Feeling like your workplace is a constant dumpster fire? You’re not alone. In this episode of Leading Up, Hebba Youssef, creator of the hit HR newsletter I Hate It Here, shares hard-won insights on how to transform messy, chaotic company culture into a space people actually want to work in. 🙌 As Chief People Officer at Workweek, Hebba gets real about performance reviews, hybrid work pitfalls, trust-based leadership, and how to design culture around care—not control. Timestamps 00:00 – Meet Hebba Youssef & the origins of I Hate It Here 03:00 – Why HR feels thankless—but deeply fulfilling 06:00 – Departure announcements: transparency vs. secrecy 09:00 – Handling exits with honesty and empathy 10:00 – Hybrid work is the worst of both worlds? 13:00 – Building authentic connection in remote teams 15:00 – Trust vs. control: what modern leaders must rethink 18:00 – Why traditional performance management is broken 22:00 – Bias and feedback: new models that actually work 25:00 – Workweek’s F...