HR support for San Francisco start-ups and scale-ups
GullyHR works from Bengaluru with founders and people leads in San Francisco. We bring order to HR as a company grows from ten people to a few hundred.
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Share your requirementsIn brief
GullyHR is an HR consulting practice in Bengaluru, India. We work remotely with businesses in San Francisco: HR audits, process design, handbooks, onboarding and manager training, and fractional HR leadership. We give no legal advice. Your local adviser confirms every rule. Everything is delivered over video and shared documents.
Time zone. India is 13 hours 30 minutes ahead of San Francisco in winter and 12 hours 30 minutes ahead in summer. We work at night for you, so we hold calls in your late afternoon and send written work for your morning.
HR in San Francisco
San Francisco and the wider Bay Area are known for software, venture-backed start-ups, biotech and AI. These companies grow fast, use equity in pay, and often have engineers in several countries. Their HR tends to be built in a hurry.
- A seed to Series C software company with no HR lead
- A biotech team hiring scientists and lab staff
- A start-up with engineers in India and other countries
Where we usually start in San Francisco
Employee onboarding process
A first-week and first-ninety-day plan so new hires ramp up without founder time.
Read more →Soft skills management training
Online sessions for first-time managers on feedback, delegation and difficult talks.
Read more →HR audit
A paid review of records, policies and routines before the next hiring wave or funding round.
Read more →HR situations we see in San Francisco
HR built in a hurry
Offer letters, onboarding steps and policies live in different tools. We gather them into one tidy set the founders can maintain.
Equity conversations
Staff ask how stock options and vesting work. We help you prepare clear, consistent explanations, while your adviser confirms the plan terms.
Distributed engineering teams
A team across time zones needs shared norms for reviews and time off. We design these so remote staff are treated alike.
First-time managers
Strong engineers are promoted into management without training. We run short online sessions on feedback and one-to-ones.
How we work with San Francisco businesses
GullyHR is based in Bengaluru and delivers remotely. We have no office in San Francisco 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 the United States.
Questions from businesses in San Francisco
Yes. We work remotely and write to your calendar. We design HR and train managers, and we do not give legal advice.
No. We help you explain it consistently to staff. Your lawyer prepares and confirms the plan documents.
Not much. We send work overnight, so you often find it ready in your morning.
We can audit your HR files and list gaps to fix. Your adviser decides what the investors' review needs.