Foundation.

Werklist is built on six documents every team member is expected to know and embody. Purpose, vision, mission, values, culture, positioning. Every other decision on this site traces back to these.

Purpose

To bring simplicity to global work by eliminating complexity and uncertainty for both workers and employers.

Verbatim from the Werklist Manifesto. Preserve the exact phrasing across every surface.

Vision

To become the first thought associated with work for both workers and employers, and to enable a world where they focus on work, not employment.

Mission

To design the global work infrastructure that redefines how the world works.

Local Permanent Placement

Remove bureaucracy from hiring local talent. Replace it with speed, precision and human connection.

Global Permanent Placement

Bring fairness and cultural alignment to global work by supporting legal migration and building transparent, value-driven pathways for both workers and employers.

Values

Five, in order. Each is a single sentence. Each appears verbatim in internal documentation and every deck.

01
Impact over Activity
We measure ourselves by outcomes, not by how busy we appear.
02
Excellence
We do not polish forever. We also do not ship work we would not sign with our name.
03
Winning
We play to win. Not once. Always.
04
Velocity
We make fast decisions and act with peaceful urgency.
05
Responsibility
We do not ask for permission to take ownership or risk. We need a reason not to.

Culture

Ten principles that define how Werklist operates. Drawn from the Manifesto.

01
Mission Over Self
02
Operate as a Team
03
Relentless Optimism
04
Zero Mediocrity
05
Strong Confidence
06
Ideas Win, Direction Reigns
07
A-Integrity Only
08
No Room for Bad People
09
Meritocracy Over Hierarchy
10
We Protect Our People for the Long Run

Positioning

Werklist is the global work infrastructure. A tech-enabled recruitment network that verifies both sides of the hire and handles the full employment lifecycle from sourcing to settlement.

Audience

Enterprise buyers
HR, operations and CEO decision-makers at European employers hiring locally or across borders. They read werklist.com and the PDF deck.
Candidates
Skilled-trade, industrial, hospitality, logistics and manufacturing workers across CEE. Also mid to senior professionals for local placements. They read jobs.werklist.com.
Investors and partners
Evaluating Werklist as a category leader in Croatia and CEE. They read the deck and this site.
Internal operators
Recruiters, account managers and the Werklist team working inside WerkOS.