Oculus Legal Group: Culture, Purpose and Success

Redefining Success Through Employee Engagement and Wellbeing.

In just 18 months, Oculus Legal Group has established itself as one of the UK’s most exciting new players in legal recruitment. Operating in a high-pressure, high-performance industry, the business has achieved exceptional early success – not only commercially, but culturally too.

In May, Oculus Legal Group was recognised by The Sunday Times in their Best Places to Work list — a powerful indicator that their people-first approach is working.

But this wasn’t the result of chance or token efforts. From the outset, the Oculus leadership team set out to build something that stood apart from the traditional “work hard, play hard” agency archetype. While many recruitment firms focus on short-term incentives and surface-level perks, Oculus took a longer view: they wanted to create an environment where people were motivated by meaning, connected to the bigger picture, and felt supported not just professionally, but personally.

Building Culture on Purpose

Oculus partnered with Hapstar to bring structure, insight and actionability to their approach to engagement and wellbeing. Rather than relying on instinct or ad hoc feedback, they’re able to regularly measure and analyse how their team was really feeling – use that insight to fuel decisions, and offer immediate intervention for their people through coaching and therapy.

That intentionality is paying off.

• Their employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) has been rated “world-class”, placing them significantly above industry and global benchmarks.
• Outstanding scores across information sharing, empowerment, job satisfaction, and pride in the company reflect a deep sense of purpose and alignment.
• Against global and sector benchmarks, Oculus employees report higher levels of happiness in the work environment, rarely feeling anxious or depressed at work, and most powerfully: that “my employer cares for my wellbeing”.

In a sector not typically championed for prioritising mental health, these are exceptional indicators — and a testament to the team’s commitment to getting culture right from day one.

From Insight to Impact

Hapstar’s impact goes beyond engagement scores. It has equipped the Oculus leadership team with clarity and confidence in how to support their people — even in moments of challenge.

Hapstar has played a vital role in supporting team members facing mental health battles, and has likewise supported candidates in crisis. The platform not only helped to surface the issue sensitively but enabled the business to respond quickly and appropriately, ensuring the right support was in place.

For Oculus, this wasn’t just about duty of care. It was about living the values they set out to build their business on. And Hapstar helped them do that.

A Culture Worth Investing In

Oculus has proven that in recruitment – an industry often driven by targets and rewards – it’s possible to succeed differently. With clarity, care and the right tools in place, they’ve created a culture where people are seen, supported and empowered to perform, not despite the pressure of the sector, but because they feel safe and valued within it.

As they continue their growth journey, Oculus Legal Group is setting a new standard, not just for what a recruitment business can achieve, but for the kind of workplace it can be.