step onboarding flow for international joiners, so the first weeks look the same for every team.
Read more →Performance management process
Goals, check-ins and review forms that work for mixed-culture teams and stay light enough for a start-up.
Read more →HR situations we see in Berlin
Fast hiring, thin onboarding
Start-ups add people quickly, and onboarding often stays informal. New joiners from abroad learn the rules by asking around, and answers differ from person to person.
Many nationalities, many expectations
Teams in Berlin often mix people with different views on feedback, hierarchy and working hours. Managers need a shared way to set goals and give feedback.
Roles that grew by accident
In young companies, job titles outrun real responsibilities. Without role descriptions, pay, promotion and performance talks become hard to defend.
English working language, German paperwork
The team may work in English while contracts and works documents are expected in German. Someone has to keep both versions aligned, with local review.
How we work with Berlin businesses
GullyHR is based in Bengaluru and delivers remotely. We have no office in Berlin and we do not list overseas clients. We do not give legal advice, run payroll or arrange visas. Your qualified local adviser confirms the local rules, and we build the HR process around them. See the local rules your adviser confirms in Germany.
Questions from businesses in Berlin
Yes, we work remotely. We review your HR practice, design processes and documents in English, and train managers online. We are not in Germany, and we do not give legal advice. A German adviser should confirm anything that touches employment law.
We draft in English. If a document must also exist in German, a local adviser or translator prepares and checks that version.
No. We do not run payroll or file returns. We design the people processes around payroll, and your payroll provider handles the rest.
Book a first conversation, which is free. We then agree a paid audit or a specific piece of process work, and fix a meeting rhythm across the time difference.