4 — Limitations of People Ops

Redesigning HR Systems · 3:56

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[Verse 1]
People Ops promised to fix what HR broke
Data-driven decisions, analytics we spoke
But building the systems takes years to complete
Infrastructure massive, investment not cheap
You need analysts trained and dashboards that shine
But most organizations still lack the pipeline

[Chorus]
Data culture first, analytics second
Surveillance third, advocacy beckoned
People Ops sounds good but the limits are real
Four major flaws that we all need to feel
Investment and culture, control and command
Still serving the bosses with data in hand

[Verse 2]
Works best when your company's already metric
When spreadsheets and numbers aren't seen as heretic
But most organizations still run on gut feel
People Ops crashes when culture's not real
Without data foundation the promise falls flat
Just fancy new labels on management's hat

[Chorus]
Data culture first, analytics second
Surveillance third, advocacy beckoned
People Ops sounds good but the limits are real
Four major flaws that we all need to feel
Investment and culture, control and command
Still serving the bosses with data in hand

[Bridge]
Now we're measuring everything, tracking each move
Employee surveillance in corporate groove
Technocratic control with a friendlier face
But watching your workers still knows its place

[Verse 3]
The advocacy problem still haunts us today
People Ops reports up the same broken way
To leadership first, then employees below
The power structure unchanged, the hierarchy's show
Optimizing humans like widgets in code
Whole people reduced to a metrics download

[Chorus]
Data culture first, analytics second
Surveillance third, advocacy beckoned
People Ops sounds good but the limits are real
Four major flaws that we all need to feel
Investment and culture, control and command
Still serving the bosses with data in hand

[Outro]
People Ops evolution, not revolution's call
Same fundamental problems affecting us all

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