You know HR people can be funny people, and we know HR people can be funny people, but has the rest of your organization gotten the memo?Heed the advice of the funny people and get cracking on those jokes.“If you’re your authentic self and you’ve got a sense of humor,
Big changes are happening within Microsoft’s HR team.The tech giant announced sweeping changes to its HR function last month via an employee memo sent by its chief people officer, Amy Coleman, and subsequently obtained and leaked by Business Insider.Sweeping changes. The memo announced the departures of several top HR executives,
Global engagement is falling, but job optimism is largely strong, according to the State of the Global Workplace report from Gallup.Employee engagement fell for the second year in a row in 2025, to a post-Covid low of 20%, after peaking at 23% in 2022. Overall, engagement is still up since
An employee complained to HR about discrimination. About two and a half months later, the employer skipped progressive discipline, gave no warning, and fired her the same day over emails. Most people would expect that case to go to a jury. It didn’t. TL;DR: An employee claimed race and sex
Sam Naficy is the CEO of Prodoscore, an employee productivity monitoring software that helps companies understand how work actually gets done across their teams. He’s set to speak at HR Brew’s upcoming summit, Talent 2030 Collective: Recruit, Retain, Repeat, on April 21 about how HR leaders can use people analytics
