Today’s is a special edition of our Coworking 1:1 series. This week, we’re featuring one of our own! Want to be featured in an upcoming edition? Feel free to introduce yourself.
This week’s Coworking spotlights HR Brew’s newest reporter, Courtney Vinopal, who joined Morning Brew last week after covering business for various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Observer, and Quartz. She’s a seasoned business reporter and producer with experience covering labor, management, and the intersection of gender and the workplace.
When she’s not covering the latest HR trends in fertility benefits or pay transparency, she’s off traveling or listening to looong audiobooks. She’s currently in the middle of The Power Broker, coming in at more than 1,300 pages in print. 🤯
Feel free to drop her a note at [email protected] to say, “Hi!” as she gets started on the HR beat.
What are you most interested in exploring as you begin reporting for HR Brew?
In recent months, new pay transparency laws have taken effect that could have interesting implications for the employer–employee relationship. While salary transparency can be challenging from a compliance perspective, HR leaders I’ve spoken with say it’s also allowed them to have more frank, open discussions with employees about pay. This seems to be particularly true when HR departments are able to put resources toward developing a comprehensive pay philosophy.
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I’ll be interested in further exploring how HR departments are approaching this new era of pay transparency.
What’s the biggest misconception people might have about your job?
[That you] have to be well-dressed to produce good journalism! Now that I work from home most of the time, I regularly interview folks in my slippers.
What’s the most fulfilling aspect of your job?
I get to speak with lots of people who are much smarter than me, and help me better understand how new developments in HR are affecting the employer–employee relationship.
What’s an HR tech product or trend that you’re interested in or excited to explore more at HR Brew?
I’ve been impressed by how much easier onboarding for jobs has gotten with the advent of new HR technologies. Any tool that can help me sign a document easily or fill out my tax forms correctly is much appreciated.
What’s something you want readers to know about your life outside being a reporter?
I try to turn off news alerts when I can, and go see live music. I was lucky enough to catch Joni Mitchell’s surprise performance at last year’s Newport Folk Festival.—AD