Everybody Hates HR Podcast

Everybody Hates HR describes itself as "a HR podcast with some seasoning," and hosts Lola and Velisa deliver exactly that. Running since 2022 with 137 weekly episodes that clock in at 38 to 52 minutes each, the show takes a refreshingly unconventional approach to human resources topics. The format centers on three things: responding to anonymous listener dilemmas submitted via email, breaking down employment news that affects worker rights, and sharing their own HR war stories with the kind of honesty that would make most compliance teams nervous. Recent episodes have covered workplace discrimination tribunal cases, the rise of Gen Z managers, the reality behind anonymous employee surveys, and what quiet cracking looks like in practice. Based in the UK, Lola (who runs the Adulting by Lola platform) and Velisa (from The Haus of HR) bring their own professional HR backgrounds while deliberately avoiding the buttoned-up tone that dominates most HR content. They maintain active communities on Instagram and TikTok, where their audience regularly sends in the workplace dilemmas that fuel each episode. The show is at its best when tackling the grey areas of employment law and workplace conduct that textbooks gloss over.