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Everything published by I Hate It Here.
December 2025
- DEC 29S10 E10: HR in 2026 – Wishes, Warnings, and DemandsWelcome to the final episode of I Hate It Here for 2025, which feels both celebratory and mildly unhinged.
- DEC 26inclusivity, without being awkward
- DEC 24SHRM fumbles, again
- DEC 22gifts your HR team actually wants
- DEC 22S10 E9: Toxic Workplaces are F*cking us up with Chris HagoodRaise your hand if you’ve worked in a toxic environment before!
- DEC 19petty, or problem?
- DEC 18are your people okay?
- DEC 17bad hiring practices exposed
- DEC 15you need rest
- DEC 15S10 E8: How Grief Breaks You, Then Remakes You with George BooneListen, I tried so hard not to cry recording this episode.
- DEC 12leaders misbehaving
- DEC 113 Forces at Play for HR 2026 and What to Do About Them:3 Forces at Play for HR 2026 and What to Do About Them: If there’s one thing that HR can handle, it’s a challenge. This last year has certainly tested so many teams. AI. Budget cuts. Layoffs. Skills. Compensation. Inflation. Talent. Employees looking at us like, “Please tell me what’s next.” And most HR leaders […]
- DEC 10patchwork season begins
- DEC 8S10 E7: Proof Your Job Is Rewriting Your Personality in Real Time with Jessie StettinWorkplace culture rewires us in ways that could take a whole lifetime to understand.
- DEC 8i need better boundaries
- DEC 5stay? go? help
- DEC 4this changes culture forever
- DEC 3impossible succession planning
- DEC 13 Ways to Use AI Agents in Your Org, Without Losing Your Mind3 Ways to Use AI Agents in Your Org, Without Losing Your Mind If you’re tired of hearing the word AI every 3.2 seconds, join the club. I empathize with you! Between every vendor calling themselves “AI-powered” and every new update promising to revolutionize HR, it’s no wonder we’re all overwhelmed and maybe a little suspicious. You’re juggling […]
- DEC 1manager or mayhem maker?
- DEC 1S10 E6: How is Belonging SUPPOSED to Feel at Work? with Erica LydellBelonging at work is one of those things everyone claims to care about… right up until someone shows up as their full self and suddenly it’s “not professional!”
November 2025
- NOV 28friends ≠ free passes
- NOV 26plot twist
- NOV 24gratitude season
- NOV 24S10 E5: Shooting the Sh*t With My Direct Report with Madison MontgomeryOkay, friends…this episode is pure fun (okay, a little usual chaos too) in the best way, because I sat down with my actual direct report, Madison Montgomery, who confessed ON AIR that she has never listened to my podcast.
- NOV 21It’s Time to Make 2026 the Year You Actually Plan AheadIt’s Time to Make 2026 the Year You Actually Plan Ahead A lot of us are guilty of treating headcount planning like going to the dentist. We know we need to do it, but we’ll push it off until the very last second! And then, December hits seemingly out of nowhere. Finance wants numbers, the […]
- NOV 21credit thief chronicles
- NOV 19data? never heard of her
- NOV 17recognize me plz!
- NOV 17S10 E4: I Got Coached on Air and Survived with Mary Pat JacobsThis episode might be my most unhinged and enlightening one yet.
- NOV 14are you bored?
- NOV 13why HR gets ignored
- NOV 12you’re fired (just kidding)
- NOV 10“pivot!” - Ross Geller
- NOV 10S10 E3: Your Culture Can’t Outrun the News Cycle with Dave GarciaLook, I know sometimes we like to pretend work exists in its own little bubble, but in reality, the world outside your office door affects…A LOT at work.
- NOV 7the guilt trip edition
- NOV 5downsized, upsized, traumatized
- NOV 3what you missed
- NOV 3S10 E2: HR Horror Stories: Unhinged, Unfiltered, and Unfortunately Real with Jessica WinderIt’s that time of year again: spooky season!
October 2025
- OCT 31haunted by bad metrics
- OCT 30Pay convos are getting scaryPay Conversations Are Getting Scary (But Here’s How to Survive Them) Let’s pretend for a moment that we’re sitting around a campfire while I tell a scary story. Ya know, for dramatic effect. *ahem* Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society I present you with… The Tale of the Compensation Conversation. If you felt a […]
- OCT 29defrosting…slowly
- OCT 27HR horror stories VOL.3
- OCT 27S10 E1: The Cost of Motherhood Nobody Talks About with Erin GrauJust saying that out loud makes my blood pressure spike a little, not gonna lie!
- OCT 24older teams, younger bosses
- OCT 22AI stealing work BFFs?
- OCT 21life is expensive
- OCT 20toxic coworkers
- OCT 17influence without authority
- OCT 15HR Confessions: The Untold Archetypes Running Your OfficeHR Confessions: The Untold Archetypes Running Your Office Some workplaces give you a neat lil org chart: VP, director, manager, employee, and so on. Nice and tidy. But if you’ve spent even five minutes in HR, you know the real org chart doesn’t live in your software. It lives in archetypes! 🔍 EVERY workplace has […]
- OCT 15who stole payroll?!
- OCT 13the secret drain
- OCT 10smart team, off vibes
- OCT 8transferrable skills > titles
- OCT 6energy on DND
- OCT 3too perky, too guilty
- OCT 1seasonal scare
September 2025
- SEP 29figuring it out
- SEP 26HR Confessions: The Workplace Drama OlympicsHR Confessions: The Workplace Drama Olympics Some workplaces run on collaboration. Some run on strategy. And others? They run on pure drama. ☕ Like, the Survivor kinda drama, where any given day is a coin toss between productivity or crashing out. If you’ve ever felt like you accidentally got cast in a bad reality show […]
- SEP 26PTO queen vs old job king
- SEP 25AI Without Good Data = HR Nightmare FuelAI Without Good Data = HR Nightmare Fuel 🤓 I’m not ashamed to admit that data is my love language. I know, I know, big nerd energy over here. OKAY, fries, chocolate, and fanfic novels are all great too, but data is the only thing that keeps HR sane when a circus of epic proportions […]
- SEP 25Hiring Is in Slow Motion. Now What??Hiring Is in Slow Motion. Now What?? I don’t know if you’ve looked at the jobs reports lately, but…big yikes. 🐢 Hiring has slowed to a crawl! Interview processes that used to take weeks now drag on for months. Comp isn’t skyrocketing like it was in 2021…but it’s also not falling enough to give companies […]
- SEP 24dress codes gone wrong
- SEP 22top 3 challenges HR will face
- SEP 22S9 E10: 50 Shades of Gray Areas in Policy with Stephanie ShulerLook, I love a good policy binder as much as the next HR nerd (okay, maybe sometimes even more).
- SEP 19from gossip to budgets
- SEP 17bad bosses & worse policies
- SEP 15The fires never stop
- SEP 15How to Keep Your AI Strategy From Aging Like MilkHow to Keep Your AI Strategy From Aging Like Milk AI is continuing its “everyone’s talking about me” moment. 💅 Every conference, every LinkedIn thread, every conversation at the HR happy hour somehow comes back to the same thing: So…what’s your AI strategy? And some companies are sprinting ahead Olympic-style, while others are still living […]
- SEP 15S9 E9: The Hidden Tax of Being the “Only” at Work with Amina GassBeing the only at work isn’t just lonely, it’s heavy .
- SEP 12culture & commute issues
- SEP 10flexibility isn’t optional
- SEP 83 years later
- SEP 8S9 E8: No HR in Your Leadership Meetings? BIG Mistake with Ana KingIf you’re still debating whether HR deserves a seat at the table, let me save you the suspense:
- SEP 5fire kindly, lead loudly
- SEP 3candidates quitting, leaders slipping
- SEP 3How to Switch HR Systems Without Everything ExplodingHow to Switch HR Systems Without Everything Exploding Switching HR systems feels a lot like ripping out your kitchen while you’re still living in the house. Sure, you know the end result will be cleaner, sleeker, and way more functional, but in the middle of it? There’s dust everywhere, the stove doesn’t work, and someone […]
- SEP 1then vs now
- SEP 1S9 E7: Work Isn’t Set Up to Support Neurodiversity with Tameka AllenHard truth: work wasn’t built for all of us to thrive.
August 2025
- AUG 29workload up, promo down
- AUG 27it’s gettin hot in here
- AUG 25the manager crisis
- AUG 25S9 E6: Is the Future of Work F*cked? with Aparna RaeWhen people say “the future of work,” I usually want to roll my eyes so hard they get stuck.
- AUG 22one word: clueless
- AUG 21Going global
- AUG 20living the dream™
- AUG 18the confidence gap
- AUG 18S9 E5: No One Wants the Top Job Anymore with Ciara LakhaniRemember when getting the top job was THE dream?
- AUG 15HR Confessions: Management Style That’s Vague Enough to Cause ChaosHR Confessions: Management Style That’s Vague Enough to Cause Chaos 📣 Not every bad manager is a villain. Honestly, some are just straight up overwhelmed, over-promoted, and quietly drowning in decisions they were never trained to make! I want to make that distinction clear, because this edition of HR Confessions isn’t about the bosses who […]
- AUG 15smells & skills
- AUG 13Why Efficiency Is Your Superpower (and Strategy Is the Cape)Why Efficiency Is Your Superpower (and Strategy Is the Cape) These days, you probably hear the phrase “the future of work” a lot. It’s almost as if we are waiting for some kind of sci-fi phenomenon to happen but the truth is: 🚨The future of work isn’t coming, it’s HERE, in the room with us, […]
- AUG 13creativity > checklists
- AUG 11it’s actually everyone’s job
- AUG 11S9 E4: 3 Career Wake-Up Calls You’re Ignoring (At Your Own Risk) with April LittleI hope so, because today’s episode is built around three hard truths about your career that no one talks about enough:
- AUG 6Return to office? LOL
- AUG 4skills are expiring
- AUG 4S9 E3: CEO’s Gone Wild with Sarah ReynoldsHave you ever seen a CEO post online and thought, “Who approved this…and why was it them?”
- AUG 1toxic boss survival guide
