Human Resources For Small Business

Melissa Swift discusses why modern work is dangerous, boring, and frustrating—comparing today's tech overload to the early industrial revolution. She advocates for human-centric workplace design, reducing work intensification, and treating employee feedback as valuable data rather than complaints. TAKEAWAYS Work intensification is real: Employees are doing more tasks per hour with denser workloads, like carrying bricks instead of sponges Technology waste is massive: 42-43% of time with workplace tech is wasted; half of employees want old systems back Focus on retention over recruiting: HR spends 3x more effort on recruitment than developing current talent A QUICK GLIMPSE INTO OUR PODCAST Podcast: Transform Your Workplace, sponsored by Xenium HR Host: Brandon Laws In Brandon's own words: “The Transform Your Workplace podcast is your go-to source for the latest workplace trends, big ideas, and time-tested methods straight from the mouths of industry experts and respected thought-leaders.” About Xenium HR X