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GET RID of your HR department in three easy steps! #startups #google #tech

March 05, 2024 / 00:57

This episode discusses the role of HR in organizations, majority control, and hiring practices. Key topics include the necessity of HR, team-driven benefits, and hiring processes led by department heads.

The speaker argues that HR often acts as a bureaucratic entity that creates conflict within organizations. They suggest that HR is not essential and can slow down operations.

There is a focus on the importance of having department heads, such as the head of engineering and sales, take charge of hiring processes instead of relying on HR.

The conversation emphasizes the idea that organizations should build their own benefits packages and question the traditional role of HR in modern workplaces.

TLDR

The episode critiques HR's role, advocating for department-led hiring and team-driven benefits.

Episode

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there is no company where I have majority control where I have an HR department you should go to a very
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respected lawyer at a thirdparty firm someone very visible so that you have an escape valve if there are any kind of
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serious issues that need to be escalated the team should build their own benefits
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package that they want then when it comes to hiring the person for whom that person will end up working for it's the
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head of engineering it's the head of sales those are the people that should be running the hiring processes when you
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strip all of these jobs away HR doesn't have a role and what is left over is the
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very dark part of HR in most organizations which is the police person what do sxs call the commiss that is why
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everybody hates HR they are this conflict creating entity inside of an organization that slows organizations
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down it's not required and I think people are realizing like why would you create this large bureaucracy in the
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company that undercuts the meritocracy that adds a lot of cost and that slows you down none of those things will help
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your company

Episode Highlights

  • The Role of HR
    Exploring the controversial role of HR in organizations and its impact on efficiency.
    “HR is a conflict creating entity inside of an organization.”
    @ 00m 40s
    March 05, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • Everybody hates HR; they are this conflict creating entity.
    GET RID of your HR department in three easy steps! #startups #google #tech
  • Why would you create this large bureaucracy?
    GET RID of your HR department in three easy steps! #startups #google #tech

Key Moments

  • Hiring Process Shift00:20
  • HR Critique00:38
  • Bureaucracy Questioned00:46