Fireside Chat with Reddit Chief People Officer Katelin Holloway
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Describes building recruiting from scratch to scale a site that grows from 75 to 550 employees, replacing outsourced hiring with dedicated tech, business, and ops recruiters and a missing recruiting ops lead. Details a quarter‑long listening tour across offices that produced documented values and cultural artifacts, rewired benefits (gym stipend → flexible wellness), and a principle to police behaviors not beliefs that guides hiring and inclusion decisions.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:21Fireside Chat
- 4:00Teaching wasnt for you
- 10:56Pixar folklore
- 16:03What drew Katelin to Reddit
- 21:07How is Reddits recruiting team structured
- 24:39Listening tour
- 33:50Parental leave
- 36:13Lightning Round
- 38:50Personal Questions
- 41:47Best Part of Your Job
- 43:11Advice for Aspiring Talent Leaders
- 45:11Values Based Approach
- 47:02Company Culture Shifting
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