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People Processes

Surveys, Slack, and Silence: Fixing Broken Feedback Loops

“We’re big on listening,” someone told me at a networking thing.

Apr 20 •

🪜 Your Career Ladder Is a Lie (and That’s Okay)

Why job titles and rigid paths don’t work in startups—and what to do instead

Apr 19 •

🧠 How Job Evaluation Became the Spreadsheet Behind Your Paycheck (And Why You Should Care)

I once sat in a comp review meeting where someone genuinely said, “Let’s just pay them fairly but also based on output, impact, tenure, potential, and…

Apr 17 •

🧠 Compensation is Not a Vibe: Pay Your People Like You Mean It

A founder once told me, “We want to be competitive* and pay the best talent* what they’re worth.”

Apr 15 •

What It Actually Feels Like to Be in HR

📣 The HR Cassandra Problem

Why knowing the truth and being ignored is the most exhausting job in the building

May 3 •

“I Am the System” → Overfunctioning as a substitute for infrastructure

aka: HR as the duct tape, the glue, and also the air

Apr 23 •

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