Cardino streamlines HR for hyper-growth
💼 Industry: marketplace | 📈 Employees: 300+ |📍 HQ: Germany
- Saved 20 hours per month on HR operations
- Centralised 80% of HR processes in first quarter
- Streamlined 100% of employees into one structured performance review cycle
Cardino is a Berlin-based used electric vehicle (EV) marketplace. They're helping remove inefficiencies so used EVs across Europe can find a new owner at a fair price.
The Revolut People tools Cardino used:
- Time management
- Employee onboarding
- Performance reviews
- 1:1 meetings
Needing structure for fast growth
Following a €4 million seed round of funding, Cardino rapidly scaled from a team of 10 to over 30 employees across the EU. As one of the fastest-growing startups in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, their manual HR processes weren't keeping pace.
To start, the company was storing critical HR data in spreadsheets, which was difficult to maintain and keep accurate, and proved inefficient for their expanding team. On top of this, as Cardino introduced new roles, they found departments were too siloed, leading to miscommunications. The company needed to define expectations across teams and roles, so everyone was aligned and career trajectories were structured to support high performers.
A streamlined and scalable people solution
Cardino adopted Revolut People to manage their HR and performance because of its startup-centric design, rapid implementation timeline, and in-depth and intuitive performance templates and scorecards. The platform aimed to establish a centralised, compliant HR system while implementing end-to-end performance management processes.
Transitioning to the platform was seamless, with Cardino successfully running their first company-wide 360-degree performance review just 3 months after implementing Revolut People. The hands-on support from Revolut People's team helped Cardino adapt and customise key features rapidly.
A foundation of transparency and growth
Since transitioning to Revolut People, Cardino has experienced a significant transformation in their HR operations. The numbers speak for themselves:
- More time for what matters — the team saved 20 hours each month on manual HR admin thanks to Revolut People's automations
- Simple adoption — Cardino migrated 80% of HR processes from Google Sheets and Notion to Revolut People within the first quarter
- High team participation — the company saw 100% employee participation in their first structured performance review
Beyond this, Cardino established transparent career paths and clarified role requirements across all levels, so their team had the transparency to work smarter. They even implemented effective time management for their hybrid work environment. Now, Cardino has a company structure built for long-term growth — which is ideal. After all, their used EVs journey is just getting started.
