Kazoo Aquires WorkTango with Rob Catalano

The HR tech space has been consolidating heavily over the past few years while money is pouring into this space like never before amid the pandemic and upheaval of the workforce. Funding in the sector totaled nearly $7.5 billion at the end of 2021 – more than the totals for 2019 and 2020 combined. Kazoo, the all-in-one employee experience platform, recently announced the acquisition of WorkTango, the Toronto-based employee experience survey and people analytics company.Bill is joined by WorkTango Chief Engagement Officer & Co-Founder, Rob Catalano. Questions Include: Why partner with Kazoo? Before we get into the functionalities, what was the brand fit? Short term: Kazoo and WorkTango will initially operate their platforms individually as they work to fully integrate both the teams and the solutions. You will join Kazoo’s executive team as Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. Tell me about the transition period and what it will; mean for your customers in the short term. Longer-term: Through this acquisition, Kazoo will expand its capabilities with WorkTango's comprehensive employee listening solution that gathers employee feedback via configurable templates, intelligently analyzes the data in automated dashboards, and recommends next steps for people leaders based on those insights. Additionally, Kazoo will leverage WorkTango's expertise in data, analytics, and AI across the platform to unlock a more complete understanding of an employee's day-to-day experience. Tell me about the new combined functionality you'll now offer to customers. Any advice for others thinking of starting an HR tech business? What are your predictions for the HR tech space over the next 12-24 months? As the HR tech space continues to grow, Kazoo’s acquisition aims to create better technology experiences for both HR leaders and employees, and provide the only solution in the market with employee engagement, recognition and performance management capabilities in a single platform. Through this acquisition, Kazoo will expand its capabilities with WorkTango's comprehensive employee listening solution. For more details, you can find the full press release linked here.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletterCheck out our in-person events