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From Reviews to Results.

Debox replaces outdated annual reviews with continuous performance systems that connect results, behavior, and growth — and we automate the admin work around them.

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Consulting · Pune and Bangalore

Advik Hi-Tech

Advik wanted to know what the market paid. We began by working out what they paid — because most compensation problems are internal before they are external.
115Benchmark coverage
Full write-up · Nov 2018 – Mar 2019, Feb – Apr 2023
Consulting · Mumbai

The CAI Store

We structured The CAI Store in 2019, while it was still small enough to do properly. The company has grown close to sevenfold since. The structures were extended in 2022 and have never been replaced.
₹3.85 Cr → ₹26.2 CrAnnual revenue
Full write-up · Oct 2019 – Mar 2020, Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Consulting · SEEPZ, Mumbai

Fine Jewellery Manufacturing

Seven completed, three hitting their milestones, and two more added mid-year once the machinery was working. Then we went back and fixed where the goals were coming from in the first place.
7 of 10Short-term initiatives completed
Full write-up · Jan – Dec 2024, Sep – Dec 2024
Consulting · Mumbai

Innofitt Systems

Innofitt already had processes. What it did not have was anyone checking whether they were being followed. We built the measurement layer across 35 roles, then spent three years making sure it was used.
30 → 30White-collar team
Full write-up · Sep 2021 – Oct 2024, Scope complete
Consulting · Mumbai

Juno’s Pizza

The company accounts showed a business losing money. They could not show why. Store-level accounts could — starting with how much cheese was going onto each pizza.
0.4% → 13%Outlet-level EBITDA
Full write-up · Mar – Nov 2018, Nine months
Consulting · Mumbai

KALKI Fashion

KALKI was growing fast on judgement and experience, with almost nothing measured. We documented every role in the business and built what it took to run it on numbers instead — then came back five years later to rebuild the store playbook for a national rollout.
75Roles documented
Full write-up · Sep 2018 – Apr 2019, Apr – May 2023
Consulting · Mumbai and Bangalore

SoCheers Infotech

A team leader can only manage what they can measure. In a creative agency, nobody could measure anything — because there was no way to compare a designer making videos with one making print.
15 → up to 90Team size a leader manages
Full write-up · From October 2019
THE CHALLENGE

The Annual Review Trap

  1. 01

    Annual reviews have become rituals — delayed, subjective, and disconnected from real work.

  2. 02

    Managers struggle to evaluate fairly, employees feel unseen, and HR spends weeks each cycle consolidating spreadsheets instead of having actual development conversations.

  3. 03

    The problem isn't performance. It's the system built to measure it.

OUR APPROACH

01

Diagnose

We study existing review cycles, KRAs, appraisal tools, and leadership maturity to identify bias points and misalignment between performance and rewards.

02

Design

We build a custom PMS connecting Results (KPI achievement), Behavior (competency alignment), and Potential (growth readiness), with defined rating scales and policy guidelines.

03

Drive

We deploy the new PMS with HR and leadership, run manager training, and integrate 360° feedback cycles.

04

Deliver

We automate the system using Zoho People or a custom platform, establish review cadences, and hand over ownership to your internal HR team.

What We Deliver

  1. 01

    Performance Appraisal System Design: a custom PMS connecting results, behavior, and growth potential

  2. 02

    360° Feedback & Review Cycles: structured multi-rater feedback built into the review process

  3. 03

    Manager training on fair, consistent evaluation

  4. 04

    Appraisal cycle automation (Zoho People or custom platform) that removes manual spreadsheet consolidation

  5. 05

    Handover of full system ownership to your internal HR team

Client Proof

Client

SoCheers Infotech

Custom review platform, replacing spreadsheets

At SoCheers Infotech, Debox replaced a manual, spreadsheet-driven review process with a custom-designed review platform. The result: the HR team saved over 100 hours per review cycle previously spent on follow-ups and data consolidation, and other team heads saved 45+ hours each cycle that had gone into compiling team data and past performance references manually. The team has since grown 2x, and those time savings have scaled with it.

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