Does HR work for the company or for you? | Off The Record Ep. 3 | Dodo Payments

Everyone has an opinion about HR. Almost nobody has heard what the job sounds like from the other side of the table. In episode 3 of Off The Record, Aaryan sits down with Arundhuti, People Partner at Dodo Payments, and pulls cards on the questions employees usually only ask each other: does HR work for the company, does anything you say stay confidential, what founders get wrong when they hire their first HR, and what it actually costs to fire someone you hired yourself. She also talks about being laid off over a call, and the two minutes she takes outside the room before every exit conversation. Chapters 0:00 Episode 3: the department everyone has an opinion about 0:54 Why Arundhuti picked HR 2:32 What early-stage founders misunderstand about HR 3:41 Card 1: HR works for the company, true or false 5:27 Why trust is the whole job in a 20 to 50 person team 6:44 What stays confidential, and what HR has to act on 8:32 The hardest part of the job 10:47 The time she got laid off 12:33 Saving your baby: what happens before the exit meeting 13:03 The two minutes outside the room 15:07 Hiring your first HR: what founders should test for 15:38 Last card: can HR say no to a founder 16:21 Full circle Off The Record is a Dodo Payments series where we ask the questions that usually stay off the record. Subscribe for new episodes, and tell us in the comments which department we should put on the cards next. #OffTheRecord #StartupHR #PeopleOps #FoundersOfIndia #DodoPayments