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Harlo was created from inside the work.
Built by an experienced HR practitioner, Harlo brings clarity, humanity, and practical judgment to some of the most complex moments organizations and their people face.
Why Harlo Exists
We created the partner we wished we had.
Harlo’s founder, Seda Onek, spent the last two decades leading HR within complex, growing organizations, guiding employees through difficult life moments, advising managers through high-stakes decisions, and helping businesses navigate the intersection of leave, accommodations, and employment law.
With experience spanning HR leadership, finance, technology, and workforce compliance, she has not only managed these processes but also designed the systems behind them.
That perspective revealed a recurring problem: the tools and services available to HR rarely reflected how interconnected, nuanced, and human the work truly is.
Harlo was built to change that.
Our Belief
The human experience and organizational protection should strengthen one another.
We combine deep subject-matter expertise with operational discipline, systems thinking, and practical business judgment.
We understand that supporting people and protecting the organization are not competing priorities. When the process is thoughtful, accurate, and well designed, each strengthens the other.
Harlo is different because we have lived the challenges we are solving. We know where processes break down, where important details get lost, and where HR teams are forced to carry too much on their own.
We created the partner we wished we had—one that brings clarity to complexity, humanity to compliance, and confidence to every decision.