People at Work

What People at Work does

People at Work (legal name: People @t Work) is a Costa Rica-based, privately held staffing and workforce management firm founded in 2011 by Guillermo Madrigal and a co-founder. The company operates from San José, Costa Rica, with a headcount in the 11–50 range, and serves enterprise clients — primarily multinational corporations with operations in Costa Rica — across technology, healthcare, banking, consumer goods, logistics, real estate, energy, hospitality, e-commerce, automotive, and construction. The business is built around three integrated service pillars: 'Nuestra gente hace su trabajo' (deploying the firm's own trained personnel to client sites for temporary or permanent assignments), 'Trabajamos con su gente' (an outsourcing modality in which People at Work assumes management of a client's existing workforce after an operational diagnostic), and 'Trabajamos en su gente' (HR consulting and team-development advisory aimed at building high-performing teams).

The underlying delivery model is services-led rather than technology-led. No core technology platform, AI/ML capability, proprietary software, patents, or API surface is disclosed; the offering rests on the firm's pre-trained talent pool, operational know-how, and consultative diagnostic methodology. Distribution is executed through direct enterprise sales — phone, email, a website contact form offering customized proposals, and supporting content marketing via a corporate blog and LinkedIn presence. There is no public pricing; engagements are quote-based and tailored to client scope.

Revenue mechanics are professional services in nature: the firm bills for staffing hours, outsourced workforce management, and HR consulting engagements. The public logo wall names approximately 50 enterprise customers including Intel, Dell, Accenture, VMware, Akamai, Citrix, Abbott, Roche, Boston Scientific, Citibank, Scotiabank, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, Amazon, Diageo, Huawei, JLL, Equifax, Experian, and NTT Data. No funding history, revenue figures, or M&A activity are disclosed, and the company is founder-owned with no reported institutional investors. Geographic scope is concentrated in Costa Rica / Central America, though a recently added English-language website locale and active blog suggest modest outward orientation.

Name

People at Work

Legal name

People @t Work

Website

https://peopleatworkcr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

People at Work is a Costa Rica-based, privately held staffing and workforce management firm founded in 2011 that delivers temporary staffing, outsourced HR management, and team-development consulting to enterprise multinational clients operating in Costa Rica across multiple industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Workforce Management

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Professional Employer Organizations (56133)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Workforce management
• HR outsourcing
• Temporary staffing
• Talent management

Headquarters

HQ city

San Pedro

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Workforce Management Services: People at Work generates revenue through staffing and outsourcing services. They provide three service modalities: (1) placing their own trained personnel at client sites, (2) managing client-owned staff through outsourcing arrangements, and (3) training and developing client workforce. Services cover both temporary and permanent employment needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

People at Work provides staffing and workforce management services to enterprise clients in Costa Rica. Its three core offerings are: (1) supplying trained, equipped, and motivated personnel for temporary or permanent assignments; (2) managing clients' existing staff through outsourcing structured around a diagnostic of client needs; and (3) HR consulting to develop highly effective, engaged client teams. Services cover both temporary and permanent employment needs across multiple industries.

Product overview

People at Work is a unified human resources services platform offering three interconnected core services: (1) 'Nuestra gente hace su trabajo' provides staffed personnel for temporary or permanent work; (2) 'Trabajamos con su gente' delivers customized outsourcing solutions based on organizational diagnostics; and (3) 'Trabajamos en su gente' provides consulting to develop high-performing teams. The three services address the complete lifecycle of workforce management—finding people, working alongside existing teams, and developing talent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nuestra gente hace su trabajo (Staffing Service) Staffing service providing trained, equipped, and motivated personnel to perform tasks not included in a client's work plan, for temporary or permanent assignments. Targeted at enterprise clients requiring flexible workforce supplementation.
• Trabajamos con su gente (Outsourcing Service) Outsourcing service that provides a customized solution after a careful diagnostic process, adapting to the client's operational requirements. Designed for enterprises seeking to offload HR administration and management of their existing staff.
• Trabajamos en su gente (HR Consulting and Advisory) HR consulting and advisory service focused on developing effective work teams with happy, highly productive employees. Targeted at enterprise clients seeking to build internal team capability and engagement.

Named customers54 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PageGroup: PageGroup operates recruitment and workforce solutions businesses (Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Outsourcing) with strong Latin American operations; its mix of permanent placement, temporary staffing, and outsourcing closely mirrors People at Work's three-pillar offering.
• Hays: Hays is a specialist recruitment and workforce solutions firm with strong Latin American presence; it serves enterprise clients with permanent and temporary placement plus consulting services — a closer structural match to People at Work than the volume giants.
• Robert Half: Robert Half combines staffing (temporary and permanent placement) with Protiviti consulting — almost an exact parallel to People at Work's staffing-plus-consulting model — typically serving professional and administrative roles for enterprise clients.
• Insight Global:

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup provides temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, and workforce solutions (including Right Management) across global markets — directly comparable to People at Work's integrated staffing-plus-consulting platform, with established Latin American operations.
• Randstad: Randstad is a global leader in HR services, offering staffing, outsourcing, and consulting — its 'Randstad Sourceright' division mirrors People at Work's managed-workforce and consulting offerings, and Randstad operates in Central America competing for the same multinational accounts.
• Kelly Services: Kelly Services provides staffing, outsourcing, and consulting across multiple industries including science, engineering, and office — comparable horizontal staffing-and-outsourcing footprint with active Latin American presence competing in the same enterprise segment.
• Adecco: Adecco is the world's largest generalist staffing firm, offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing across all major industries globally — the same horizontal generalist model People at Work operates in Costa Rica, just at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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