Hive is a cloud-based system currently being designed to streamline employment related tasks and processes into a single, easy-to-use platform. It will centralise activities like payroll and benefits, recruitment, onboarding, rostering, and even learning.
By integrating these functions, Hive will improve efficiency, enhance your employee experience, and provide better insights to support people-focused decisions. This page will keep you updated as our Hive project team and subject matter experts from across Costa work together to launch Hive in 2026.
Recruitment
+ Apply for jobs at Costa
+ Coordinate interviews
+ Select the best person
for the role
Onboarding
+ Complete online paperwork before day one
+ Confirm right-to-work documents
+ Get set up for payroll in hive
Learning
+ Training & development opportunities
+ Compliance training for your role
+ Hive e-learns at your own pace
Engagement
+ Surveys to understand how you're going at Costa
+ Onboarding check-ins after you join
+ Offboarding process when you leave
Compensation
+ Rewards & recognition
+ Benefits information in one place
+ Pay benchmarking & review
Performance
+ Promotions & career progression
+ Performance evaluations and feedback
+ Goal-setting & development cycle
Hive will replace multiple systems
Hive absorbs the functionality of multiple systems Costa currently uses — bringing them into one platform.
SAY GOODBYE
These systems will be replaced,
and their functionality will be absorbed by hive.
iGrow (word/PDF)
Excel (partly)
Preceda
Tanda
Phoenix
Deputy
Preceda Clocks
Time Target
ELMO
Functionality
absorbed by hive
Welcome to hive. One platform.
All in one place.
SAY GOODBYE
These systems will be replaced,
and their functionality will be absorbed by hive.
iGrow (word/PDF)
Excel (partly)
Preceda
Tanda
Phoenix
Deputy
Preceda Clocks
Time Target
ELMO
Functionality
absorbed by hive
Welcome to hive. One platform.
All in one place.
STAYING
These systems remain
alongside hive.
Riskware
Concur
Korn Ferry
Costa Central
Nitea
Jira
Monday
Thrive
SAP
Skytrust
HMS
TELUS Health
Data Lake
Intranet
Caramba
What you can do in hive
Hive brings everything employment-related into one place.
View your payslips
All your payslips in one place. Access them from your phone or computer, anytime.
Manage your leave
Submit leave requests, check your balances, and view your leave history in hive.
Track your timesheets
Log and review your hours without paper forms or switching between multiple systems.
Update your details
Keep your personal and employment information up to date in one secure place.
Access your learning
Complete compliance training and track your development progress all within hive.
Recruitment & onboarding
From your first day to your next role at Costa, hive supports your whole journey.