I Hate It Here

S13 E10: My HR Trauma Has Officially Reached the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Metaphor Stage

I started this solo episode planning to talk about the evolution of HR, and ended up using one of my fav shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to explain why this job can be e

S13 E9: HR Is Done Cleaning Up These Terrible-Ass AI Rollouts (with Shirley Baumer)

HR keeps getting handed the mop after someone else’s AI strategy floods the building, and frankly, I’m pretty sure you’re already over it!  I sat down with the wonderful

S13 E8: When Your Company Has an AI Tool, but Absolutely No Plan (with Val Jensen)

AI is already crashing the workplace party, but apparently, the humans were left off the guest list!  Today, I’m joined by attorney and human-centered leadership strateg

S13 E7: Your Uncoordinated Org Restructure Is Giving Everyone Trust Issues (with Kaity Jacobsen)

Change is inevitable, but apparently at some orgs, explaining it to people is optional!  In this episode, I’m joined by Kaity Jacobsen (Director, Talent Engagement at Xa

S13 E6: The AI Confidence Gap Nobody in HR Wants to Admit (with Theresa Fesinstine)

AI conversations are everywhere right now, but confidence and competence aren't actually moving together, and that gap should worry you more than it does. I'm joined by

The Leadership Divide (Episode 4): Trust, Belonging, and the Cost of Getting It Wrong

Featured Guest: Allison Howell (CEO, Hogan Assessments) This is The Leadership Divide, a special series with Hogan Assessments in partnership with I Hate It Here!  ---

S13 E5: The Group Hosts an Award Series and Starts a Cult with RyanMae McAvoy Pepin & Josiah Hernández

Welcome to the first-ever HR Glow Up Awards! The trophies are fake, but the workplace trauma is real. I’m joined by RyanMae McAvoy Pepin and Josiah Hernández to celebrat

The Leadership Divide (Episode 3): Performance vs. Potential

Featured Guest: Jackie Sahm (Vice President of Integrated Solutions, Hogan Assessments) --- We've built a world where the people who get promoted aren't always the peop

S13 E4: Why HR Owns More Of Company Culture Than People Like To Admit (with Dani Herrera)

I swear every company says culture matters... right up until someone has to make an actual decision.  The reason decisions don’t get made quickly enough is because of th

The Leadership Divide (Episode 2): The Dark Side of Leadership

Featured Guest: Jocelyn Hays (Director of Hogan Applications, Hogan Assessments) --- You know that coworker who was perfectly lovely until they got promoted and suddenl

S13 E3: Proof That The AI Productivity Obsession Is Making Everyone Worse (with Aubrey Blanche)

I feel like every AI conversation somehow ends up in one of two places: either "AI is taking all our jobs!" or "Just use ChatGPT for everything!"  Honestly... I hate bot

The Leadership Divide (Episode 1): Leadership at an Inflection Point

Featured Guest: Allison Howell, CEO of Hogan Assessments --- This is The Leadership Divide, a special series with Hogan Assessments in partnership with I Hate It Here! 

S13 E2: What If HR Stopped Playing Therapist and Started Designing Better Workplaces Instead? (with Stephanie Lemek)

Apparently, we can’t simply leave our trauma at the door and transform into perfectly functioning corporate robots every morning.  Who would’ve thought?! Stephanie Lem

S13 E1: The Return of the Cackle Queens (with Jess Winder)

Guess what? The Cackle Queens are back!  My unofficial co-host and forever hype woman Jess Winder joined me to kick off this season, and we did something new.  We hit r

S12 E10: A Few of My Own First-time F*ckups + Some Jaw-Dropping HR Horror Stories

Okay, so as we wrap up this podcast season, we’re gonna make this final episode a little different…featuring Hebba and her thoughts, and apparently zero filter! This sea

S12 E9: We Watched People Blow Up Their Lives on Summer House, and Our ATS Implementation Lowkey Feels Similar (with Madison Montgomery)

Madison Montgomery is back, and in this episode, we did what Paul Downs and Meg Stalter inspired us to do…turned our 1:1 into a podcast episode. The result is a session

AI Readiness Gap: Your Two-Year HR Preparedness Countdown Starts NOW (with DeAnn Alcantar & Kelly Pacatte)

55% of orgs expect AI tool experience to be their most in-demand skill within two years!  Honestly, most of us are still figuring out what to have for lunch, so the time

S12 E8: Why You Can't Build a World-Class Company With a Zip Code Mentality with Sagar Khatri

Geography shouldn't be the reason you can't hire your next best person.  And yet, that’s the reality for hundreds of orgs at the moment! I sat down with Sagar Khatri, c

S12 E7: Your First Time Joining a Startup With No HR or Systems…What Could Go Wrong?! (with Christine Song)

There is a lot to say about joining a startup, and I’m saying that as somebody who has been a part of four of them. Nothing prepares you for the first time, because you

AI Readiness Gap: The AI Competency You're Hiring for Today Might Not Even Exist Tomorrow with Kristin Russum

37% of HR leaders are already saying that evaluating AI skills in candidates is going to be a real challenge. Hiring has always required us to assess things that are har