Your Offboarding Process Could Be Costing You | Honest HR Podcast
Workforce change is happening often, and HR teams are being asked to execute quickly.
More than 1.2 million U.S. layoffs were announced in 2025. Behind every announcement is an HR team coordinating employee data, compliance requirements, severance, approvals, documents, benefits, and sensitive communications—often under intense time pressure.
The work itself doesn’t go away. But the way it’s managed can change.
Technology can bring teams and information together, automate tasks, apply processes more consistently, and help reduce the risk of missed steps and errors. That gives HR more time to prepare for difficult conversations, answer questions, and support impacted employees.
As Onwards HR CEO and Co-Founder Sarah J. Rodehorst shared on SHRM’s Honest HR podcast with Nicole Belyna, SHRM-SCP:
“At the end of the day, technology really should enable those human moments. Let technology do the administrative work so HR can show up.”
Learn why the way an organization handles employee departures matters—and how the right processes and technology give HR more time to lead with compliance and compassion.
Sarah Rodehorst is the Chief Executive Officer of Onwards HR, the preferred offboarding compliance platform for people-first Fortune 500 companies. Onwards HR helps companies manage workforce reductions, severance pay and packages, and compliance with efficiency and compassion. A recognized expert in HR technology, compassionate layoffs, and offboarding compliance, Sarah’s insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Business, NPR, SHRM, HR Executive, HR Brew, and Vice. She is passionate about helping organizations navigate employee separations with fairness and transparency.
