Work should make people better, not burn them out
HeartMetrics was born from a simple observation: the managers who care the most about their teams often have the least visibility into what's actually happening.
Why now?
Burnout costs the global economy an estimated $1 trillion per year. Invisible labor, particularly in operational and supporting roles, leads to attrition among the most dedicated team members.
Meanwhile, access to growth opportunities, stretch projects, and public recognition is unevenly distributed, often along lines that reinforce existing biases.
Modern work tools generate rich signals about how work is distributed, where it gets stuck, and who carries the load. But this data sits unused in Jira boards, meeting calendars, and project trackers.
HeartMetrics connects these signals to give managers a clear, ethical, and actionable view of team health and fairness.
76%
of employees have experienced burnout
50%
of attrition is attributed to managers
3x
variation in 1:1 support time within teams
65%
of stretch projects go to the same people
Our principles
Care
We believe managers want to do right by their teams. We give them the visibility to act on that intention.
Fairness
Every feature is designed to surface and reduce inequity in work distribution, recognition, and opportunity access.
Explainability
No black boxes. Every score, recommendation, and flag is backed by transparent, plain-language reasoning.
Privacy-First
We use work-system signals only. No private message reading, no keystroke monitoring, no screen tracking.
Our team
Built by people with experience at Google, Amazon, Deloitte, Nestle, ASU, PSU. We combine expertise in organizational psychology, product design, data ethics, and enterprise software to create tools that make work genuinely better.
We've seen firsthand how invisible labor, unfair systems, and blind spots in management lead to talented people leaving. HeartMetrics is our answer: give every manager the visibility to lead with care and fairness.