While many of us don’t believe that work will ever quite be the same again, we’re at a stage where vaccines are being deployed in many places en mass and, hopefully, sometime soon, the majority of desk-based employees will be able to return to the office.
In HRchat episode 261, we talk about how the pandemic has impacted company culture, operating models, and the areas of the HR department that are forever changed.
My guest this time is Suzanne Lucas, AKA the Evil HR Lady. Suzanne is a writer and speaker who focuses on Human Resources and Business issues.
Before becoming the Evil HR Lady she spent 10 years in corporate HR. Her work focuses on helping people managers manage better and helping employees understand how to navigate the world of work and has appeared in Inc, The New York Times, CBS Moneywatch, Cornerstone’s ReWork, and many other places.
Listen to get get the Evil HR Lady’s answers to such questions as:
- What have been the biggest challenges facing HR pros as a result of the Covid outbreak?
- Since the outbreak of Covid, do you think that HR, more than other departments, has been under extreme pressure and stress?
- Remote working: Do you believe that, despite all the talk of how the ways we work have altered forever, most of us will, in fact, return to traditional ways of working?
- Can a company’s culture be maintained, and even enhanced, when its employees are disparate for a long period of time? What goes into making this happen?
- What have we learned about ourselves as a result of being thrown into remote work environments?
- The rise of gig and contingent workers: Is the blended workforce really here to stay?
- Lots of people are currently out of work. Have the skills we need to get and keep a job changed since the start of the pandemic?
- There is an end in sight. Vaccines are being rolled out. What do you see as the main priorities for HR departments in terms of facilitating a return to some degree of normality in the workplace?