HeyJaredUncompliant | Jennifer Houle
A publication about modern work, examining inherited systems, challenging what we’ve normalized, and imagining what better could actually look like. Grounded in real experience with workplace systems, through HR and leadership work.
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How To Read an Organization Part 02: The Story (opens the original)
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How to Read an Organization Part 01: The Work (opens the original)
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Let’s Talk About PIPS, Baby (opens the original)
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The original essay, published August 13, 2026, can be found here. This episode also includes some HR guidance on what to do should you find yourself in a PIPuation.Subscribe nowYou can find Uncompliant: The Podcast, wherever you listen to podcasts, or listen directly on Substack.
How To Read an Organization (opens the original)
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One of the most consequential capabilities I’ve developed over my career is also one of the hardest to explain. In the simplest terms possible, it’s about being good at reading organizations. Some people are naturals at this. They can walk into a new company and, pretty quickly, begin to understand how the place really works.It’s not that they necessarily have more authority than anyone else; they aren’t always executives or those with the longest tenure. I’ve seen this capability in people at v
The Person You Become in a Toxic Culture (opens the original)
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This is the second consecutive Uncompliant essay inspired by fellow Substackers. Steve (←Substack) wrote an incredibly candid comment on this post about PIPs with such a profound level of self-awareness. The entire comment is wonderful, but this is the part that struck me most:“I think I was treated like shit, I think my manager was shit, I think the organization and its leaders took a myopic view, and yet I was also shit. There were no winners or evil masterminds.”It&#
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