The person behind the straight talk.

About The HR Insider

Workplace questions deserve more than corporate jargon. The HR Insider brings real HR perspective to the questions workers are often afraid to ask, with practical career tools and humor that punches at bad workplace practices—not workers.

Meet Kevin Hayford

Kevin Hayford, SHRM-SCP, has more than 20 years of VP and C-suite HR leadership experience across government contracting, healthcare, nonprofit organizations, and academia. He is an OSHA 401 Trainer and has handled dozens of workplace investigations.

Straight talk. Useful tools.

Our product lineup centers on raise request scripts, resignation templates, a New Manager Survival Guide, and a workplace documentation log. Our print-on-demand merch gives workplace frustration a sense of humor, from “Per My Last Email” to “HR: Your Friend with Benefits.” Check the shop for current availability.

Our guardrails

Content and products are educational, not legal advice or individualized HR advice. Specific legal questions belong with an employment attorney. We never discuss real employers, coworkers, or cases by name, and we ask our audience to keep identifying details private.