Why we built OakHive
We founded OakHive because each of us has sat in nearly every seat a departure touches. It’s a pain almost every company we talk to recognises right away.
Every seat
Manager, teammate, new hire, the one who left, HR. Same gap, every time.
The cost
Work slows, relationships go cold, ramping up drags on for months.
The speed
People move roles all the time, and the work doesn’t pause while the next person catches up.
Who gets something out of one interview
For the manager
A summary before the goodbye meeting even ends
Four sections, including Risks and gaps and What wasn’t covered, plus an offboarding checklist.
For the successor
A handover guide from day one
Written to them, opening with “You are taking over…”, plus a guided session that walks them through the role.
For the team
The team can still ask after they’ve gone
The chat answers from what they said, in OakHive or in Microsoft Teams, and is built to say when something wasn’t covered.
For talent acquisition
A clearer brief for the next hire
What actually mattered in this role, and which skills are worth screening for. Straight from the person who did the job.
See a real handover in 20 minutes
Bring a role that is about to change hands. We show you an anonymised handover guide, what the interview looks like, and how the team asks it questions in Microsoft Teams. No slides.
We take on a few companies at a time, and a person replies to every request.