People People: Leading People Functions
summary
Company scales from ~150 to 975 employees while staying aggressively hiring and avoiding layoffs; recruiting shifts to Zoom with tactics like hiding self view and WhatsApping candidates, measured by acceptance rates and inbound traffic. People ops owns recruiting, HR, workplace, IT and runs biannual experience plus rolling pulse surveys. Global expansion seeds offices with culture carriers (London ~100, Tokyo 16, first hire in Singapore), supports nine ERGs and publishes explicit stances on civic and social issues.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:16Nadia’s role at Figma
- 4:48Chief People Officer explained
- 6:35Handling difficult conversations
- 8:22Interviewing best practices
- 10:30Remote hiring and Zoom interviews
- 13:04Global culture and community
- 15:52Hiring challenges and employer brand
- 18:24Avoiding internal hierarchies
- 19:49Taking societal stands
- 21:56Measuring employee sentiment
- 23:01Scaling people functions
- 24:05Personal quirks and team dynamics
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