I Hate It Here
Episodes
S4 E5: Dear Hebba: HR’s Juiciest Questions Answered, with Erica Spitale
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can you help employees when a company is small and has limited growth opportunities? What happens when an employer insists there’s a dress code…...
S4 E4: Top Tier Retention Strategies, with Stephen and Daniel Huerta
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Retaining top talent looks easy on paper. So why then, do so many companies have difficulty with their retention strategies? Hebba chats with “Mod...
S4 E3: In the Hot Seat: A CEO’s Perspective on People Ops, with Workweek’s Adam Ryan
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oil and water. Fire and ice. CEOs and CPOs. Some things just don’t go together like they should. But does it always have to be that way? In this...
S4 E2: Should I Stay or Should I Go? What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Your Career, with Tori Lazar
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling stuck in your career? You’re not alone. Join Hebba and special guest Tori Lazar, a strategic storyteller and executive coach, as they discus...
S4 E1: The 3 Biggest Reasons Why Employees Quit, with Jessica Winder
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do employees quit? Compensation, growth opportunities, and environment are usually the top 3 reasons cited. But what does all that actually me...
S3 E10: Demystifying Pay Transparency: A Legal Perspective, with Lulu Seikaly
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether employers like it or not, greater pay transparency is the future. So why do HR leaders need to start embracing pay transparency rather than fe...
S3 E9: Talk Pay to Me: The Viral TikToker Tearing Down the Pay Gap, with Hannah Williams
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“How much do you make?” It’s the one question that sends chills up corporate spines and the one question every employee is secretly dying to...
S3 E8: Fertility, Family, and Beyond: Addressing Women's Health in the Workplace, with Isha Vij
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Puberty. Periods. Motherhood. Menopause. Let's be real—women go through a lot of challenging life stages. So why then, do employee benefits ofte...
S3 E7: HR Party of One: Balancing as a Team of One
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Too often, HR is expected to bet the jack of all trades for a business. But what do you do when it leaves you feeling like a master of none? Hebba sit...
S3 E6: The Art of Appreciation, with Megan Paige
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not just in your head—we’ve all felt underappreciated at work at one point or another. So how can managers and HR cultivate an environment ...
S3 E5: Empowering Employees to Thrive, Not Just Survive, with Donald Knight
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Treat others the way you want to be treated. It’s a lesson as old as time—so why are we still fighting so hard to make it a priority in the workpl...
When Cupid’s Arrow Causes Chaos: Office Love Gone Wrong
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The Proposal.” “Two Weeks Notice.” “The Office.” “500 Days of Summer.” What do these things have in common? They all taught us to be...
S3 E4: You Won’t Break My Soul: DEI and Its Impact at Work with Tara Turk-Haynes
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should DEI live within HR? And what’s the importance of prioritizing diversity in the workplace? Hebba chats with Tara Turk-Haynes, founder of Equ...
S3 E3: Why is Communicating at Work So Hard?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 50% of employees say that their productivity is impacted by ineffective communication. So does that mean the average person is bad at communi...
S3 E2: Beyond the Status Quo: Challenging the State of Modern Work, with Anessa Fike
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
80% of workers report they’re disengaged when it comes to work. So what’s the driving force behind employees’ increasing discontentment, disenga...
S3 E1: Beyond Burnout: Redefining HR's Purpose with Laura Garcia Courrau
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
98% of HR professionals are burnt out, stressed out, and just plain fed up with the functions of the job. If you’ve ever considered changing positio...
Out With the Old, In With the New: Our Top 10 Wishes for HR
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New year, new perspective? As we get ready to face the new year, we may need some inspiration to tackle the never ending dumpster-fire that can be HR...
S2 E12: Overachiever or Underappreciated? The Thin Line Between Feedback and Fairness, with Kieran Snyder
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that 63% of workers who receive low-quality feedback are likely to quit within the next year? Performance feedback isn’t just an HR p...
S2 E11: It’s OK If HR Can’t Be Everything, Everywhere All At Once, with Rodney Evans
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spotted in the Podcast studio this week: Hebba Youssef and Rodney Evans chatting about the role of gossip in the workplace and how sometimes, it can a...
S2 E10: Why the Odds of Achieving Equitable Pay Are Never in Our Favor, with Enrique Esclusa
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not that HR doesn’t want to pay you equitably… It’s that sometimes we just can’t. The odds are… rarely ever in our favor. So what can...
S2 E9: Nightmare on HR Street: HR Horror Stories // Halloween Special
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who needs Halloween night, when we barely survive our own horror story each and every day? Join Hebba as she shares hair-raising HR horror stories t...
S2 E8: Healing From Burnout and Finding Your Passion for HR Again, with Tracie Sponenberg
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Burnout and failure are inevitable in HR. So how can we grow and learn from our own mistakes? Tracie Sponenberg, Chief People Officer of the Granite G...
S2 E7: It's Not You, It's Me: Uncovering If You're Compatible with Your Company, with Jessica Winder
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Determining if employee-workplace fit should be a two-way street. So why does the recruitment process feel like a one-way street for so many job-seeke...
S2 E6: Why First Time Founders Need to Build with Equity, with Desiree Morton
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Startup founders aren’t always building their companies with equity in mind… On this week’s pod, Hebba sits down with Desiree Morton, a DEI prac...
S2 E5: Creating Inclusive Hiring Practices With Dani Herrera
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to eliminate bias in the workplace? Not really, no. However, we can, at the very least, strive to minimize our unconscious biases. In t...
S2 E4: The Good, the Great, the Exceptional—What Makes an HR Leader Great? with Adam Weber
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What separates the good from the great HR leaders? Adam Weber, host of HR Superstars and Chief Evangelist at 15five, has talked to thousands of HR le...
S2 E3: We Have Trust Issues, But So Do You: Fostering Trust in HR, with Minda Harts
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People trust their next-door neighbor more than they trust their HR department—and that’s a massive problem. So how can HR work to create an env...
S2 E2: Jessica Zwaan on AI and Tech's Equity Evolution
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s pod, Hebba sits down with Jessica Zwaan, COO of Whereby and the author of "Built for People,” to chat about AI’s potential impact...
S2 E1: Why Employers Fail to Understand the Needs of Working Parents, with Kim Rohrer
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wait— we thought that parents just don’t understand. But as it turns out, workplaces don’t understand parents at all. So how can HR help to bett...
New Stand Special: Creating an Environment for Connection
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alright— that’s it. We’re finally settling the debate of who wore it best: remote, hybrid, or in-person. Or uh… at the very least, we’re ...
New Stand Special: Why Employees Stay or Go at Work
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Work sucks, I know. And since we can’t all make it to Blink 182’s show… How exactly do we cope with the uncertainty of an insanely competitiv...
S1 E8: How to Build a Better Community
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s face it— not everyone wants to be at work. So how do you build a better sense of community without feeling like you’re pulling out teeth? ...
S1 E7: Managing Relationships At Work
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over 50% of all employees are stressed out at work. Could it have anything to do with the fact that in the same survey, 69% of managers said they f...
S1 E6: WTF Is Going On In The Talent World?
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The job market and talent world feels way too confusing right now, so what’s going on? In this series finale, Hebba is joined by Rie Grant, a Recr...
S1 E5: The Feedback And Wellbeing Connection
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can you give (and receive) feedback in a way that puts wellbeing firmly at the center? Hebba is joined by Nesa K. Johnson, Global Chief People Off...
S1 Ep4: How To Manage Employee Stress And Wellbeing
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you manage the wellbeing of employees when everyone seems stressed? A pandemic, economic downturns, and the general challenges of life have lef...
S1 Ep3: What We Get Wrong About Parental Leave
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are companies getting wrong about parental leave? Well, quite a few things actually! Allison Whalen the Co-founder and CEO at Parentaly joins as ...
S1 Ep2: Do Your Employees Feel Like They Belong?
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When your team is fully remote, can you really create a sense of community? Hebba’s guest on today’s episode is Jessica Winder, SVP of People at R...
S1 Ep1 : Why You Should Care About Employee Wellbeing
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The poles have never been further apart when it comes to employer vs employee expectations. Can HR help fix the problem? Welcome to the first episode ...
I Hate It Here - Season 1 Trailer
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If HR is one of the most soul-crushing industries to work in, how come we’re not talking about it more? I Hate it Here is the unflinching podcast fo...