Anushka Joshi

When AI Starts Making HR Decisions INTRODUCTION AI is slowly becoming part of HR. So, today AI can help companies screen candidates, predict employee turnover, recommend training, monitor performance, and even support decisions about who should be hired or promoted. And honestly, this sounds very useful. AI can look at a huge amount of data much faster than a human HR manager can. It can find patterns, give recommendations, and save a lot of time. But the interesting part is that HR decisions are not just about numbers. They affect real people, their careers, their income, and sometimes even their future. So the big question is not really, “Can AI make HR decisions?” The bigger question is, “Should HR allow AI to make these decisions without enough human control?” This is where things become complicated. Like, if an AI system says that a candidate is unlikely to accept a job offer, should the recruiter trust it? If an AI system says an employee is likely to leave, should the man...

When a Company Has a Great Culture on Paper but Employees Don't Feel It Introduction Imagine joining a company because its website says things like “respect,” “inclusion,” “teamwork” and “employees come first.” The office looks amazing, there are posters with the company values everywhere and leaders keep talking about the culture. So, you expect the workplace to actually feel like that. But then you join. Your manager does not listen to you. People are scared to disagree with senior employees. Promotions seem to depend on who you know. Employees talk about one set of rules, while managers behave according to another set. So, suddenly you realise that the culture written on the wall and the culture you experience every day are not the same. This is one of the biggest problems with organisational culture. A company can have beautiful values written in its employee handbook, but culture is not created by words alone. It is created by what people see, experience and learn ev...

Does Working From Home Affect Performance? What HR Data Can Actually Tell Us ``` Does Working From Home Affect Performance? What HR Data Can Actually Tell Us September 25, 2026 INTRODUCTION Working from home has become a normal part of work for many employees. But there is still one question that HR keeps hearing: "Are employees actually working when they are at home?" Like, if a manager sees an employee sitting at their desk in the office for eight hours, it can feel like they are being productive. But if the same employee is working from home, the manager cannot physically see them. So it becomes very easy to confuse being visible with being productive. This is where HR data becomes useful. Instead of asking whether employees are online, sitting at their desks, or attending meetings, HR can look at actual work outcomes. Things like completed projects, sales, customer response time, quality scores, performance reviews and other role-specifi...

When Employees Threaten to Strike After a Management Decision Introduction Imagine management announces a major change at work. Maybe pay is being changed, working hours are being changed, or an existing benefit is being removed. Management thinks, “This is a business decision, so we just need to explain it.” Employees may think, “Wait, we were not properly consulted about this.” And then, like, the situation gets serious very quickly. Employees start talking to their union, the union threatens industrial action, and suddenly a management decision has become an employee relations problem. This is where industrial relations becomes important. Basically, industrial relations is about the relationship between an organisation, its employees and their representatives, especially trade unions. When employees are represented by a union, management cannot always treat an important employment decision like a normal internal announcement. There may already be a process for consultation an...

Does Working From Home Affect Performance? What HR Data Can Actually Tell Us ``` Does Working From Home Affect Performance? What HR Data Can Actually Tell Us September 25, 2026 INTRODUCTION Working from home has become a normal part of work for many employees. But there is still one question that HR keeps hearing: "Are employees actually working when they are at home?" Like, if a manager sees an employee sitting at their desk in the office for eight hours, it can feel like they are being productive. But if the same employee is working from home, the manager cannot physically see them. So it becomes very easy to confuse being visible with being productive. This is where HR data becomes useful. Instead of asking whether employees are online, sitting at their desks, or attending meetings, HR can look at actual work outcomes. Things like completed projects, sales, customer response time, quality scores, performance reviews and other role-specifi...

When Two Companies Merge but Their Employees Don't Introduction Imagine two companies come together and suddenly everyone is told, “We are now one company.” Sounds simple, right? But employees do not automatically become one team just because the legal documents are signed. One company may be very formal, while the other is more flexible. One may take decisions slowly, while the other likes to experiment. One may have many layers of approval, while the other lets employees make quick decisions. So, like, a merger or acquisition is not just about combining money, technology and customers. It is also about combining people. And people bring their habits, values, ways of communicating and ideas about what good work looks like. This is why culture integration becomes such a big HR issue during mergers and acquisitions. The problem is that management may think, “We bought the company, so now everyone should follow our way of working.” Employees may think, “But our way of work...