How Elevo helped WizVille structure its performance review cycles
Before Elevo
The drawbacks of ad hoc performance reviews
In 2018, Raphaël Carton joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), with responsibilities extending beyond finance to also include HR — a challenge given that human resources was not his core area of expertise.
Raphaël quickly addressed the annual review process, which until then had been conducted on an ad hoc basis — a practice he found far from optimal.
“Ad hoc performance reviews just don’t work for managers. When you scale, your processes have to scale with you. You need that for your People Reviews. The annual performance review is the counterpart of a People Review, and you can’t be doing salary reviews every month. HR needs to operate within a clear framework, and it’s much easier to tell employees: ‘Reviews happen during this period.’ This clarity is crucial when you’re growing; you can’t run processes à la carte. It’s clearer for everyone. Structuring HR processes is really essential.”
- Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
The constraints of Google Docs
In 2018, to better structure the review process at WizVille, the decision was made to conduct evaluations on Google Docs, all at a fixed date. However, using Google Docs introduced its own challenges:
- A time-consuming process: Raphaël Carton had to print all the reviews for signature, then collect and archive them.
- Legal risks: Was every review properly signed? Were they archived correctly?
- Limited scope beyond legal compliance: “Google Docs restricted us. It felt more like a tool for fulfilling legal obligations than a real document for reviews and discussions,” explains Raphaël Carton.
Why did WizVille choose Elevo?
In 2019, faced with these issues, Raphaël Carton and WizVille’s CEO, Timothée de Laitre, began looking for an HR tool specialized in performance review management.
Elevo quickly caught their attention — thanks to its ease of use!
“When benchmarking HR tools with the CEO, Elevo quickly stood out because the platform was simple and intuitive.”
- Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
The 5 key benefits of Elevo for WizVille
Since 2019, implementing Elevo has brought numerous positive outcomes for WizVille — both for the CFO and for all employees.
1°) Time savings
The intuitive nature of the platform makes managing campaigns extremely simple — a major advantage, especially for those who aren’t HR experts.
“Running a campaign on Elevo is very simple and quick, even for someone who isn’t in HR.”
- Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
2°) Launching new review campaigns
This ease of use has allowed the CFO to enhance HR processes and increase the number of campaigns — for instance, by introducing annual professional review campaigns instead of every two years.
3°) Reviews that go beyond legal compliance
By adopting Elevo and increasing the frequency of reviews, both the perception and purpose of these processes have evolved at WizVille.
“When it comes to the annual review, performance is always the backdrop, but we’ve managed to take it further — getting feedback on engagement through specific questions. The same goes for the professional review, which is no longer seen as a legal constraint. In our latest professional review campaigns, we received very concrete feedback — people telling us they wanted to change departments or move to full remote work.”
- Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
4°) Gathering strategic data
Elevo also enables Raphaël Carton to collect valuable insights. This was particularly true in 2020 during the health crisis. He added an open-ended question to the annual review template to better understand how employees were feeling: “What lessons have you learned from this year so heavily focused on remote work?"
Les fThe feedback gathered was shared with the Executive Committee, leading to concrete actions — such as in-house training to help managers better navigate their HR responsibilities. In this context, managers were, for example, trained on how to conduct one-on-one reviews by learning new practices.
5°) Supporting an HR vision and strategy
At WizVille, adopting a tool like Elevo is part of a broader HR strategy aimed at empowering every employee to grow and take ownership of their development.
“The most important thing, in my opinion, is that Elevo has helped support our HR vision and strategy. At WizVille, we strongly believe that an HR framework enables employees to take responsibility, grow, and progress. With the right tools, we give people the keys to ‘move forward together on the project.’ “
- Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
What’s next?
In 2023, WizVille is considering launching 360° Feedback campaigns — a project that Raphaël Carton believes would contribute significantly to developing managers.
“In our current reviews, direct reports already share their feedback on their managers. But I’d like to broaden that with 360° Feedback. Once you start growing, it’s valuable for managers to receive other, more cross-functional feedback.”
-Raphaël Carton, Chief Financial Officer, WizVille
