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Hosted by Hebba Youssef · business · EN
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 where People professionals to talk honestly and openly about HR, sharing best-in-class resources to make the hardest job in the world that little bit easier. Hosted by Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer at Workweek and creator of the I Hate it Here podcast and newsletter, this show is for HR People who want to get things done right - even if they do feel a bit empty inside from time to time. You’ll hear from industry insiders, not just the same old voices, sharing all the things you’re secretly thinking but never said out loud, digging into real-life examples, and delivering practical solutions and strategies for your people team.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIf 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 where People professionals to talk honestly and openly about HR, sharing best-in-class resources to make the hardest job in the world that little bit easier.
I Hate It Here is hosted by Hebba Youssef. The show has published 155 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S14, E3: Just a Girl Standing in Front of Corporate America Begging It to Train Its Managers (with Ashley Herd)" (26 October 2026, 65 minutes), "S14, E2: Somewhere Between Michael Scott and a Cult…There’s an Important Lesson for HR (with Josiah Hernández and RyanMae McAvoy Pepin)" (19 October 2026, 53 minutes), and "S14, E1: A Very Professional Review of This Year’s Absolute Bullsh*t (with Jessica Winder)" (12 October 2026, 48 minutes).
I Hate It Here publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 155 episodes.
Booking probability for I Hate It Here is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. I Hate It Here requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. I Hate It Here's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for I Hate It Here are Business & Management Consulting and Staffing & Recruiting. I Hate It Here has a business audience and around 650 subscribers on YouTube.
Hebba Youssef hosts I Hate It Here, a business podcast with 155 episodes published.
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Your manager has avoided giving feedback for six months, and now they want someone fired by Friday. Guess whose problem that becomes??? This week, I’m joined by Ashley Herd, founder of Manager Method...
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I invited RyanMae McAvoy Pepin and Josiah Hernández back to talk HR, and somehow we ended up recruiting for a hypothetical cult and debating whether Michael Scott deserves a little credit. I also made them play a...
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We’re back in action, and I gave this season one rule: anything but AI. Naturally, Jessica Winder and I immediately tested that boundary, but trust me, we have plenty to say about how this year has turned out so...
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I started this solo episode planning to talk about the evolution of HR, and ended up using one of my fav shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to explain why this job can be emotionally unhinged, and suspiciously dependent...
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HR keeps getting handed the mop after someone else’s AI strategy floods the building, and frankly, I’m pretty sure you’re already over it! I sat down with the wonderful Shirley Baumer, co-founder and CPO at Shapes...
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AI is already crashing the workplace party, but apparently, the humans were left off the guest list! Today, I’m joined by attorney and human-centered leadership strategist Val Jensen to talk about biased tools...
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Change is inevitable, but apparently at some orgs, explaining it to people is optional! In this episode, I’m joined by Kaity Jacobsen (Director, Talent Engagement at Xactly) to talk about why leaders keep...
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AI conversations are everywhere right now, but confidence and competence aren't actually moving together, and that gap should worry you more than it does. I'm joined by Theresa Fesinstine, founder of PeoplePower.ai and...
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Featured Guest: Allison Howell (CEO, Hogan Assessments) This is The Leadership Divide, a special series with Hogan Assessments in partnership with I Hate It Here! --- We spent this entire series proving that...
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Welcome to the first-ever HR Glow Up Awards! The trophies are fake, but the workplace trauma is real. I’m joined by RyanMae McAvoy Pepin and Josiah Hernández to celebrate HR’s biggest improvements, drag the practices...
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Featured Guest: Jackie Sahm (Vice President of Integrated Solutions, Hogan Assessments) --- We've built a world where the people who get promoted aren't always the people who should be leading, and we have enough data...
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I swear every company says culture matters... right up until someone has to make an actual decision. The reason decisions don’t get made quickly enough is because of the whole "culture is everyone's job"...
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Featured Guest: Jocelyn Hays (Director of Hogan Applications, Hogan Assessments) --- You know that coworker who was perfectly lovely until they got promoted and suddenly became a completely different person? ...
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I feel like every AI conversation somehow ends up in one of two places: either "AI is taking all our jobs!" or "Just use ChatGPT for everything!" Honestly... I hate both of those convos. So instead, I wanted...
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Featured Guest: Allison Howell, CEO of Hogan Assessments --- This is The Leadership Divide, a special series with Hogan Assessments in partnership with I Hate It Here! Across four episodes, we're saying the thing...
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Apparently, we can’t simply leave our trauma at the door and transform into perfectly functioning corporate robots every morning. Who would’ve thought?! Stephanie Lemek joins me to unpack what a trauma-informed...
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Guess what? The Cackle Queens are back! My unofficial co-host and forever hype woman Jess Winder joined me to kick off this season, and we did something new. We hit record and just let the convo happen with...
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Okay, so as we wrap up this podcast season, we’re gonna make this final episode a little different…featuring Hebba and her thoughts, and apparently zero filter! This season of I Hate It Here was all about firsts and for...
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Madison Montgomery is back, and in this episode, we did what Paul Downs and Meg Stalter inspired us to do…turned our 1:1 into a podcast episode. The result is a session of unfiltered chaos covering our first ATS...
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55% of orgs expect AI tool experience to be their most in-demand skill within two years! Honestly, most of us are still figuring out what to have for lunch, so the timeline feels…a little aggressive. In this final...
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