The HR Pros Turning Workplace Horror Stories Into Startup Success

How the hosts of the hit podcast ‘HR Besties’ make fun of bad leadership, win devoted fans, and drive revenue for their individual companies.

BY KAYLA WEBSTER, STAFF EDITOR

The most powerful trade group in human resources tried to silence a podcast. It didn’t work. HR Besties—Spotify’s top-ranked HR show—built its audience by telling the truth about what actually happens inside corporate America when employees complain, discrimination cases go to court, and “best practices” meet ugly reality. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the century-old institution for HR professionals, asked the court for a gag order to stop them. They lost—and the Besties kept........

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