Ep90 AirBnB Global Head of People Operations, Q Hamirani

In this episode, I sat down with AirBnB Global Head of People Operations, Q Hamirani, to discuss his career and work at AirBnB. Our conversations covers:

  • What drew Q to HR

  • The value of role sharing

  • How AirBnB architected their layoffs in the early days of the pandemic

  • Designing work beyond the pandemic

  • The importance of flexibility

  • Optimizing synchronous/asynchronous work

You can also view the letter AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky wrote announcing the layoffs we discuss in this post.

You can also listen/share the episode directly syndicated on any of these channels: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcast | Stitcher | TuneIn.


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