Built by someone who's been there

This is powerful and clear already. Here’s a tightened, launch-page-ready version that keeps your voice but sharpens the story and value:

I’ve changed careers. I’ve moved countries. I’ve watched colleagues I respected scatter to the winds after companies closed.

Every time, the same frustrating pattern repeated: years of work, relationships built, trust earned — and none of it came with me.

New employers had to take my word for it. The colleagues who could vouch for me? Gone. The companies that held my performance reviews? Some don’t even exist anymore.

Meanwhile, I was competing with people who exaggerated their experience — and I had no way to prove I wasn’t one of them.

That felt deeply unfair.

So I decided to fix it.

Open HR is the verification infrastructure I wished existed.

It lets workers collect verified references from people who actually worked with them — and own that proof forever.

Not a “dates and title only” letter from HR.

Real feedback from real colleagues about what you’re actually like to work with.

We’re starting in Bordeaux. We’re launching in 2026. And we’re building something that should have existed decades ago.

— Johnathen Evans-Guilbault, Founder